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During this VILT course via Webex, participants from corrections settings of all types will explore the critical issues related to building the internal capacity for enhanced ...

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 suppleme...

Are you ready to make the shift to more technologically driven ways of delivering learning and performance solutions in your corrections workforce? During this VILT course via...

This 40-hour course will include modules on defining the chair’s role, establishing operational philosophy, promoting optimal performance, navigating the external and politica...

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Activities of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) related to prison rape during the 2012 calendar year are documented. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) ...

This publication presents graphics regarding: the number of incarcerated youth from 1975-2010; disparities in confinement by race from 1997 to 2010; of those youth incarcerate...

“This study adds to the existing juvenile drug court literature by providing a national multi-site outcome and process evaluation of nine juvenile drug courts from across the ...

Factors leading to a reduction in the number of prisoners in New South Wales (NSW) following a fifteen year increase of 65% are ascertained. sections of this brief include: in...

This is a great introduction to the process by which an organization can evaluate whether a program is evidence-based is explained. “Although this guide grows out of and is ta...

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From the National Reentry Resource Center: The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG Justice Center), the Urban Institute, and the U.S. Department of Justice, ...

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The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for an 18-month period t...

Updated 6/11: (See questions and answers below) The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter int...

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2012	Re-Directing Justice: The Consequences of Prosecuting Youth as Adults and the Need to Restore Judicial Oversight By Dvorchak, Kim; Swenson, Karina. Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (Denver, CO). The use of “direct filing,” the prosecuting youth as adults, in Colorado is examined. This critical report shows how ineffective and costly direct filing is. Key findings from this study include: 1. Trying youth as adults doesn’t make Colorado safer, but increases the likelihood a teenager will re-offend; 2. Direct file has affected thousands of youth, and the law disproportionately impacts black and Hispanic youth; 3. The vast majority of youth impacted by direct file are not the most serious o... Read More	102 pages
2009	Caging Children in Crisis Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (Denver, CO). Those people who want an overview of the issues surrounding the housing of juveniles in an adult jail should read this publication. It discusses: the consequences of being tired in an adult court (direct filed cases) and the nonexistent standards covering the prosecutor’s decision to move the child to an adult facility; facilities and staff unprepared for a juvenile population; experiences of juveniles in an adult jail such as little to do along with little recreation; juvenile females in adult ... Read More	8 pages

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2012

Re-Directing Justice: The Consequences of Prosecuting Youth as Adults and the Need to Restore Judicial Oversight

By Dvorchak, Kim; Swenson, Karina. Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (Denver, CO).

The use of “direct filing,” the prosecuting youth as adults, in Colorado is examined. This critical report shows how ineffective and costly direct filing is. Key findings from this study include: 1. Trying youth as adults doesn’t make Colorado safer, but increases the likelihood a teenager will re-offend; 2. Direct file has affected thousands of youth, and the law disproportionately impacts black and Hispanic youth; 3. The vast majority of youth impacted by direct file are not the most serious o... Read More

102 pages

2009

Caging Children in Crisis

Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (Denver, CO).

Those people who want an overview of the issues surrounding the housing of juveniles in an adult jail should read this publication. It discusses: the consequences of being tired in an adult court (direct filed cases) and the nonexistent standards covering the prosecutor’s decision to move the child to an adult facility; facilities and staff unprepared for a juvenile population; experiences of juveniles in an adult jail such as little to do along with little recreation; juvenile females in adult ... Read More

8 pages

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