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Managing the operations of a large jail requires a unique set of tools and vision for daily operations that smaller jails cannot emulate. Recognizing the difference, NIC offer...

In addition to receiving traditional classroom instruction, participants in Operational Practices in the Management of Women’s Prisons will explore the operation of a women’s ...

Jail administrators have significant responsibility and liability in ensuring that jail operations are conducted safely, securely, legally, and humanely. This 36-hour program ...

This revised blended learning program, with combined independent and on-site activities will total approximately 40 hours over the course of a year. Incorporated into the cour...

The Offender Employment Retention Specialist Training (OERS) combines motivational interviewing techniques with cognitive behavioral principles to teach practitioners how to i...

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Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues to inform the development o...

“The Los Angeles County Men’s Jail segregates gay and transgender inmates and says that it does so to protect them from sexual assault. But not all gay and transgender inmates...

Little is known of the long term health impact of shift work and extended work hours on police officers, and no direct detailed exposure assessment of work/shift hours has yet...

“This training class is for newly-hired staff to the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and serves as an introduction to the new PREA standards and how they apply throu...

In the Los Angeles County Jailthe biggest jail system in the countryofficials have found a way to increase the personal security of gay men and trans women detainees without f...

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From the NC4YC Website: The National Center for Youth in Custody (NC4YC) invites you to participate in our next installment in a series of webinars focusing on improving the...

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin is one of seven sites for the National Institute of Correction s Evidence-Based Decision Making Project. Now in it s third phase, the purpose o...

by Michael R. Jones, Senior Project Associate, Pretrial Justice Institute, Washington, D.C. What makes some local criminal justice coordinating committees (CJCCs) so effec...

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The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement with NIC for up to 12 mo...

Apex, from the Latin root, means peak or summit. Geographically, the apex is the highest possible point you can reach. Isn t that what you want for your organization? NIC s...

On Feb. 20th, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) will be hosting a live 3-hour broadcast which will take a closer look at areas introduced in the first broadcast wi...

Course Description: Offender workforce development programs should target offenders at high risk for recidivism, address the dynamic influences that predict crime, and pr...

Updated 1/22: (See questions and answers below) The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter int...

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2009	Can Alabama Handle the Truth (in Sentencing)? By Colquitt, Joseph A.. University of Alabama School of Law (Tuscaloosa, AL). Issues related to truth in sentencing are discussed. This essay has these sections: introduction; indeterminate vs. determinate sentencing models; a very brief history of American Sentencing Models; Alabama's sentencing model; Alabama Sentencing Commission's plan and considerations; analysis of truth-in-sentencing issues -- sentencing disparity, prison overcrowding, alternative sentencing, and individualized sentencing and fairness; and conclusion.... Read More	17 p.
2009	Final Report: The Impact of Illinois' Truth-in-Sentencing Law on Sentence Lengths, Time to Service and Disciplinary Incidents of Convicted Murderers and Sex Offenders By Olson, David E.; Seng, Magnus; Boulger, Jordan; McClure, Mellissa. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (Chicago, IL). Loyola University of Chicago. Dept. of Criminal Justice (Chicago, IL). The implementation in Illinois of TIS (truth-in-sentencing) is evaluated. Sections following an executive summary include: introduction; literature review; methodology; impact of TIS on sentence lengths and lengths of time to serve; and impact of TIS on disciplinary incidents. Murderers and Class X sex offenders "are now serving substantially longer periods of incarceration [post-TIS] than they did pre-TIS" (p. 5)... Read More	65 p.
1984	Parole Selection and Abolishment and Determinate Sentencing Creation: Role and Influence in the Change Process By Palmer, Joseph R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This paper is the report of a research project, entitled "Parole in the U.S.: Public Perception and Political Vulnerability."... Read More

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2009

Can Alabama Handle the Truth (in Sentencing)?

By Colquitt, Joseph A.. University of Alabama School of Law (Tuscaloosa, AL).

Issues related to truth in sentencing are discussed. This essay has these sections: introduction; indeterminate vs. determinate sentencing models; a very brief history of American Sentencing Models; Alabama's sentencing model; Alabama Sentencing Commission's plan and considerations; analysis of truth-in-sentencing issues -- sentencing disparity, prison overcrowding, alternative sentencing, and individualized sentencing and fairness; and conclusion.... Read More

17 p.

2009

Final Report: The Impact of Illinois' Truth-in-Sentencing Law on Sentence Lengths, Time to Service and Disciplinary Incidents of Convicted Murderers and Sex Offenders

By Olson, David E.; Seng, Magnus; Boulger, Jordan; McClure, Mellissa. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (Chicago, IL). Loyola University of Chicago. Dept. of Criminal Justice (Chicago, IL).

The implementation in Illinois of TIS (truth-in-sentencing) is evaluated. Sections following an executive summary include: introduction; literature review; methodology; impact of TIS on sentence lengths and lengths of time to serve; and impact of TIS on disciplinary incidents. Murderers and Class X sex offenders "are now serving substantially longer periods of incarceration [post-TIS] than they did pre-TIS" (p. 5)... Read More

65 p.

1984

Parole Selection and Abolishment and Determinate Sentencing Creation: Role and Influence in the Change Process

By Palmer, Joseph R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).

This paper is the report of a research project, entitled "Parole in the U.S.: Public Perception and Political Vulnerability."... Read More

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