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Jail administrators have significant responsibility and liability in ensuring that jail operations are conducted safely, securely, legally, and humanely. This 36-hour program focuses on the basic skills and competencies jail administrators need to effectively meet this responsibility.

This training program helps participants build competencies and skills in performing the tasks that matter most.

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 supplements classroom instruction in auditing protocol with tours of assigned facilities and real-world assignments that put newly trained participants in charge of the auditing proce...

Extensive training that enhances the effectiveness of pretrial executives in maintaining and capitalizing existing services.

NIC continues to recognize the value of orientation for new probation and parole executives. This course focuses on the knowledge and skills important to a sound beginning in a new career.

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We provide training in leadership, management and specialized corrections topics for state, local and federal corrections. Training covers a broad range of correctional disciplines and topics, including leadership, jail and prison programming, offender reentry, and mental health.
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This training program helps participants build competencies and skills in performing the tasks that matter most.

Extensive training that enhances the effectiveness of pretrial executives in maintaining and capitalizing existing services.

NIC continues to recognize the value of orientation for new probation and parole executives. This course focuses on the knowledge and skills important to a sound beginning in a new career.

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Our technical assistance includes onsite guidance, support, consultation, or training provided by an experienced technical resource provider or NIC staff member who serves in an advisory capacity and works with agency staff.

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Psychological changes associated with desistance from criminal activity (for at least 3 years) by individuals with long-term criminal histories are investigated. Chapters following an abstract are: introduction; review of the literature; method; findings; and discussion. “The findings demonstrated that long-term criminal desistance is accompanied b...

This is a great article regarding the statewide implementation of evidence-based correctional practice. The Evidence-Based Practices Implementation for Capacity (EPIC) is a collaborative effort of five agencies in Colorado that “seeks to change the way correctional agencies conduct daily business by changing the ways that correctional staff interac...

State requirements for the registration of juvenile sex offenders are compiled and presented. Responses (if given) are reported for: registrable offenses; information maintained in sex offender registry; statutory basis for juvenile sex offender registration; duration of registration; community notification and website; and limitations on residency...

This report presents “data on sexual victimization experienced by former state prisoners during their prior term of incarceration, including any time served in a local jail, state prison, or postrelease community-correctional facility.” Sections of this publication address: highlights; incidents of sexual victimization; type of coercion and physica...

The goal of this final rule is to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in adult prisons and jails, lockups, community-based facilities, and juvenile facilities. It was created in response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). “In drafting the final rule, the Department balanced a number of competing considerations. In the current fisca...

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The U.S. Department of Justice finalized today its rule adopting standards for the prevention, detection, and response of rape in correctional settings. The standards establish national requirements for federal, state, and local correctional facilities, including jails, prisons, and community corrections, in fulfilling the zero tolerance standar...

What is claimed to be the first ever veterans only jail dorm is up and running. The Muscogee county jail in Georgia is giving special treatment to military veterans who are incarcerated. The Muscogee County Sheriff says there are specific programs set up for the vets to keep them from breaking the law once they get out. Sheriff John Darr says ...

The last twenty years have seen a substantial and sustained reduction in direct violence in the United States. This quote from the Executive Summary is just one highlight of the second annual 2012 United States Peace Index (USPI). The USPI is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and provides a comprehensive assessment of ...

In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls, as National Police Week.. The names of 362 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty including 163 who died in 2011 were formally dedicated on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Sunda...

Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains , conducted by the Pew Research Center s Forum on Religion Public Life, was released on March 22, 2012. Findings: Professional prison chaplains see America s state penitentiaries as places bustling with religious activity, ranging from efforts by inmates to proselytize or convert...

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Learning Administrators and Training Professionals: How can your organization use games to enhance learning and development? Learning doesn t mean just rote memorization it means acquiring the skills and thought processes needed to respond appropriately under pressure, in a variety of situations. How can corrections use effective, interact...

Meet NIC at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) Updates in Correctional Health Care Conference set for May 19 - 22, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. See the conference website to attend http://www.ncchc.org/education/updates/index.html NIC will be taping interviews in support of two upcoming satellite/internet broadcasts...

Exercises for Developing MI Skills in Corrections is the second in a set of two resource manuals for supporting the initial implementation of motivational interviewing in correctional settings. This publication presents scenarios that agents commonly encounter in their efforts to monitor and reinforce court/parole/institutional conditions and ad...

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (NAPSA) are pleased to convene a national symposium on pretrial diversion. The theme is Strengthening the Evidence-Based Framework and will be held May 30-31, 2012 in Washington, D.C. at the Federal Bureau of Prisons central office training faci...

New articles have been posted to NIC s Corrections and Mental Health Update, a blog covering mental health practices. The new articles cluster around two themes: Involuntary Medication, and Ethical and Legal Issues Concerning the Mentally Ill in Corrections. The main feature, Psychiatric Medication Adherence Among People Who Are Incarcerated...

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We are an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Institute is headed by a Director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. A 16-member Advisory Board, also appointed by the Attorney General, was established by the enabling legislation (Public Law 93-415) to provide policy direction to the Institute.

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1988	Civil Liabilities of Parole Personnel for Release, Non-Release, Supervision, and Revocation This document provides a practitioner-oriented discussion of legal liability issues surrounding parole decisionmaking.... Read More
1986	Potential Liabilities of Probation and Parole Officers Contents: (Pt. 1) Main text -- (Pt. 2) Study guide. Six months are given to complete the course from the date of receipt. Audience includes all probation and parole agents and administrators. Training package consists of two manuals.... Read More

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