NIC Service and Training Catalog

Though the New Healthcare Administrators Seminar (NHAS), the National Institute of Corrections recognizes the importance of providing ongoing networking and professional development for newly appointed healthcare administrators.

The Parole Board Training is grounded in confidentiality, neutrality, and collaboration, with the goal of helping agencies learn from critical events and emerge more resilient, accountable, and prepared for future challenges.

Planning of New Institutions (PONI) focuses on the critical elements of planning a new facility, including collecting and using data, pre-architectural programming, site evaluation, project management, and determining staffing needs.

Preventing and Responding to Staff Sexual Misconduct in Community Supervision Agencies is a topical training and implementation initiative.

The Prison Classification Revalidation program supports agencies in refining their classification systems using validated, evidence-based tools.

The National Institute of Corrections' Restrictive Housing: Change Strategies for Success program offers participants an opportunity to increase their knowledge about Restrictive Housing and share best and promising practices with peers.

When properly designed and supported by policy, classification systems serve as the foundation for decisions that move individuals successfully through the correctional system. Valid criteria ensure appropriate program placement, which can reduce sentences, create opportunities for meaningful employment, and strengthen family reunification efforts.

Safety Matters is designed to raise awareness about and teach the skills needed to work effectively with female inmates.

Safety Matters - Train the Trainer prepares trainers to deliver training designed to raise awareness and teach skills for working effectively with female inmates.

Staffing Analysis Implementation Project - Prisons is an 18-hour virtual training that provides extensive hands-on experience in all aspects of the staffing analysis process and its steps.

Strategic Inmate Management addresses the most fundamental goal of every jail -- to maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, inmates, and visitors.

Strategic Inmate Management (SIM) Co-Facilitated consists of an NIC SIM instructor assisting agency instructors as they begin to teach SIM material to their staff in preparation for implementation.

Strategic Inmate Management - Officer-Supervisor Train the Trainer equips supervisors for their role in implementing and sustaining Strategic Inmate Management.

Strategic Inmate Management (SIM) - Operational Assessment Administrator prepares agency leaders for their role in ensuring the success of effective inmate management regardless of the physical plant layout.

The Structured Decision-Making Framework (SDMF) Community of Practice is a topical training and implementation initiative.

The Learning Administrator program uses a hybrid approach to deliver a series of learning activities, including Virtual Instructor Led Trainings (VILTs) and self-paced independent learning activities.

The Training Administrators Network (TAN) provides a platform for Training Directors and Administrators from local, state and federal, adult and juvenile corrections agencies, including community services (probation and parole), jails and prisons to develop and share information.

The Urban Chiefs Network is a professional network of Chief Probation Officers of local small and large probation agencies across the US. These Chief Probation Officers work at the municipal and county court level.

The Justice Involved Veterans Network is responsive to issues related to working with veterans who are in the local criminal justice system.

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.

Working with Women addresses the unique needs and circumstances of women involved in the criminal justice system, focusing on how they differ from men and how correctional systems should respond.