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This 32-hour training program teaches the importance of in-depth planning before starting facility design.

With NIC’s hands-on, onsite training, gain the experience of auditing out-of-state institutions of various security levels and missions. This 36-hour training program supplements classroom instruction in auditing protocol with tours of assigned facilities and real-world assignments that put newly trained participants in charge of the auditing proce...

Jail administrators have significant responsibility and liability in ensuring that jail operations are conducted safely, securely, legally, and humanely. This 36-hour program focuses on the basic skills and competencies jail administrators need to effectively meet this responsibility.

This training program helps participants build competencies and skills in performing the tasks that matter most.

About the National Corrections Academy

We provide training in leadership, management and specialized corrections topics for state, local and federal corrections. Training covers a broad range of correctional disciplines and topics, including leadership, jail and prison programming, offender reentry, and mental health.
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11900 E. Cornell Ave, Unit C
Aurora, CO 80014
800.995-6429 (toll free)

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This 32-hour training program teaches the importance of in-depth planning before starting facility design.

This training program helps participants build competencies and skills in performing the tasks that matter most.

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Our technical assistance includes onsite guidance, support, consultation, or training provided by an experienced technical resource provider or NIC staff member who serves in an advisory capacity and works with agency staff.

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Washington, D.C. 20534
800.995.6423 (toll free)
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The utilization of zero-base budgeting (ZBB) to control expenditures and reduce budgets at the state level is explained. Sections of this brief are: the original form of zero-base budgeting; alternative budgeting or target budgeting—a highly simplified version of zero-based budgeting; periodic agency review budgeting; zero-based reviews in action i...

This guide is essential reading for community corrections professionals who have clients with extreme driving while under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI), aka hardcore drunk driving (HCDD), convictions. It combines the latest in evidenced-based supervision practices with treatment strategies known to work with alcohol involve...

The effects of mass imprisonment on fragile families - families in which the children’s parents were not married at the time of their birth – and ways to lessen these effects’ impacts while also reducing crime are examined. Topics discussed include: the demography of punishment and mass incarceration in the United States; research findings on the c...

The focus of the Task Force was “how to increase the involvement of local communities and agencies in prison reform and reentry initiatives … Perhaps the most important recommendation is that local reentry councils should be created in key communities in the state, the councils to be comprised of government and non-government persons representing a...

This guide provides “a set of guiding principles, developed from evidence-based practices, to assist community corrections in responding more effectively to underage drinking offenders. It is imperative for community corrections workers to remain fully informed of the actions they can take to address this issue” (p. 2). Five sections comprise this ...

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The library provides access to over 18,000 corrections-related resources including training plans, research reports, program evaluations and more. For access to the full collection and our live onsite Information Experts, please use our Information Help Desk.

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The last twenty years have seen a substantial and sustained reduction in direct violence in the United States. This quote from the Executive Summary is just one highlight of the second annual 2012 United States Peace Index (USPI). The USPI is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and provides a comprehensive assessment of ...

In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls, as National Police Week.. The names of 362 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty including 163 who died in 2011 were formally dedicated on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Sunda...

Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains , conducted by the Pew Research Center s Forum on Religion Public Life, was released on March 22, 2012. Findings: Professional prison chaplains see America s state penitentiaries as places bustling with religious activity, ranging from efforts by inmates to proselytize or convert...

The National PREA Resource Center and Vera Institute of Justice will be hosting the second webinar, PREA Readiness, in the Resource Center s PREA in Action Webinar Series on May 22nd. In this interactive web conference, Sheriff Beth Arthur and Major David Kidwell, Director of Corrections, will discuss their long-standing commitment to preventing ...

As part of the Public Safety Performance Project s work with states to improve public safety and control corrections costs, the Pew Center on the States/The Pew Charitable Trusts collaborated with two of the nation s leading polling firms, The Mellman Group and Public Opinion Strategies, to explore public opinion on sentencing and corrections iss...

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We manage and support a community for corrections professionals to share information, ask questions, and work together online. This site has public and private forums that facilitate discussions on correctional topics and to seek answers from fellow members. We also maintain blogs which are used to share information about NIC activities, announce opportunities, and solicit feedback from the field. Membership is fast, free, and open to all.

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Learning Administrators and Training Professionals: How can your organization use games to enhance learning and development? Learning doesn t mean just rote memorization it means acquiring the skills and thought processes needed to respond appropriately under pressure, in a variety of situations. How can corrections use effective, interact...

Meet NIC at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) Updates in Correctional Health Care Conference set for May 19 - 22, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. See the conference website to attend http://www.ncchc.org/education/updates/index.html NIC will be taping interviews in support of two upcoming satellite/internet broadcasts...

Exercises for Developing MI Skills in Corrections is the second in a set of two resource manuals for supporting the initial implementation of motivational interviewing in correctional settings. This publication presents scenarios that agents commonly encounter in their efforts to monitor and reinforce court/parole/institutional conditions and ad...

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (NAPSA) are pleased to convene a national symposium on pretrial diversion. The theme is Strengthening the Evidence-Based Framework and will be held May 30-31, 2012 in Washington, D.C. at the Federal Bureau of Prisons central office training faci...

New articles have been posted to NIC s Corrections and Mental Health Update, a blog covering mental health practices. The new articles cluster around two themes: Involuntary Medication, and Ethical and Legal Issues Concerning the Mentally Ill in Corrections. The main feature, Psychiatric Medication Adherence Among People Who Are Incarcerated...

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The field of corrections faces many challenges and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) coordinates and provides consulting, research, funding and training in an effort to address key issues. The results of these initiatives provide the field with valuable information and resources when dealing with these challenges.

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We are an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Institute is headed by a Director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. A 16-member Advisory Board, also appointed by the Attorney General, was established by the enabling legislation (Public Law 93-415) to provide policy direction to the Institute.

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