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  • 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 beha
  • Behavior Modification 101 for Drug Courts: Making the Most of Incentives and Sanctions

    “Drug Courts improve outcomes for drug-abusing offenders by combining evidence-based substance abuse treatment with strict behavioral accountabilit
  • Inmate Behavior Management: Northampton County Jail Case Study

    “Violence, vandalism, and other unwanted inmate behaviors prevail in many jails nationwide, and they frustrate jail practitioners who must ensure t
  • Inmate Behavior Management: Brazos County Jail Case Study

    “Violence, vandalism, and other unwanted inmate behaviors prevail in many jails nationwide, and they frustrate jail practitioners who must ensure t
  • Inmate Behavior Management: Guide to Meeting Basic Needs

    "Experience has shown that if a jail does not meet the basic human needs of inmates, the inmates will find a way to satisfy their needs in ways tha
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    Facilitating Behavior Change - Training

    The National Institute of Corrections (NIC), in collaboration with the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI), is plea