Corrections Today articles from October 1998

Corrections Today archives from October 1998

Human heartache: the other side of drugs.(Editorial)
October 1, 1998... Seeing your son or daughter, or brother or aunt, whomever, waste away because of the scourge of substance abuse is like watching life itself seep, drop by drop, toward the final step of death. The human toll is overpowering. Forget the lost...

America's war on drugs: unprecedented success or casualty of failed policy?
October 1, 1998... There are clear, concrete signs that America's drug policy - variously referred to as "zero tolerance," "getting tough on drugs" and waging "war" on drugs, has been an overwhelming success. Indeed, during the past decade, literally hundreds of...

Congress needs to consult profession before enacting juvenile justice reform. (Judge David B. Mitchell)(Transcript)
October 1, 1998... Editor's Note: Judge David B. Mitchell gave the following speech at the annual National Juvenile Corrections and Detention Forum sponsored by the American Correctional Association (ACA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

Implementing innovative approaches to community corrections.(Column)
October 1, 1998... What does it take to monitor nearly a dozen residential contracts and oversee more than 260 inmates in a community corrections setting? According to many in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' (DOC) Bureau of Community Corrections, it...

An effective voice for correctional psychologists. (American Association for Correctional Psychology)(includes related article on the history of the association)(Column)
October 1, 1998... The American Association for Correctional Psychology (AACP) has been in existence for more than 40 years and, although it has accomplished much in that time, President Dave Glenwick wants to make AACP a larger, more visible presence than it's...

Where do criminal justice organizations stand on critical correctional issues?
October 1, 1998... ACA has surveyed a number of associations involved in the criminal justice field, to gauge their views on issues of common concern. The results indicate who might be potential allies or adversaries when testifying before various legislative...

128th Congress attendees celebrate successful programs. (Congress of Correction)(Detroit: 128th Congress of Correction, August 9 - 13, 1998)
October 1, 1998... DETROIT - More than 5,100 corrections professionals gathered here Aug. 9-13 for ACA's 128th Congress of Correction. The conference theme, "Successful Programs Are the Way: Do We Have the Will?" encouraged attendees to share their ideas and...

Workshops address variety of criminal justice issues.(Detroit: 128th Congress of Correction, August 9 - 13, 1998)
October 1, 1998... Workshops and seminars at the 128th Congress of Correction in Detroit attracted thousands of participants and provoked lively debates on such subjects as juvenile corrections, security threat groups, cognitive approaches to changing offender...

Best Practices: tools for correctional excellence. (American Correctional Association outgoing Pres Reginald Wilkinson)(Detroit: 128th Congress of Correction, August 9 - 13, 1998)(Transcript)
October 1, 1998... Editor's Note: The following is an edited version of the Opening Session keynote address delivered by Reginald Wilkinson, outgoing president of the American Correctional Association (ACA), Aug. 9, 1998, at the 128th Congress of Correction in...

Michigan makes strides in public safety and corrections. (Michigan Governor John Engler)(Detroit: 128th Congress of Correction, August 9 - 13, 1998)(Transcript)
October 1, 1998... Editor's Note: The following is an edited version of the General Session keynote address delivered by John Engler, governor of Michigan, Aug. 10, 1998, at the 128th Congress of Correction in Detroit. The problems confronted by corrections every...

Meeting the challenges posed by youthful offenders.(Detroit: 128th Congress of Correction, August 9 - 13, 1998)
October 1, 1998... The Closing Plenary session of the 128th Congress of Correction in Detroit provided a thought-provoking discussion of one of the most difficult and pressing problems facing the corrections profession today - how to deal with youthful offenders....

Member input sought on correctional policies.(Detroit: 128th Congress of Correction, August 9 - 13, 1998)
October 1, 1998... Editor's Note: At ACA's 128th Congress of Correction in Detroit, the Public Correctional Policy on Technology, printed in the April issue of Corrections Today, was ratified by the association's governing bodies. Below are public correctional...

ACA honors E.R. Cass award winners. (American Correctional Association; Judy C. Anderson; Dennis S. Avery; Bobbie L. Huskey)
October 1, 1998... The E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award, ACA's highest honor, was bestowed upon Judy C. Anderson, Dennis S. Avery and Bobbie L. Huskey at the E.R. Cass Awards Banquet, Aug. 12, in Detroit. The following citations are printed as they were...

Substance abuse and the prison population: a three-year study by Columbia University reveals widespread substance abuse among offender population.
October 1, 1998... Substance abuse and addiction have fundamentally changed the nature of America's prison population. As America approaches the 21st century, state and federal prisons, as well as local jails, are bursting at the seams with alcohol and drug...

Interview with ONDCP. (Office of National Drug Control Policy officers Robert Warshaw and John Gregorich)(Interview)
October 1, 1998... In August, Corrections Today met with Deputy Chief Robert Warshaw (above), associate director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Bureau of State and Local Affairs, and John Gregorich, senior policy analyst in ONDCP's Office...

From the institution to the community: studies show benefits of continuity of care in reduced recidivism, relapse rates.
October 1, 1998... The effectiveness of jail and prison substance abuse treatment has been well-established over the years. Among inmate treatment programs, prerelease therapeutic communities (TC) have been the most studied, and have a well-documented record of...

Drug courts and jail-based treatment: jail setting poses unique opportunity to bridge gap between courts and treatment services.
October 1, 1998... Drug courts have become a major focus for criminal justice system reform in the United States. They are an important component of the Clinton administration's drug strategy and receive strong bipartisan support in Congress. As of August 1998,...

A cognitive-behavioral approach to substance abuse treatment: Canada embraces social learning concept in treatment of substance abuse.(Treatment Modalities)
October 1, 1998... Perspectives on substance use and abuse have evolved over time, reflecting shifts in cultural, societal and professional standards. The last few decades have witnessed a transition from viewing substance abusers as morally bankrupt to attributing...

Therapeutic communities: history, effectiveness and prospects.(Treatment Modalities)
October 1, 1998... 50 Years After Its First Appearance, the TC Has Evolved Into a Successful Treatment Model Seven out of every 10 men and eight out of every 10 women in the criminal justice system are drug users - persons who used illicit drugs with some...

Beyond the war on drugs: harm reduction in corrections.(Treatment Modalities)
October 1, 1998... Gradual Approach to Reducing Substance Abuse May Benefit Some Users The war on drugs has had mixed effects on corrections. On the one hand, it has created a "bull market" for corrections-related industries; the corrections industry has...

12 Steps to improved offender outcomes: developing responsive systems of care for substance-abusing offenders.
October 1, 1998... The vast number of studies over the last 20 years have clearly demonstrated that drug treatment is a powerful tool in the "war on drugs" in all correctional settings. While the criminal justice system has focused on programs (boot camps, drug...

Kids and drugs: treatment recognizes link between delinquency and substance abuse.
October 1, 1998... American teen-agers have shown an increased involvement in substance use since 1992. According to a 1997 report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 22 percent of eighth-graders, 39 percent of 10th-graders and 42 percent of...

Drug testing 101: detecting tainted samples.
October 1, 1998... Urine drug testing of inmates isn't always easy. To attempt to avoid extending their current prison sentence or being placed in a higher custody unit or prison, desperate inmates employ many methods to escape drug detection. Therefore, it is...

Cooperation works: six Ohio jurisdictions join forces to create regional jail.
October 1, 1998... The Corrections Commission of Northwest Ohio was formed in 1987 to oversee the construction and operation of the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio (CCNO), Ohio's first regional jail, and the first of its type in the United States. By pooling...

A journey in effective correctional reform: Canada's Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
October 1, 1998... Canada's Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) is the foundation of the country's federal corrections and conditional release system. Its purpose is the long-term protection of Canadians, and as such, it has a direct impact on public...

Fifteen and counting. (Juvenile Justice Trainers Association)
October 1, 1998... What is in its adolescence, used by people from all over the country and fills a void that nothing else can? The Internet? Digital technology? Well, maybe, but what we're talking about here is the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association (JJTA)....

Polling partnership aids agency planning. (rehabilitation of juvenile offenders)
October 1, 1998... Operation Springboard, an Ontario-based agency that provides residential services to young offenders, supervision of offenders performing community service, and court diversion programs, as well as a number of counseling and employment services,...

NIC trains offender employment specialists. (National Institute of Correction)
October 1, 1998... The Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement (OCJTP) was created within the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in 1995. Since 1996, NIC has offered five sessions of a 36-hour seminar for offender employment specialists to enhance...

The New War on Drugs: Symbolic Politics and Criminal Justice Policy.
October 1, 1998... eds. Eric L. Jensen and Jurg Gerber, ACJS/Anderson, 1-800-582-7295, 1998, 256 pp. The New War on Drugs: Symbolic Politics and Criminal Justice Policy is an anthology composed of 12 chapters by 18 different authors, yet it is a remarkably...

Emerging Criminal Justice.
October 1, 1998... Paul H. Hahn, Sage Publications, 1-800-2225646 or (805) 499-0721, 1997, 218 pp. In his book, Emerging Criminal Justice, Paul Hahn raises an interesting debate. He proposes a new proactive criminal justice system which is built on three pillars...