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Updated 1/22: (See questions and answers below) The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement with NIC for a 12-month period to develop a white paper specific to recommended best practices in the safe...
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The National PREA Resource Center will be offering six PREA webinars during January 2013. All are free to attend. Webinars: Prosecutor’s Introduction to PREA Friday, January 4, 2013 (2:00 – 3:30 pm EST) Click here to learn more. Click here to register. Crafting Your Program: PREA and Inmate...
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The National PREA Resource Center will be offering four PREA webinars during the next few weeks. All are free to attend. Webinars: The Big Picture: PREA and Victim Services in Prisons, Part I Tuesday, October 30, 2012 (1 – 2:30pm EST) Click here to learn more. Click here to register. PREA in Action...
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Be sure to mark your calendars for the NIC Broadcast, LGBTI Populations–Their Safety, Your Responsibility , on November 7th. Correctional agencies face many challenges surrounding the safe management of the populations they house and supervise. Due in part to changes in federal and state laws and...
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Reported in Tuesday’s Washington Post , U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled that the state prison officials in Massachusetts must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery for Michelle Kosilek, a transgender inmate serving a life sentence for murder. Judge Wolf determined in his ruling that...
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NIC is pleased to announce activation of a new resource page regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex youth in juvenile corrections settings. Please visit frequently as we will continue to update and add information on an on-going basis.
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Join this webinar, Understanding the Importance of Implementing a Effective Justice System Response for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth in Custody , to hear about the challenges facing facility leadership and staff as they address the needs of LGBTQI youth...
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Meet NIC at the 142 nd Congress of Correction at the Colorado Convention Center set for July 20 - 25, 2012 in Denver, Colorado! See the conference website to attend http://www.aca.org/Conferences/Summer2012/home.asp NIC will be taping interviews in support of several upcoming satellite/internet broadcasts...
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In addition to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Offenders topic page, the National Institute of Corrections website now contains a topic page devoted to the medical and mental health needs of LGBTI offenders. This web page has been developed in an effort to provide current and useful...
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Recently added to the National Institute of Corrections website, you will find a new Topic page containing resources and materials on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Offenders . This web page has been developed in an effort to provide current and useful information to correctional agencies...