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Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab - Training Registration Open

Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab (CSLLL), a 9-month, interactive leadership program for community supervision agencies is now open for registration.

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CSLLL 2024 Symposium
National Correctional Workers Week 2025
Director LoBuglio addresses the nation’s corrections staff during Correctional Workers Week 2025
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Working with Women Training for Community Supervision Piloted in Denton, Texas
Probation officers from three TX counties receive new women offender training.
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Arizona DOC Attends NIC Safety Matters Training Events
NIC provided Safety Matters end user training to twenty-six Arizona DOC staff in Goodyear.
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New Leadership E-Courses

The National Institute of Corrections has received your feedback requesting more e-courses. Based on your requests, a new leadership track of 96 e-courses has been added to the NIC Learn Center.  Stay tuned as additional themed tracks of e-courses are launched in the near future.

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Revised E-Course: PREA: Know Your Role in Responding to Sexual Abuse

PREA-Know Your Role in Responding to Sexual Abuse e-course is the first of four PREA courses being refreshed and is available now. This course is NIC’s most completed e-course and is used to help agencies satisfy their national PREA requirements. 

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Micro Learning Bits & Bytes: De-escalation Mess Hall

Bits & Bytes is a micro-learning video series on the NIC Learn Center that is designed to enhance corrections training through short, focused lessons. These bite-sized video learning segments deliver essential knowledge in an engaging, easily digestible format, allowing corrections professionals to quickly absorb key concepts and apply them in real world scenarios.

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The National Institute of Corrections is currently assessing its website and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance. During this review, some of NIC’s webpages and publications may be temporarily unavailable. Please revisit this web page for updates.

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Learn about Technical Assistance
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Technical Assistance is when NIC National Programs Advisors and/or contracted subject matter experts to work in partnership with in partnership with corrections professionals, sometimes on-site, to enhance, evaluate, or evolve policies, procedures, and practices.

In-Person and Virtual Training
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NIC offers online e-courses that are available at your convenience through the NIC Learn Center. We also offer in-person and Blended VILT (in-person and virtual) training throughout each year on specific courses.

Resources
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NIC has a vast collection of publications produced by its own agency staff about almost every topic in corrections. This includes studies, guides, and evidence-based best practices for agencies of all levels of corrections. In addition, our website also points to many other resources on the internet that might be useful when learning about particular topics.

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The mission of NIC is to advance public safety by shaping and enhancing correctional policies and practices through leadership, learning, and innovation.

Who does NIC serve?

NIC is dedicated to providing specialized and direct corrections training and resources to line staff, administration, and researchers in tribal, local, state, and federal corrections agencies. NIC does not serve non-governmental corrections organizations (such as private prisons and non-profit programs). 

What does NIC do?

NIC provides training through our catalog of data-driven research as well as our online Learning Management System. We have corrections experts and researchers on staff to answer questions. We also provide technical assistance (on-site training) to agencies and facilities to help evolve their practices in ways that benefit their operations and their communities. We also provide leadership and data to help advance correctional policies, procedures, practices, and operations nationwide.

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