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Women in the Criminal Justice System: Developing an Agency-Wide Approach leads participant teams through strategic planning to develop an agency plan that provides coordination and direction to manage incarcerated women effectively. The plan will guide the development of agency policies and procedures to ensure that responsive and effective services are provided to meet the supervision and programming needs of justice-involved women. The curriculum is designed to assist agencies in implementing planned change.

Target Audience

The program is designed for staff with policymaking and decision-making authority in areas such as oversight of Women's corrections institutions, community corrections programs, leadership roles in critical areas such as medical/mental health, classification, risk and need-reducing programs, and re-entry.

Course/Program Type
Instructor-Led Training
Field of Corrections
Prisons
Program Format

The 32-hour program is delivered in two sequential phases incorporating 24 hours (Three 8-hour sessions) of in-person training and eight hours of follow-up coaching.

Prerequisites

Though there are no prerequisites, agency leaders must endorse teams able to make a one-year commitment to include attendance at all in-person sessions, ensure agency-specific outcomes are identified, and demonstrate completion of all pre- and post-training assignments.

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