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  • Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 2: Managing the Budget

    Designed for jail administrators, this guide provides an overview of jail budget management, along with relevant responsibilities and strategies.

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, January 2002

    Contents of these proceedings include: meeting highlights; issues important to meeting participants; "Diversity Recruitment: Techniques and Communi

  • Tribal Resource Guide

    Program/Agency contact, program objectives, applicant eligibility, eligible beneficiaries, and types of assistance available from 15 federal agenci

  • Meeting the Challenge in Correctional Mental Health Care: The Prison Experience [Videoconference Held June 19, 2002]

    Information regarding cooperation between correctional agencies and mental health authorities to ensure continuity of care and adequate treatment f

  • Understanding Managed Behavioral Health Care in Community Corrections [Videoconference Held July 17, 2002]

    This program addresses behavior health care services for offenders under community supervision.

  • Systemic Approaches to Emergency Preparedness Affecting Correctional Communities [Videoconference Held July 31, 2002]

    This 3-hour videoconference explains emergency preparedness action planning from a systemic perspective conducive to natural community partnerships

  • Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates: Policy Development Guide for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators

    Tools to assess an organization and implement strategies to prevent staff sexual misconduct in a jail setting are provided.

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, July 2002

    Contents of these proceedings include:

  • Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders

    Guidance for those individuals "seeking to more effectively respond to the behavior and circumstances of the female offender" is offered (p. iv).

  • Mentoring in the Corrections Workplace: A Self-Paced Workbook

    A self-paced course on how to be an effective mentor is presented.

  • Collaborative Approach to Staff Recruitment and Retention [Videoconference Held August 28, 2002]

    This 3-hour NIC broadcast discusses strategies to recruit promising candidates for corrections jobs and how to retain experienced staff.

  • Jail Design Review Handbook

    A tool for reviewing conceptual options and schematic designs for new or renovated jails is presented.

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, February 2003

    Contents of these proceedings include:

  • Effective Prison Mental Health Services: Guidelines to Expand and Improve Treatment

    "[H]istorical , legal, and ethical issues relevant to dealing with mental illness in the field of corrections" are discussed (p. iii).

  • Transition from Prison to the Community [Videoconference Held February 12, 2003]

    This videoconference provides Information regarding the National Institute of Corrections' transition initiative and model.

  • Beyond the Myths: The Jail in Your Community

    This resource provides a foundation for the efforts of sheriffs and jail administrators to provide the public information about jails generally, th

  • Correctional Health Care: Addressing the Needs of Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Terminally Ill Inmates

    An exploratory report regarding the management of aging and infirm inmates is presented. Six chapters follow an executive summary:

  • Effective Management of Female Inmates: Applying the Research on Gender Responsive Correctional Strategies to Local Jails

    Research, practice, and guiding principles related to gender-responsive strategies and utilized in jail settings are exchanged.

  • Findings in Prison Classification and Risk Assessment

    New information and knowledge learned regarding classification and risk assessment systems are reviewed.

  • Children of Prisoners: Children of Promise [Videoconference Held June 18, 2003]

    This videoconference identifies the problems and greatest needs of incarcerated parents and caretakers with regard to their children.

  • Developing Gender-Specific Classification Systems for Women Offenders

    A report which highlights the results of two cooperative agreements from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) addressing the critical need f

  • Comprehensive Objective Prison Classification [Participant's Manual]

    The development of both external and internal prison classification procedures are covered during this 36-hour program.

  • Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement Glossary of Terms

    A list of definitions for the most commonly used terms in training programs sponsored by this agency (OCJTP) are provided.

  • Job Descriptions for OES, OWDS, and OWDPM

    "[A] comprehensive list of skills, functions, and duties for use by agencies in developing job descriptions for Offender Employment Specialist (OES

  • OCJTP Annual Report to Congress: Fiscal Years 2001 and 2002

    Work done during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 by the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement (OCJTP) to "enhanc[e] offenders' abilities to

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, July 2003

    These proceedings are comprised of: Highlights of the Meeting Sessions; Stay Awake or You Will Trip Over the Future by Tom Esensten; Video Presenta

  • Nuts and Bolts of the Curriculum Development Process

    An overview of the curriculum development process is presented.

  • Prisoner Intake Systems: Assessing Needs and Classifying Prisoners

    Tasks, assessments, and technology used in prisoner intake systems are examined.

  • Institutional Culture [Videoconference Held July 23, 2003]

    This training program helps participants identify the factors that shape an institution's culture and offers ways to attempt to change that culture

  • Training Design and Development

    This program explains the systematic design of training based upon the Instructional Theory Into Practice (ITIP) model.

  • Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community: An Integrated Model

    An introduction to an integrated model for the implementation of evidence-based principles in community corrections is provided.

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Principles in Community Corrections: Collaboration for Systemic Change in the Criminal Justice System

    The use of collaboration to implement an integrated system reform model is explained.

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Principles in Community Corrections: Leading Organizational Change and Development

    Organizational development (OD) concepts and strategies that foster organizational change and reform are described.

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, February 2004

    Contents of these proceedings include: meeting highlights; Domestic Preparedness and the Impact on Large Jails by Sue Menser; meeting participants

  • Classification of High-Risk and Special Management Prisoners: A National Assessment of Current Practices

    Results from a survey "designed to obtain information on the procedures used to classify high-risk inmates, particularly those in protective custod

  • Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community [Videoconference Held February 25, 2004]

    This satellite/Internet broadcast provides information about NIC's initiative on statewide implementation of effective correctional management of o

  • Foundation Skills for Trainers: 32-Hour Training Program [Videoconference Held March 22-25, 2004]

    This 32-hour program will help participants develop the preparation, presentation, and platform delivery skills needed to conduct training using es

  • Self-Audit Instrument for Administrators of Direct Supervision Jails: Based on the Measurable Elements of Direct Supervision

    The "necessary information, instruction, and tools to conduct self-audits that will indicate how well the concepts and principles of direct supervi

  • Supervisory Leadership for Women in Corrections [Participant's Manual]

    Participants will assess their personal leadership styles and set specific goals for a career development plan during this 36-hour course.

  • Correctional Staff Wellness: Making Choices Toward a Higher Level of Total Health and Well Being [Videoconference Held June 16, 2004]

    This program focuses on the importance of staff wellness in a correctional environment. Topics discussed include:

  • Enhancing Prison Classification Systems: The Emerging Role of Management Information Systems

    The effects of information technology (IT) and computation developments on prison classification productivity are examined (p. vi).

  • Training Programs for Juvenile Corrections Professionals, June 1, 2004 - May 31, 2005

    Describes the training programs and technical assistance available from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Academy Division through an int

  • Parole Violations Revisited: A Handbook on Strengthening Parole Practices for Public Safety and Successful Transition to the Community

    Presents steps that jurisdictions can take to assess their current parole violation and revocation policy and practice, identify targets of change,

  • Getting It Right: Collaborative Problem Solving for Criminal Justice

    This "guide spells out a practical team-based approach to envisioning the kind of criminal justice system a community wants, assessing the current

  • Prison Classification Series

    This is a collection of material about prison classification. Use the link on the right to download the following titles:

  • Building Agency Success: Developing an Effective FTO/OJT Training Program [Videoconference Held August 17-19, 2004]

    This 3-day broadcast program provides participants with the knowledge and skills to develop a formal on-the-job training (OJT) program for new empl

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, July 11-13, 2004

    Contents of these proceedings include: meeting highlights; gangs in the 21st century; defining Network issues -- a discussion; identifying and mana

  • Resource Guide for Jail Administrators

    A guide "developed to enhance the leadership skills, knowledge, and capabilities of jail administrators on issues of basic jail administration" is

  • Interpersonal Communications in the Correctional Setting: IPC

    This basic communication skills training program, developed by Robert R.

  • Supermax Prisons and the Constitution: Liability Concerns in the Extended Control Unit

    A monograph "intended to help prisons operate ultra-high-security facilities in a way that minimizes liability in litigation" is presented (p. v).