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Accession Number
000245

Designed specifically for correctional trainers from all areas of corrections, this twenty-four-hour seminar instructs participants in the development of a strategic action plan that will link training with agency needs. Communication styles, individual and organizational change theory, and social

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    Accession Number
    016856

    This 16-hour course explores the skills needed in leading group participants to achieve specific learning goals. The following modules are contained in this curriculum:

    • Introduction and course overview;
    • How we process learning;
    • Predicting and accommodating learner behavior;
    • Setting the climate;
    • Utilizing
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      Accession Number
      016857

      This 16-hour course is designed for managers who run meetings and/or lead task groups. This curriculum is divided into seven modules:

      • Introduction and course overview;
      • What is facilitation;
      • Know yourself and your group;
      • Getting started;
      • Getting work done (task tools);
      • Handling challenges;
      • And completing
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        Accession Number
        017166

        The knowledge, skills, and traits needed by a detention facility inspector are assessed in this DACUM profile. Tasks are organized into the following duties; conduct facility inspections; provide technical assistance; perform administrative tasks; conduct investigations; oversee construction plan

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          Accession Number
          017626

          Designed for jail administrators, this guide discusses the elements of an effective process for budgeting both capital and operational jail expenses. This document contains the following sections:

          • An effective budget process;
          • Cooperative effort within the budget process;
          • Budget preparation --
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            Accession Number
            017628

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

            • Budget implementation -- developing and using a plan to monitor expenditures;
            • Budget management --
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              Accession Number
              017999

              Contents of these proceedings include:

              • meeting highlights;
              • "Cost Containment for Inmate Health Care" by Rebecca Craig;
              • "Taming the Cost of Health Care in Detentions: What Works in San Diego County" by William Sparrow;
              • "Confronting Costs for Medical Care: Open Forum Discussion";
              • "Increased
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                Accession Number
                018479

                Contents of these proceedings include:

                • meeting highlights;
                • "The Future of Jail Legislation, Resources, and Funding by Michael Thompson;
                • "Legislation, Resources, and Funding: A Perspective From Our Professional Associations" by Stephen Ingley, Jim Gondles, and Tom Faust;
                • open forum
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                  Accession Number
                  019259

                  "[A]reas in which jails tend to be deficient, suggesting the need for new or revised forms of NIC assistance" are identified (p.2). Issues examined include: age of facilities; accreditation; compliance with policy and procedure standards; adequacy of policy and procedure manuals; adequacy of

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                    Accession Number
                    019689

                    This issue includes: Foreword, by Richard Geaither, National Institute of Corrections Jails Division; You Can Do It: Putting an End to Pharmacy Cost Increases, by Mike Kalonick, Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Detention Bureau; Accreditation for Adult Local Detention Facilities: Moving from

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                      Accession Number
                      020484

                      Strategies for developing, implementing, managing, and evaluating work teams within a work unit or agencywide are covered during this 36-hour program. Sections contained in this manual are: why teams?; dimensions of teamwork; teams and the organizational meeting; stages of team development; managing

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                        Accession Number
                        020508

                        Feedback from four executive level regional workshops regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is reported. Extended responses from groups of executive-level administrators and policy makers representing community corrections, prisons, jails, and juvenile justice follow an executive summary

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                          Accession Number
                          020858

                          Changes and forces that may affect the programming of the National Institute of Corrections are analyzed and commented on. This environmental scan is comprised of the following sections: international developments; social and demographic trends; the economy; governmental spending; public attitudes

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                            Accession Number
                            021140

                            Changes and forces that may affect the programming of the National Institute of Corrections are analyzed and commented on. This update contains the following sections: international developments; social and demographic trends; public opinion and public policy; the economy and government spending

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                              Accession Number
                              021203

                              The need for facilitators and staff to support collaborative teams is explained. Topics discussed include: the importance of attending to team process functions; the skills and characteristics of effective facilitators; the role and responsibilities of staff providing support to the team; and

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                                Accession Number
                                021749

                                “This guide, a product of the National institute of Corrections’ (NIC’s) Institutional Culture Initiative, presents a model designed to produce higher quality work, build collaboration and interdependence, create safer and more secure environments, and, ultimately, help correctional facilities move

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                                  Accession Number
                                  021826

                                  Anyone who needs to gather and analyze data concerning various jail-related issues will find this manual useful. This document provides guidance on how information can fuel policy decision making. Chapters comprising this guide are: introduction; good management requires good information

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                                    Accession Number
                                    021925

                                    "This guide provides an overview of the sheriff's roles and responsibilities with regard to the jail along with basic information on critical aspects of jail operations and management" (p. v). This publication is comprised of the following seven chapters: role, purpose, and characteristics of the

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                                      Accession Number
                                      022940

                                      A training program for first time correctional supervisors is presented. Sections of this course are: qualities and skill building for supervisors (personal position statement and the cognitive/behavioral model); values dissonance -- personal visa and organizational context; effective communication

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                                        Accession Number
                                        025226

                                        The "concept of 'The Six Moving Parts of Correctional Employee Training,' a model for integrating strategy into the organization's approach to training" is presented (p.1). Sections of this publication are: introduction; overview of the model's components; moving part 1 -- organizational readiness

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                                          Accession Number
                                          025287

                                          “Through extensive research and analysis, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is offering the field of corrections a comprehensive business model entitled the APEX (Achieving Performance Excellence) Initiative. The APEX Initiative is an agency-driven systems approach to building capacity for

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                                            Accession Number
                                            025971

                                            This annotated bibliography provides current and useful information about leadership to corrections professionals. There are many different theories about leadership. A leader needs to be aware of them because different styles of leadership may be needed for differing situations. In the end, results

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                                              Accession Number
                                              027315

                                              Issues impacting the management of federal workforce are reviewed. In particular, “[b]y tapping into knowledge management and understanding the distinctions among generation cohorts, managers can connect the dots between succession planning, human capital management, strategic planning, and fiscal

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                                                Accession Number
                                                029536

                                                “A new way to fund what works by bringing communities together to scale what works, pay for success can help improve the lives of people in need ... Pay for success (PFS) is an innovative financing mechanism that shifts financial risk from a traditional funder-usually government-to a new investor