Corrections Today articles from July 2000

Corrections Today archives from July 2000

Technology -- Changing the Face of Corrections.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Technology is changing the face of our profession. Who would have thought we would be using advances such as telemedicine, DNA files, long-distance learning and motion detectors? Each of these enhances security and improves the delivery of...

Technology and Security -- Opportunities and Challenges.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... As the United States enters the 21st century, it does so with the largest prison population in its history. As many others have pointed out, there exists a paradoxical fact that the nation with the greatest freedoms on earth also has the...

Profile.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Kimmerle Group, headquartered in Morristown, N.J., gives new meaning to the term, "turnkey," when it comes to the "three Cs" of any building project -- conception, creation and completion. Award-winning architect George Kimmerle established...

Nebraska Studies Electrocution Ruling.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... According to a recent Associated Press report in the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska corrections Director Harold Clarke said prison officials could use one jolt of electricity to execute death row inmates, but that a judge's ruling that four...

Kansas Receives Millions For Public Safety.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The state of Kansas has been awarded $5.3 million to supplement efforts to combat crime and violence at the state and local levels, reported the Associated Press in the Lawrence Journal-World. The funds were allotted by the Edward Byrne...

Inmates Pursue Claims After Options Run Out.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Supreme Court ruled in late April that state prison inmates can pursue claims in state court after their federal options have been exhausted. Slack, the plaintiff, was convicted in Nevada of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in...

Pediatrician Group Pushes for Gun Safety.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for a banning of hand-guns and an enforcement of strict safety controls, urging doctors to ask about guns in the home during children's routine physicals and advising parents to remove weapons from...

Better Services for Released Inmates.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... According to the Justice Department, 62 percent of the 585,000 felons who will be released from state and federal prisons this year will be charged with new crimes and 41 percent will return to jail within three years, states The Washington...

Igniting Human Potential.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Carol Rapp Zimmermann, assistant director of Ohio's Department of Youth Services (DYS), describes her as a passion and a ministry. When looking at her accomplishments during the past 13 years, it is apparent she is as passionate and dedicated...

Dedicated to Maryland's Criminal Justice Pros.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Maryland Criminal Justice Association (MCJA) was founded in 1956 as the Maryland Parole, Probation and Corrections Association. Around 1985, the organization voted to become an affiliate of the American Correctional Association, changing...

Juvenile Suicide in Confinement: A National Survey.
July 1, 2000... D.H., 17, hanged himself with a bed sheet tied to the cell door at a juvenile detention facility in a southern state on Jan. 6. M.S., 14, hanged herself with a bed sheet tied to a shower brace at a public juvenile training school in a western...

HOW TECHNOLOGY Can Make Your Job Safer.
July 1, 2000... With the emergence of new high-tech tasers (electronic stun devices), electrical disablers, oleosorin capsicum (better known as pepper) spray, stab- and slash-resistant vests and other less-than-lethal devices, do you still feel safe in your...

Much Anticipated Video Package Released!(Review)
July 1, 2000... Fifteen year-old opens fire in classroom, kills three. Unfortunately, this headline is far too familiar to all of us. But how do you avoid violence happening in your facility or center? ACA is pleased to announce the release of the Cage Your...

THE FUTURE OF CORRECTIONS: Technological Developments Are Turning Science Fiction Into Science Fact.
July 1, 2000... All in all, Jan. 1, 2000, seemed like just another day. The world did not end and humanity was not suddenly thrust into a "Jetsons" -like existence. The phrase, "As we enter the new millennium, we must...," already has become the most...

A SMART Solution to Jail CROWDING.
July 1, 2000... Unlike many highly populated U.S. counties, when Oakland County, Mich., puts offenders back on the streets, it can keep its residents just as safe as if these individuals were still in jail. This added level of safety in suburban Detroit comes...

GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE SYSTEM: TRACKING OFFENDERS IN REAL TIME.
July 1, 2000... In January 1997; the Florida b Department of Corrections began a pilot project using the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system to track the movement and location of offenders in real time, 24 hours a day, notifying probation officers of...

Reshaping the Design Of Juvenile Facilities in Kansas.
July 1, 2000... Early next year, the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority (KJJA) plans to break ground for a new juvenile correctional center in Topeka, Kan., to open in December 2002. The planned 225-bed facility promises to transform the state's approach to...

Staff Safety & Technology Go Hand in Hand.
July 1, 2000... With the onset of California's significant prison construction program came the need to search for the best available technologies to assist with prison security. Through its Planning and Construction Division and Technology Transfer Committee,...

NEW SOFTWARE HELPS WASHINGTON'S JUVENILE COURTS GET "Back on Track".
July 1, 2000... In 1998, the Washington State Juvenile Court Administrators Association (WAJCA) decided to develop and implement a computerized risk-assessment and classification system for county juvenile justice operations. Utilizing a risk-assessment tool...

TAKINIG YOUR TECHNOLOGY TO THE MARKETPLACE.
July 1, 2000... "... TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN IT IS CARRIED OUT BY HIGHLY MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS ON THE RECEIVING END, INTERNALLY SUPPORTED BY TOP MANAGEMENT, EXECUTED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH CONSORTIUM SCIENTISTS AND PERFORMED IN A...

HOME Detention Systems.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, nearly 3 percent of adults in the United States are either incarcerated or otherwise under the control of the correctional system through bail, probation or work-release programs. This amounts...

Think Staff Safety ... Think Technology.
July 1, 2000... According to the Corrections Yearbook, across the country, more than 14,000 staff were assaulted by inmates in 1997, with approximately 20 percent requiring medical attention. During the same period, nearly 26,000 inmates were assaulted by...

STAFF SAFETY BY DESIGN SITUATION:.
July 1, 2000... A MINOR DISTURBANCE IN HOUSING UNIT C-3. INMATES UPSET WITH A CURRENT POLICY HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND START DESTRUCTIVELY TAKING APART, PIECE BY PIECE, THE DAYROOM IN WHICH THEY LIVE. DESTROYING PROPERTY BECOMES A...

THE NEIGHBOR-FRIENDLY PERIMETER ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
July 1, 2000... SOMETIMES, OLD CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES DON'T DIE--their barriers just fade into antiquity. The Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF) in Lino Lakes is a perfect example. It was first opened in 1963 to serve juvenile offenders, but by the late...

ACCOUNTABILITY: THE KEY TO STAFF SAFETY.
July 1, 2000... IF YOU WERE TO SPEAK WITH A VETERAN CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN A NEW YORK CITY JAIL, YOU WOULD FIND THAT HIS OR HER WORK LIFE TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN THE EARLY 1990s. THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION WAS DIFFERENT THEN,...

MOCK RIOT.
July 1, 2000... FOURTH ANNUAL EVENT HELD AT FORMER STATE PENITENTIARY MAY 14, 2000, MOUNDSVILLE, W.VA.--AN ARMY HELICOPTER LANDS IN THE SOUTH YARD TO EVACUATE INJURED INMATES AFTER A FIGET. INMATES RIOT AND TAKE THREE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS HOSTAGE IN THE...

Restorative Justice for Victims Offenders: A RETURN TO AMERICAN TRADITIONS.
July 1, 2000... there is no question that today's world is becoming increasingly formalized, organized and impersonal. In order to ensure a fair and smooth operation of international commerce, globalization itself -- based on the breakdown of barriers of...

Empowering the Victim: California Shifts the Focus of Justice.
July 1, 2000... Six years ago, Lisa La Pierre was a vivacious, athletic, promising pre-law student in Los Angeles. Today, she is a quadriplegic, breathing with the help of a respirator. On a warm summer evening in 1994, La Pierre was sitting in her car...

Promoting Victim Justice Through Corrections-Based Victim Services.
July 1, 2000... Corrections-based victim services have become a specialized discipline within the field of victims' rights and services. The past 15 years have witnessed tremendous growth in policies, programs and protocols to enhance the provision of victim...

Certification Update.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... It is anticipated that upcoming certification examinations will be held in accord with the table above. Additional sites are in varying stages of being arranged. During the past four months, there have been 70 requests for information regarding...

Members Voted Online For the First Time.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... This year, for the first time ever, ACA members were able to vote online. Making the process quick and simple, members just needed to type in the Web site address: https://elections. votation.com/aca2k, and their member number. A ballot then...

State Crime Legislation 1999: Trends and Themes.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) recently released its annual survey of legislation passed in 1999. Concern about offenses that involve weapons and those with child victims were the prime themes of state anti-crime...

Modernization of Probation In England and Wales.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Right Hon. Jack Straw, secretary of state for the Home Department in England, addressed the issue of the modernization of probation in his speech to the delegates attending the Probation 2000 Conference held this past January in London....

Improving Safety and Efficiency: Using Video in a Correctional Environment.
July 1, 2000... Correctional administrators, ever vigilant for ways to improve the safety and efficiency of inmate management, are turning more and more to the use of video cameras, often referred to as closed-circuit television (CCTV). To assist corrections...

NIC Assists Corrections With Managing Female Offenders in the Community.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Recent national events have converged to focus attention on women offenders in the criminal justice system. The attention derives not just simply from the dramatic growth of the female offender population in every sector of corrections,...

Thermopatch Corp.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Thermopatch Corp. recently announced that Tim Merris received the 1999 Salesperson of the Year Award, which was presented at the National Sales Meeting banquet held in Corpus Christi, Texas. The award is based on superior performance against...

Conair Group Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Conair Group Inc.; Cutler-Hammer, a business unit of Eaton Corp.; and WESCO International Inc., have created a uniquely integrated supply chain that will substantially reduce Conair's overall electrical equipment sourcing costs. Under the...

Introduction to Corrections, Fifth Edition.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Introduction to Corrections, Fifth Edition, by Jeanne B. Stinch-comb and Vernon B. Fox. Prentice Hall, 1999, 677 pp. As we move into the new millennium, society has more at stake in the corrections conglomerate than ever before. More than 5...

Craftmaster Hardware Co. Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Craftmaster Hardware Co. Inc. recently announced the Folger Adam Stock Express Program, and an extensive inventory of replacement parts. A separate catalog of detention hardware products is available in addition to its regular catalog of door...

ANNOUNCING THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY'S NEW DIVISION ON CORRECTIONS AND SENTENCING.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... In November 1999, the American Society of Criminology (ASC) created a new society division: the Division on Corrections and Sentencing. ASC would like to invite those of you who are interested in corrections and sentencing issues to join ASC...