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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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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...

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...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in collaboration with the National Center for Youth in Custody will present its second Webinar on family engagement...

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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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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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We are an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Institute is headed by a Director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. A 16-member Advisory Board, also appointed by the Attorney General, was established by the enabling legislation (Public Law 93-415) to provide policy direction to the Institute.

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2010	Deviance and Corruption By Barnhart, Tracy. corrections.com (Quincy, MA). This article would make an excellent addition to any course about correctional professionalism and ethics. Topics covered include: the myth of the rotten apple; gratuity; perjury; brutality; profanity; sex on duty or duty-related; sleeping on duty; drinking and abusing drugs on or off duty; misuse of confidential information; corrections code of ethics; a vision of ethical operation; and the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.... Read More	6 p.
2009	The Business Ethics of Incarceration: The Moral Implications of Treating Prisons Like Businesses By D'Amico, Daniel J.. Moral issues associated with the privatization of prisons are discussed. Sections of this paper are: introduction; what privatization is; profiting off of other people’s misery; and conclusion.... Read More	24 pages
1996	Volunteer Orientation for Frequent and Regular Volunteers: Trainer's Guide By Jacobsen, Vic. National Institute of Corrections Academy. Western Regional Field Coordinators (N.P.). Designed to provide volunteers with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful within the institution, this training curriculum covers various topics, including the volunteer code of conduct, contraband and security, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts, personal safety, and facility tour and job orientation. The training runs for approximately eight hours. The curriculum package consists of lesson plans accompanied by some text of overhead transparencies.... Read More	60 p.

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2010

Deviance and Corruption

By Barnhart, Tracy. corrections.com (Quincy, MA).

This article would make an excellent addition to any course about correctional professionalism and ethics. Topics covered include: the myth of the rotten apple; gratuity; perjury; brutality; profanity; sex on duty or duty-related; sleeping on duty; drinking and abusing drugs on or off duty; misuse of confidential information; corrections code of ethics; a vision of ethical operation; and the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.... Read More

6 p.

2009

The Business Ethics of Incarceration: The Moral Implications of Treating Prisons Like Businesses

By D'Amico, Daniel J..

Moral issues associated with the privatization of prisons are discussed. Sections of this paper are: introduction; what privatization is; profiting off of other people’s misery; and conclusion.... Read More

24 pages

1996

Volunteer Orientation for Frequent and Regular Volunteers: Trainer's Guide

By Jacobsen, Vic. National Institute of Corrections Academy. Western Regional Field Coordinators (N.P.).

Designed to provide volunteers with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful within the institution, this training curriculum covers various topics, including the volunteer code of conduct, contraband and security, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts, personal safety, and facility tour and job orientation. The training runs for approximately eight hours. The curriculum package consists of lesson plans accompanied by some text of overhead transparencies.... Read More

60 p.

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