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The National Institute of Correction’s Advisory Board is a 16-member panel appointed by the Attorney General to advise and assist the Institute in performing its mission. The current board was sworn in by Attorney General Eric Holder in March, 2011. Past NIC Advisory Boards have periodically organized hearings to explore important topics of concern to corrections professionals and decisionmakers. The purposes of the hearings are to:

  1. Educate the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board about important trends in corrections-related policy, programs, and practices.
  2. Provide the National Institute of Corrections with input and advice from the field that can be integrated into the Institute’s vision and strategic plan.
  3. Help the National Institute of Corrections in achieving a high level of excellence in identifying and meeting the needs of the field of corrections.


This board will be holding two hearings in 2011-2012.

The first hearing is titled “Shifting the Focus to Reshape Our Thinking Toward Performance-Based Outcomes” and was held at Paul Brest Hall at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on November 2nd and 3rd, 2011.

The program included a number of nationally recognized experts in the field of corrections including both practitioners and academics.

Highlights for Wednesday, November 2, 2011;

Secretary Matthew Cate of the California Department of Corrections discussing California’s recent experiences.


Dr. Joan Petersilia, Stanford University, Law School, on the “A Looking Glass Approach to Corrections”


Special panel presentations on “Initiatives Driving Today’s Correctional Culture”, “Views from a Different Perspective”, and “Successful Correctional Culture Change Case Studies”.


Panelists included;

Karin Ho, Administrator, Office of Victim Services, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections; Tim Murray, Executive Director, Pretrial Justice Institute, Washington, D.C.; Alex Busansky, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency; Pam Rodriguez, President , Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities; Lovisa Stannow, Executive Director, Just Detention International; Steve Martin, Consultant; Lee Baca, Sheriff Los Angeles County; Harold Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; Scott Taylor, Director, Department of Community Justice Multnomah County, Oregon; and Pat Caruso, Corrections Consultant and Former Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Highlights for Thursday, November 3, 2011;

Special panel Presentations on, “Rethinking Climate and Culture in Corrections” and “Leading Successful Culture Change”.


Panelists included;

Jim Coleman, Director, Shelby County Tennessee Corrections; Marilyn Chandler Ford, Ph.D., Director, Volusia Division of County Corrections; Don Head, Commissioner, Correctional Services of Canada; Cherie Townsend, Executive Director, Texas Youth Commission; Joe McCannon, Senior Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Department of Health and Human Services; and Harry Hertz, Director, Baldridge Performance Excellence, Department of Commerce.

The Advisory Board will meet April 2-3, 2012 to review the content from this hearing.


The second hearing will be on the subjects of budgets, cost containment, and population management in corrections. It will be held at NIC’s National Correctional Academy in Aurora, Colorado, in the fall of 2012.

Information on both these events will appear on this page as it becomes available.

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