ACLU National Prison Project.

This article summarized visitation rights on time, place, manner, who may visit and legal visits. Court cases are cited.

This article explores the effects of different levels of treatment intensity on 238 sexual offenders who are on parole.

FindLaw for Legal Professionals.

This article discusses the Overton V. Bazzetta case which supports the premise that visitation restrictions do not violate the Constitution unless they have no reasonable relationship to a legitimate penological goal.

The University of Cincinnati (UCCI) Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Sexual Offending (CBI-SO) is a structured curriculum intended for individuals who are moderate to high need in the area of sexual offending. This curriculum can be delivered as a stand-alone intervention or incorporated into larger programs, particularly those designed for clients in the correctional system. As the name of the curriculum suggests, this intervention relies on a cognitive-behavioral approach to teach participants strategies for avoiding sexual offending and related behaviors.

Office for Victims of Crime.

The video recognizes that being a victim of a crime can be a devastating experience for survivors and their families, describes the help that is available for victims of crime, and identifies certain victims' rights that are guaranteed in most states.

This webinar outlines the 2016 VOCA rule change allowing rape crisis centers to use VOCA assistance funds to serve victims who are incarcerated. The change also enables corrections agencies working to comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act to call on rape crisis centers to be an additional source of service and support for victims.

This resource page provides links to webinars and documents relating to topics such as: risk assessment in batterer intervention, intimate partner violence, and the impact of arresting victims.

Sered, Danielle and Bridgette Butler. Vera Institute of Justice.

The report builds on a year of work on the ground learning from victim services providers across the country. The team met with VOCA administrators, listened to crime survivors, and heard from seasoned advocates in the field. The case studies in this report are intended to serve as examples of organizations that stand to benefit most from the increase in funds. The team then outlined a range of challenges and recommendations to help maximize the opportunity at hand.

The "nature and status of victim-related services sponsored by departments of correction (DOCs)" is assessed (p. 1). Sections of this report include: about this study; study highlights; hearing the perspectives of crime victims; services offered for victims of crime; communications with staff, crime victims, and other stakeholders; inmate programming related to victim issues; evaluations of DOC-based services for crime victims; outside funding for corrections-based victim services; agencies' interests and needs; and the future of corrections-based services for crime victims.

To help practitioners, program administrators, and policymakers identify research-supported programs and interventions, the Clearinghouse provides an overview and discussion on the key findings from a review of high quality evaluations on sex offender treatment programs.