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Promising Practices to Prevent Resident Sexual Assaults at Woodfield Cottage Secure Detention Facility
Publication year:
2007
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 11, 2007
ANNOTATION: Safety measures taken at the Woodfield Cottage Secure Detention Facility for youthful offenders to prevent resident sexual assaults are described. Sections of this publication are: Woodfield Cottage Secure Detention Facility in Valhalla, New York; program philosophy; adherence to policy promotes safety; "no touch" policy tempered by a caring attitude; Handle With Care Behavior Management System, Inc. brief statement of philosophy; methods used by Woodfield detention staff to prevent incidents of aggression; facility structure and safety measures; signs that young people don't feel safe; programming is valued; creating a caring staff culture starts with staff recruitment and training; solving staff-related problems; Logic Model: Woodfield Secure Detention; and summary.