Corrections Today articles from December 2005

Corrections Today archives from December 2005

Some questions regarding staff safety, development and retention for the corrections profession.(Guest Editorial)
December 1, 2005... In recent years, few incidents in corrections have received the national attention that the tragic murder of Tennessee correctional officer Wayne Morgan did this past August. It reminded me of the worst day in my professional life when Arizona...

Changing fortunes.(correctional personnels death in prisons)
December 1, 2005... Jan. 10, 2005, was a dark day for corrections in California. It was the day correctional officer Manuel A. Gonzalez Jr. was stabbed and killed by an inmate in one of our prisons. It was the first time in more than 12 years that an officer in...

DOC and diversity: Connecticut's solution.(Connecticut Department of Corrections, human resource management)
December 1, 2005... While the 1990s buzz word diversity often hovered in office hallways and fluttered in the air of meetings, the Connecticut Department of Corrections saw its effects first hand. Between 1992 and 2004, the Connecticut DOC saw a 38 percent...

Drug laws get slight reduction in New York.(State News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The Rockefeller drug laws in New York were softened by the signing of a new bill by Gov. George E. Pataki in late August, reported the New York Times. The new legislation will give approximately 540 inmates convicted of Class A-2 felonies the...

Wisc. DOC aims to meet needs help offenders.(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)(Ana Boatwright appointed incharge of female inmate facilities)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... To more effectively meet the needs of female inmates, Milwaukee state corrections secretary Matt Frank announced a new management structure, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ana Boatwright, the warden of Taycheedah Correctional...

Eliminating violence in prisons and jails.(Legislative Issues)
December 1, 2005... On Aug. 10, 2005, USA Today published an editorial titled "When rape is a joke. "The editorial contends that prison officials and workers tolerate "rape with an indifferent shrug or smirk," announcing "that officials aren't in control of their...

Jails and prisons see death rate decrease.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The government says there have been significant declines in the death rates of inmates for AIDS, homicide, and suicide in jails and state prisons, according to The Washington Post. There was a 90 percent decline in state prison homicide rates,...

$6.2 million given to help victims.(Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs grants funds to violence victims)
December 1, 2005... In order to help children and families that have fell victim to violence, the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) said in a press release that $6.2 million in awards will be given to 15 communities. This will include...

Scientific Learning.(services, growth)
December 1, 2005... Scientific Learning has combined 30 years of neuroscience with the latest advances in brain research and developed proprietary technology to create an exciting and effective group of products called Fast ForWord. Fast ForWord software is...

Hurricane Katrina showed corrections at its best.(donations, ethics)
December 1, 2005... This year will be remembered by many as "the year of the hurricanes." Out of 23 tropical storms--exhausting the list of names chosen by the National Hurricane Center for the 2005 season--13 became full-blown hurricanes. Of those names, the most...

Department of Defense values ACA accreditation.
December 1, 2005... During the past 15 years that I have been involved in military corrections, my superiors, peers and subordinates have asked the questions why accreditation and what does it do for Department of Defense (DOD) corrections? These questions are...

Supreme Court decides two cases from Ohio: holds RLUIPA constitutional and upholds supermax placement procedures.(Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)
December 1, 2005... Editor's Note: This article is the first in a two-part series. The second part will be printed in the February 2006 issue of Corrections Today. During its 2004-2005 term, the Supreme Court decided two cases, Cutter v. Wilkinson (1) and...

Corrections calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2005... * Centre for Policy and Practice, Second Annual International Conference on Social Science Research, Dec. 4-6, Hilton Hotel Orlando/Altamonte, Fla. For more information, visit www.centrepp.org/socialscience.html. * Bureau of Justice...

ICCA president looks ahead.(Probation and Parole Forum)(Terry Marshall)(International Community Corrections Association )(Interview)
December 1, 2005... Terry Marshall, the new president of the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA), has been involved in community based corrections for more than 25 years. He is the president and CEO of ATTIC Correctional Services and oversees a...

Women in contact with the criminal justice system have specific needs.
December 1, 2005... "Success is not a doorway. It is a staircase." --Dottier Walters, author, entrepreneur Although women comprise a smaller percentage of the overall criminal justice population than men, they are the fastest growing segment of...

Enjoy good ol' country music and southern hospitality while discovering a "medley" of opportunities in Nashville.(Winter Conference, American Correctional Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Prepare to kick back in the relaxed southern hospitality of Nashville, Tennessee, as you and thousands of your fellow corrections professionals gather for the American Correctional Association's (ACA) 2006 Winter Conference. This city, also...

Opening Session keynote speaker.(American Correctional Association's 2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Linda Armstrong Kelly Monday, January 30, 2006 * 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Linda Armstrong Kelly, mother of cycling legend Lance Armstrong, will be the Keynote Speaker at the American...

Annual Luncheon keynote speaker.(Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell at American Correction Association's 2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Ben Nighthorse Campbell Tuesday, January 31, 2006 * 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado, will be the keynote speaker at the American...

Closing Breakfast keynote speaker.(American Correctional Association's 2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Craig Karges Wednesday, February 1, 2006 * 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Craig Karges, master of the extraordinary and award-winning entertainer, will be the keynote speaker for the 2006 Winter...

Hotel reservation information.(2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... RESERVE BY DECEMBER 27, 2005 Attendees of the American Correctional Association's 2006 Winter Conference in Nashville, Tennessee can make their hotel reservations online, by telephone, fax or mail by December 27, 2005. ACA wants your...

Correctional facility tours.(American Correctional Association's Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Monday, January 30, 2006 * 2:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Discover What's Happening Behind the Scenes in Nashville's Correctional Facilities! Winter Conference attendees are encouraged to participate in the American Correctional Association's...

Monday Night Exhibit Hall Reception: "Barbecue Bonanza".(2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Monday, January 30, 2006 * 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Savor the smell of barbecue, as the tempting aroma of grilled delights fill the open air, by joining us in the Exhibit Hall, as ACA celebrates...

Family Auxiliary Program and Tour.(2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Discover Nashville Monday, January 30, 2006 * 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Cost: $33 per person (adult or child) Soak up Nashville's unique atmosphere in this tour, which includes a narration of Nashville's Historic Downtown, Fort...

Tuesday Morning Exhibit Hall Specialty Break: "Forging the Frontier".(American Correctional Association's Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Tuesday, January 31, 2006 * 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Attendees will begin their morning exploring a new land of opportunities right in the Exhibit Hall as they experience ACA's...

Grand Prize Giveaway Game.(2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Tuesday, January 31, 2006-3:45 p.m. ENJOY WIDESCREEN ENTERTAINMENT IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME AS THE OWNER OF A BRAND-NEW ENTERTAINMENT ROOM PACKAGE! Envision yourself as the winner of a...

Preliminary workshop schedule.(2006 Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2006 10:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M. A-1 Innovative Approach to Sex Offender Supervision Moderator: David Jablonski, B.A., Region II Special Programs Manager, Probation/Parole Division, Corrections Department,...

Continuing Education Units (CEUs).(American Correctional Association partners with University of Maryland)
December 1, 2005... ACA has partnered with the University of Maryland to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) at our conferences. CEUs help employees earn professional recognition for completing educational and training programs. Participants who register for...

A get sponsors will provide you with a medley of ideas!(American Correctional Association's Winter Conference)
December 1, 2005... Corporate Sponsors The American Correctional Association considers it an honor and a privilege to acknowledge its many Corporate Sponsors for their generosity and unwavering support of the 2006 Winter Conference. HDR Offices...

A renewed focus on mission and vision: Maryland's strategy for creating culture change.
December 1, 2005... Change is not an easy process for individuals and is even more complicated when trying to get whole organizations of individuals to think, act or conduct business differently than they have in the past. And when the organizational change is...

Training the next generation of leaders: Texas' approach.(correctional officers )
December 1, 2005... With an increasing emphasis on training and staff development taking place nationwide, today's state correctional officers are better trained, better equipped and better prepared for supervising the inmate population than ever before. But are...

Computer-based programs: Pennsylvania's cost-effective approach to staff training.(CT FEATURE)
December 1, 2005... Imagine that a correctional employee has just been promoted to the position of deputy superintendent at a state correctional institution. He is scheduled for his first "on-duty" weekend and realizes that if something happens, he will likely be...

From "guard" school to training school: New York's evolution.(training correctional staff )
December 1, 2005... Author's Note: All historical excerpts used in this article were taken from the August 2000 issue of DOCS Today, a publication of the New York State Department of Correctional Services. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lewis Lawes, who served as...

Staff training and the impact on institutional culture.(CT FEATURE)
December 1, 2005... Staff training can have a big impact on changing institutional or workplace culture. However, when questioned about the type of training that is needed, a consistent answer is rarely found. The general nature of a correctional job tends to...

Staff teambuilding: from theory to technique.(CT FEATURE)
December 1, 2005... Correctional environments are increasingly turning to team projects to address the strategic issues of the agency and to develop staff in areas of interdependence and leadership. Team structures are no longer made up of primarily homogeneous...

Responding to today's work force: attracting, retaining and developing the new generation of workers.
December 1, 2005... Just like the "graying" of the nation's inmate population, the criminal justice work force is also "graying." This phenomenon spans the entire country; it is the product of the baby-boomer generation reaching the age of retirement. (1) The...

Job Corps: a training program pipeline to the corrections profession.(CT FEATURE)(Corrections Today)
December 1, 2005... With the nation's correctional agencies struggling to find and retain correctional officers, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is trying an innovative approach. TDCJ has partnered with the Gary Job Corps Community in San Marcos,...

Iowa DOC leaders turn to staff for cost-saving solutions.(Department of Corrections)
December 1, 2005... Redirecting 5 percent of the Iowa Department of Corrections budget did not seem feasible a year ago, but today, the plan to achieve those potential savings is in the midst of being implemented. The source of the savings ideas--the department's...

Paperless training records management.(CT FEATURE)(Corrections Today)
December 1, 2005... Files. Lots and lots of files. Picture any training office and chances are cabinets full of thick manila folders comes to mind. Even in modern detention systems that boast touch-screen controls and state-of-the-art wireless communications,...

Drug treatment and reentry for incarcerated women.(NIJ Update)
December 1, 2005... Author's Note: Points of view expressed in this article do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. For many years, corrections officials applied the same drug addiction treatment programs to women...

Management development for impact.(Research Notes)
December 1, 2005... According to Leadership Development in Balance: Made/Born, (1) by Bruce J. Avolio, "Only 10 percent of the leadership development interventions out there will be able to get past the first level of evaluation of programmatic impact." And in The...

Corrections Corporation of America.(Anthony M. DaDante appointed)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Corrections Corporation of America, the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to government, announced that Anthony M. DaDante has been named executive vice president and chief people officer. In this newly-created role,...

Elmo-Tech Ltd.(foreign operations)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Elmo-Tech Ltd., a global provider of leading electronic monitoring and tracking technologies for the law enforcement and corrections industries announced the establishment of a U.S. operations center. Elmo-Tech's CEO, Doron Yassur commented:...

Turner Construction Company.(Web-based compilation of Turner projects launched)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, released Turner City, a Web-based compilation of Turner projects completed around the world in 2004. Available on the internet at www.turnerconstruction.com/turnercity/2004,...

Welcome new members.
December 1, 2005... ORGANIZATIONAL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- Office of the Provost Marshal General GEORGIA -- Fulton County Sheriff's Department, Roswell Detention Center MARYLAND -- U.S. Parole Commission NEW JERSEY -- Gloucester County Jail ...

Sexual Assault: The Victims, the Perpetrators, and the Criminal Justice System.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Sexual Assault: The Victims, the Perpetrators, and the Criminal Justice System, edited by Frances P. Reddington, Ph.D., and Betsy Wright Kreisel, Ph.D., Carolina Academic Press, 2005, 353 pp. The no-nonsense title for this book indicates to...

ACA launches first nurse-specific certification examination for professionals in the correctional work force.
December 1, 2005... The American Correctional Association's Professional Development department offers a variety of educational opportunities. One of the most valuable programs is the Corrections Certification Program. The certification exam is offered at four...