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National Institute of Corrections Services for Community Corrections
Join NIC representatives from the Community Services Division at this special session of the APPA VIRTUAL 45th Annual Training Institute.
APPA Virtual Conference Session*
Defining and Mitigating Failure to Appear in Pretrial System and Agencies
This workshop will describe the unintended consequences of poorly defining court nonappearance and present a suggested strategy to facilitate practitioner-created definitions of court nonappearance and absconder that differentiate willful conduct from non-willful and less risk behaviors. Speakers also will highlight strategies to address and mitigate court nonappearance that reflect the dynamic nature of this problem and the many personal, environmental, and system issues that affect it.
APPA Virtual Conference Session*
Dive Deeper and Explore: A Thinking for a Change 4.0 Overview
The National Institute of Corrections is excited to offer a workshop to allow corrections professionals an opportunity to learn, understand, and explore one of the most used and sought after cognitive behavioral programs in the county “Thinking for a Change”.
APPA Virtual Conference Session*
20P3217: Putting the Science into Self-Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention
This interactive one-hour webinar will introduce an innovative profiling system designed to develop profiles of inmates who engage in serial self-injuries. The Self-Injury Profile System (SIPS) identifies diagnostic and personality characteristics, behavioral patterns, and associated risk factors that create a SIPS profile which is used to analyze individual and group trends. Implementing a SIPS will help you and your agency develop a classification system for defining self-injurious behaviors and a paradigm for understanding the motivational and etiological factors involved.
The National Corrections Industries Association, in partnership with NIC is pleased to announce the newly updated Online Guide to Reentry-Focused Performance Excellence.
Visit the Online Guide to Reentry-Focused Performance Excellence to start improving your correctional industries today!
COVID-19 How are Veterans Treatment Courts Dealing with the Coronavirus?
The American Probation and Parole Association’s Justice-Involved Veterans Committee will host a special webinar on Tuesday, May 5 th at 3:15 pm EST
The US Attorneys Office announces nearly $60 Million in grants for Reentry programs geared towards offenders who have served their sentences
United States Attorney William M. McSwain Announces Nearly $60 Million in Grants Available to Support Offenders’ Successful Reentry into Communities and to Prevent their Reversion to Criminal Behavior.
Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) directs the Department of Justice to provide grants to jurisdictions and agencies nationwide to “protect inmates (particularly from prison rape) and to safeguard the communities to which inmates return.” 34 USC § 30305(a).
Through this program, BJA is seeking applications for funding of projects designed to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities, and to achieve and maintain compliance with the PREA standards.
Dodge-Filmore-Olmsted Community Corrections' Approach to Probation
Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Community Corrections (DFO), an NIC Dosage partner applies alternative interventions and services to support offenders on probation.
Transitional Housing Program for African-American Women
Program Pioneers Afrocentric Transitional Housing for Black and Africa
NIC contributes to an article about justice-involved women in the recent issue of American Jails
The National Institute of Corrections’ Maureen Buell and Just Detention International’s Julie Abbate write on gender responsivity in jails, the benefit to incarcerated women, and the facilities that house them.
(PH)REAL: PHilosophy, Relationship, Equipping, Attitude and Leadership (20P3208)
Did you know that 99% of all leadership occurs not from the TOP but from the MIDDLE of an organization?
The Reality of Being a First-time Manager
The first-time manager often doesn't realize how much their new role differs from that of an individual contributor.
Facing Challenges as a First-time Manager
New course! High expectations are often placed on a new manager.
NCCHC's Suicide Prevention Resource Guide
NCCHC and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention have teamed up to create a guide to preventing inmate suicide in jails and prisons. Based on both organizations’ expertise, with input from national experts in the field of correctional mental health and suicide prevention, this resource provides a road map for navigating the complexities of suicide prevention behind bars – and can help save lives. The Suicide Prevention Resource Guide is now available for download.
Integrated Reentry & Employment Strategies: Pilot Project Process Evaluation Report
The IRES Pilot Project Process Evaluation Report details findings from the implementation of strategies to improve recidivism and job readiness for people returning to communities from incarceration.
National Institutes of Health lecture series: The Understudied, Underrepresented, and Underreported (U3) Women Lecture Series
National Institutes of Health lecture series: The Understudied, Underrepresented, and Underreported (U3) Women Lecture Series
Jared Kushner: Fifteen Lessons I Learned From Criminal-Justice Reform
Jared Kushner: Fifteen Lessons I Learned From Criminal-Justice Reform
Improving Outcomes for Justice-Involved Vets with PTSD: a panel discussion
In collaboration with the Veterans History Project, the National Institute of Corrections hosted a panel discussion for PTSD Awareness month on May 15, 2019 at the Library of Congress.
Orientation for New Pretrial Executives
Orientation for Probation and Parole Chief Executives
Sustaining Systems Change: Findings from a Transition from Jail to Community Initiative Stakeholder Survey
The TJC Initiative seeks to improve public safety and to enhance the success of individuals returning to the community from local jails through implementation of an innovative, evidence-informed transition models.
NCCHC and the National Sheriffs’ Association present a resource to support jail administrators in providing effective treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder and helping to halt the opioid epidemic in the United States.
NCCHC and the National Sheriffs’ Association present a resource to support jail administrators in providing effective treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder and helping to halt the opioid epidemic in the United States.
