How do you spend your time off?
We want to publish your off duty stories. Last year we got some great ones --- body builders, jewelry makers, eagle trainers, turkey catapult throwers, writers, photographers and everything else you can imagine. Now we want to hear from you --- either for the first time -- or tell us again what you’re up to. Please send us photos – wed love to publish them! Email us by July 20th to be in the first group.
featured
Addressing Girls' Delinquency
by "Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention"Few studies have examined which girls become delinquent or why; and little is known about how well girls respond to interventions that have been traditionally designed with boys in mind. The Girls Study Group—Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls describes the founding of OJJDP's Girls Study Group and the series of bulletins that OJJDP is in the process of publishing drawing on its research findings... full story
- Prison Nursery Programs a Growing Trend in Women’s Prisons
- Redemption’ in an Era of Widespread Criminal Background Checks
- Issues of trust in corrections part III - Our Obligations
ahead
- August: Off the Clock
- September: Education & Training
- October: Health
blogosphere
20 years and out
dlassy: How many states if not all are 20 years and out like the military? full thread
featured job
Investigator - Mississippi
responsible for the supervision of all internal investigations within the facility. Conduct internal investigations of all felonies committed by inmates and/or staff. Supervise and/or conduct the collection of all samples for urinalysis testing for both staff and inmates... full job posting
biz news
- Digital Solutions / Inmate Telephone, Inc. Adds Online Account Registration
- PCS Awarded the Canadian County, Oklahoma Inmate Telephone Service Contract
- BI Incorporated releases BI TotalAccess™ software
- Digital Solutions and Inmate Telephone, Inc. Celebrate Continued Growth with a Formal ...
- Keefe Group: Proud Supporter of Discovering Options
- Franklin County renews Day Reporting Center contract with BI Incorporated
calendar
- SSCA 40th Annual Conference
July 19-22, 2009
Southern States Correctional Association Annual Conference held in New Orleans, LA - NABCJ Conference
July 19-23, 2009
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice Annual Conference and Training Institute held in Little Rock, AR - United States Deputy Wardens' Association Annual Conference
July 26-30, 2009
Attending the event will be Deputy Wardens of public and private facilities from across the nation. The conference is being held in Lake Ozark, Missouri. - ACA Summer Congress of Correction
August 7-12, 2009
Effective Re-entry is Good Public Safety. The event is being held in Nashville, Tennessee. - ACFSA Annual Conference
August 16-20, 2009
The conference is being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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quote of the week
"When you are through changing, you are through."
- Bruce Barton
