THIS WEEK
Peer Support - A Valuable Tool in Assisting Mental Health Consumers After a Crisis
By Officer Bonkiewicz, Lincoln Police Department
Also this week:
- Leading Suicide Prevention Organization and Correctional Health Care Experts Release Suicide Prevention Resource Guide
- Research Central: Data on Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Protective Factors of Children With Incarcerated Parents
- Antibiotic Over-prescribing and The Looming Threat of Resistance
From last week:


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TODAY'S HEADLINES
- Autopsy: Columbia County inmates died after exposure to fentanyl
- Inmate dies with just weeks left on his prison sentence
- 84 basic correctional officers to graduate Wednesday
- Ga. Dept. of Corrections hosting job fair in Hinesville
- Charles Daniels named Nevada corrections chief
- High Desert State Prison Investigating Inmate Death as a Homicide
- Missouri River inmates teaching service dogs through Canine Assistance Program
- Illinois Corrections Sets New Social Media Policy for Staff
- Inmate serving death sentence dies at Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- Escaped inmate back in custody in Lincoln
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PODCAST
Interviews with Women Currently or Formerly Under Supervision Are Available
National Research on Women in the Justice System Available-Call for Factsheet
Recent Radio Show on Women Returning from Prison at:
http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/audio/2014/01/woman-offenders-upcoming-events-
violence-reentry-interview-lashonia-etheridge-bey/
Women in the criminal justice system have higher rates of substance abuse, physical and sexual violence, HIV, mental health and unemployment issues per national research. Approximately 7 in 10 women under correctional supervision have minor children.
Who: Current and past women under supervision, The Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency, the US Attorney’s Office, the US Parole Commission, D.C. Healthy Start
Consortium and the Fairview Residential Reentry Center.
What: Speakers and Information Sessions
Where: Temple of Praise, 700 Southern Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20032
When: Saturday, February 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Why: The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and allied organizations have
implemented a comprehensive plan to increase services to women offenders. The annual
Women’s Re-entry Forum is part of that plan.
Navigating Your Journey:
- Positive Reentry
- Economic Independence
- Education, Training, Employment, Nontraditional Jobs
- Dress for Success
The portal site for “DC Public Safety” is http://media.csosa.gov./ .
The program is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.
This pod cast is brought to you (with permission) by DC Public Safety–Radio Shows, the original live date was January 23, 2014
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