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The National Corrections Industries Association, in partnership with NIC is pleased to announce the newly updated Online Guide to Reentry-Focused Performance Excellence.

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10 Jun 2020

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!

Cooperative Agreement - Justice Involved Women: Developing an Agency Wide Approach Curriculum Update and Pilot

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30 Jul 2020

Cooperative Agreement - Justice Involved Women: Developing an Agency Wide Approach Curriculum Update and Pilot

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for funding under Fiscal Year 2020 to update the curriculum for Women in the Justice System: Developing an Agency Wide Approach, a blended learning training program focusing on the development of gender-responsive policy and practices to improve the management of women in the justice system.

Correctional Workers Week 2020

7 May 2020

Correctional Workers Week 2020

Message from the Director
Correctional Workers Week 2020

The US Attorneys Office announces nearly $60 Million in grants for Reentry programs geared towards offenders who have served their sentences

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9 Apr 2020

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

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9 Mar 2020

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

6 Mar 2020

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

31 Jan 2020

Transitional Housing Program for African-American Women

Program Pioneers Afrocentric Transitional Housing for Black and African American Women with Justice Involvement

NIC contributes to an article about justice-involved women in the recent issue of American Jails

29 Jan 2020

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.

NCCHC's Suicide Prevention Resource Guide

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28 Oct 2019

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

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25 Oct 2019

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.

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