Recommended Reading

Date	Title	Type
2010	Programs and Activities: Tools for Managing Inmate Behavior “This manual not only will provide guidance to practitioners on improving inmate programs, but will also demonstrate that even with minimal resources, correctional professionals can plan, implement, and evaluate programs while realizing the benefits ... Read More
1996	Audits of Podular Direct-Supervision Jails Three facilities varying in size and region were audited to measure the state of the art in podular direct-supervision jails, to test how well direct supervision is performing, and to point out its strengths and challenges. Staff and inmates in facil... Read More
2006	Direct Supervision Jails: 2006 Sourcebook A directory of facilities that utilize the direct supervision concept of jail design and management is provided. Organized by state, entries provide the following information: facility name, address, description and status, year opened, contact pers... Read More
2007	How to Collect and Analyze Data: A Manual for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators Anyone who needs to gather and analyze data concerning various jail-related issues will find this manual useful. This document provides guidance on how information can fuel policy decision making. Chapters comprising this guide are: introduction; goo... Read More
2009	Inmate Behavior Management: The Key to a Safe and Secure Jail This guide “presents six key elements that, in combination, will help jails reduce a wide array of negative, destructive, and dangerous inmate behavior” (p. v). These elements are: assessing risk and needs; assigning inmates to housing; meeting inmat... Read More
2004	Interpersonal Communications in the Correctional Setting: IPC This basic communication skills training program, developed by Robert R. Carkhuff, has been used by correctional agencies for more than thirty-five years to train officers and counselors. Sessions contained in this course are: introduction to the IPC... Read More
2005	Jails in America: A Report on Podular Direct Supervision, Version 3.0 [videorecording] The strengths of podular/direct supervision are explained. This video provides information regarding: the three types of jail design and inmate management (i.e., linear/intermittent surveillance, podular/remote supervision, and podular/direct superv... Read More
1998	Objective Jail Classification Systems: A Guide for Jail Administrators Objective jail classification (OJC) is a process of assessing every jail inmate's custody and program needs and is considered one of the most important management tools available to jail administrators and criminal justice system planners. An effecti... Read More
2004	Resource Guide for Jail Administrators A guide "developed to enhance the leadership skills, knowledge, and capabilities of jail administrators on issues of basic jail administration" is presented (p. v). Fourteen chapters comprise this guide: introduction; role, purpose, and characterist... Read More
2004	Self-Audit Instrument for Administrators of Direct Supervision Jails: Based on the Measurable Elements of Direct Supervision The "necessary information, instruction, and tools to conduct self-audits that will indicate how well the concepts and principles of direct supervision are being implemented" are provided (p. 1.1). Sections comprising this manual are: introduction; t... Read More
1997	Women in Jail: Classification Issues The authors examine issues related to classification of female jail inmates by profiling the female inmate population and discussing problems associated with using a single classification system for both male and female inmates or a gender-neutral sy... Read More

Available Training Opportunities

• Available Online - Interpersonal Communication Skills with Correctional Offenders - Course 1
  This e-course, the first course in a three part series, will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for using good communication skills will enhance management, control, and professionalism, when working with offenders.
• Available Online - Interpersonal Communication Skills with Correctional Offenders - Course 2
  This e-course, the second course in a three part series, will identify the two add-on skills, the two steps in identifying content, meaning, and feeling, the threes techniques used in asking questions, the three levels of intensity for feelings, and identify the components of the 5W's and H method.
• Available Online - Interpersonal Communication Skills with Correctional Offenders - Course 3
  This e-course, the third course in a three part series, will explain more in depth how to manage offender behavior, handling requests, verbal and non-verbal recognition, anti-social patterns, and four basic skill strategies in the Cognitive-Based Communication Model.
• Available Online - Objective Jail Classification: Assessing Inmate Risk and Needs
  In this e-course, you will learn about objective classification, one of the most important management tools available to jail administrators.