Restrictive Housing Training for Jails:
Instructor Led Training Session
Managing Jail Restrictive
The following are a list of "top-shelf" resources that have been hand-picked by our library team
The Supervision Agency Gender-Responsive Evaluation (SAGE) is a process designed to guide assessment of gender-responsiveness in policies and programs for women in correctional facilities. It includes two sections, and the assessment process requires collaboration among corrections professionals.
The TPC model encourages strategic system changes to reduce recidivism and future victimization, to enhance public safety, and to improve the lives of communities, victims, and offenders. NIC, along with project partners, has implemented the TPC model in eight states.
The Employer-Driven Employment Toolkit provides effective practices, strategies, tips, and resources for implementing the four key processes. The toolkit emphasizes building relationships between corrections agencies and businesses to ensure successful attachment to the labor market.
The need for effective and efficient correctional healthcare services has risen with increasing incarceration rates, including mental health, substance abuse, suicide prevention, and elderly care. The this page has resources on correctional healthcare best practices.
DDLC combines data-driven approaches in corrections with library practices to develop correctional library programs that provide positive outcomes. The initiative explores services available for people being supervised in prisons, jails, and community corrections environments, encouraging partner organizations to advance the field.
The resources on this page will help give an overview of the problems surrounding correctional suicides and the ways one can implement strategies to turn around the alarming upward trajectory of suicide rates.
This page includes information and best practices on Redemption & Certificates of Rehabilitation including: Alternative Strategies for Reintegration, Criminal History Records & Employment, In the News, Legislation, Research, Restoration of Voting, Housing, & Pell Grants.
This web page provides lists of resources related to local, state, and federal statistics.