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                                    NIC Resources For The American Jail Association (AJA) Conference

      

                    
          
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JailsThis is the NIC resources page to support the American Jail Association Conference.

Where to find NIC's Booth:

NIC can be found at booth #619 in the Exhibit Hall of the CHI Health Center Omaha.

Hours and Availability:

2023 ScheduleSunday, May 21
			Monday, May 22
			Tuesday, May 235:15 p.m.–7 p.m.
			10 a.m.–2 p.m.
			9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

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Highlighted Publications
  NIC has created a collection of resources that set standards and win awards in the field of corrections. These guides, reference manuals, and training materials are useful to all corrections professionals from agencies big and small. Explore our library of publications and streaming content to find solutions to the problems your facility is facing.
            
      Jail Design Review Handbook
              Resource Manual for Transition to a New Jail
              Jail Site Evaluation and Selection
              Guidelines for Staffing a Local Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
              A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Youth Confinement Facilities
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Evidence-Based Practices and Criminal Defense: Opportunities, Challenges, and Practical Considerations

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              Process and Systems Change Evaluation Findings from the Transition to Jail Community Initiative
              The Corrections Profession: Maintaining Safety and Sanity, Part 1

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              The Corrections Profession: Maintaining Safety and Sanity, Part 2

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              Applying the APEX Tools for Organizational Assessment
              Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 1: Developing the Budget
              Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 2: Managing the Budget
              Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 3: Beyond Budget Allocation - Sources of Funding and Services
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Beyond the Myths: The Jail in Your Community

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The Mentally Ill in Jail: Whose Problem Is It Anyway? [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]

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              A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Jail Emergencies: Self-Audit Checklists, Resource Materials, Case Studies
              Crisis Intervention Teams: An Effective Response to Mental Illness in Corrections [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
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LGBTI Populations: Intake - Creating a Culture of Safety [Internet Broadcast]

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              Jails in America: A Report on Podular Direct Supervision
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Corrections Stress: Peaks and Valleys

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              Pretrial Justice: How to Maximize Public Safety, Court Appearance and Release [Internet Broadcast]
              Restrictive Housing: Roadmap to Reform [Internet Broadcast]
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No News Is NOT Good News: The Role of PIOs in Jails [Internet Broadcast]

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  NIC has created a number of streaming webinars and longer broadcast segments that cover key corrections topics.
            
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Maximizing Medicaid: An Innovative Approach to Finance Health Care for Criminal Justice Populations [Webinar]
      
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              033666

            "This webinar explains and clarifies the issues related to allowable uses of federal Medicaid funds for incarcerated individuals, and provides an example of how corrections departments can leverage cost savings as a result. The discussion focuses on the challenges related to implementation and

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              Women's Correctional Safety Scales Toolkit
      
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              033622

            AVAILABLE FOR USE IN CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES HOUSING WOMEN IN PRISON AND JAIL SETTINGS

The Women’s Correctional Safety Scales (WCSS) toolkit is a rigorously validated survey designed to assess safety in women’s correctional facilities across multiple dimensions. It measures detained and sentenced
              Understanding Veteran-Specific Resources Available to Both Veterans and Criminal Justice Agencies
      
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              033601

            Do you want to develop a better understanding of the veteran-specific resources available to both criminal justice agencies and to veterans? Would you like to improve your knowledge of the support available to criminal justice agencies to help build veterans’ programming? Veterans transitioning from
              Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field [Webinar]
      
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              033573

            Like its previous edition, Measuring What Matters, Second Edition helps agencies gather consistent and meaningful data to track the performance of pretrial programs based on the mission and needs of their local criminal justice system.

The second edition emphasizes measures that “work” in the real
              Learning to Drive Meaningful Change [Webinar]
      
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              033572

            Every leader must be a change agent to survive and thrive. Great leadership goes beyond transforming yourself and others; it also involves changing your organization. Driving meaningful change in your department or correctional institution does not happen overnight.

It requires a strong leader who
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Seven Steps To Plan a Better Jail
      
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              001595

            This document describes the seven steps of systems planning for jails: getting started; get facts and figures; consider the data; make decisions; take action; make the transition; and the plan's follow-up.

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          PREA/Sexual Safety for the Incarcerated
          LGBTI Persons in Custody and Under Supervision
          Learning and Performance
          Justice-Involved Women
          New Jail Planning
          Jail Administration
          Jail Standards and Inspections
          Indian Country Jails
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      Corrections Environmental Scan



Learn about the important trends in corrections
              Justice Involved Veterans



Learn more about Justice Involved Veterans
              Justice Involved Women Programs
            National Directory of Programs for Women with Criminal Justice Involvement



Learn more about incarcerated women's programsNational Institute of Corrections Team
  Stephen Amos
      
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              Jails Division

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              National Institute of Corrections

Stephen Amos is the Jails Division’s Chief at the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), U.S. Department of Justice, a post he has held for over five years. He is an accomplished public safety executive with more than three decades of broad success in crafting and delivering sustainable correctional capacity and innovative public policy throughout the United States and Afghanistan. His expertise includes crisis leadership, change management, technical assistance and training, strategic planning, and cost containment. He is a contributor to numerous publications and the subject matter of a bestseller, The Art of Crisis Leadership. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law Enforcement and Correctional Administration. Mr. Amos is responsible for the management and supervision of the NIC Jails Division. These responsibilities include program planning and policy development, cooperative agreements and contract administration, personnel and fiscal management, technology utilization and program evaluation, professional contacts with national state and local agencies and organizations, and contacts with the media and public.
      
      P. Elizabeth Taylor
      
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              Correctional Program Specialist

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              Jails Division

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              National Institute of Corrections

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              202-353-9354

P. Elizabeth Taylor is a Correctional Program Specialist with the National Institute of Corrections - currently serving as Program Manager for the Correctional Industries, Evidence-based Workforce Series, and the Jail to Community Reentry Initiatives. An advocate for evidence-based practices, Ms. Taylor actively supports criminal justice programs that effectively assess risks while meeting the needs of justice involved adults.As a former employee of Montgomery County, Maryland, Ms. Taylor dedicated 20 years to public service working for both the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Corrections.  Throughout her career, Ms. Taylor has actively challenged the myths, misconceptions and fears associated with individuals involved in the criminal justice system.Ms. Taylor is a member of the American Correctional Association, and International Community Corrections Association. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the American University in Washington, DC, and a Master in Human Services from Lincoln University located in Oxford, Pa.
              Sandora Cathcart
      
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              Correctional Program Specialist

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              Jails Division

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              National Institute of Corrections

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              202-616-9590

Sandy Cathcart is a Correctional Program Specialist with the National Institute of Corrections – Jails Division, and has been in this capacity since September 2014. She manages **Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)** training, **Mental Health Systems in Jails**, **Mental Health First Aid** training, **Being Trauma Informed, Implementing Case Management for Jails, Management Development for Women and Minorities**, and additional mental health and medical technical assistance requests for jails. Sandy worked in local corrections for 27 years between the Baltimore City Jail and the Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facilities in Maryland. She has a Bachelors Degree in Social Work (with licensure), a Master’s Degree in Correctional Administration, and a Certificate in Human Services Management. She has served as a member of a New Jail Transition team, a Unit Manager of female housing, a manager of classification, a policy and procedure writer, a certified trainer, a Social Work Associate, and a Criminal Justice and Social Work Adjunct Professor for the Anne Arundel Community College. Sandy was instrumental in developing a jail-based Case Management System for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Before her employment with NIC, she served as the Assistant Correctional Facility Administrator of Inmate Services for the Jennifer Road Detention Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
              Michael Jackson
      
Job Title / Position
              Correctional Program Specialist

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              Jails Division

  Agency / Business / Organization
              National Institute of Corrections

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              202-616-9565

Mike Jackson is a Correctional Programs Specialist with the Jails Division at the National Institute of Corrections****and has been in this capacity since July 2007. He is currently responsible for the National Sheriffs’ Institute, the Large Jail Network, the New Jail Planning Initiative and serves as the Technical Assistance Manager for the division. He has served the National Sheriffs’ Association as the Jail Operations Training Manager. He started his career in corrections with the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia and retired as the Commander of the Correctional Services Division.
              Glenn Watson
      
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              Correctional Program Specialist

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              Jails Division

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              National Institute of Corrections

Glenn Watson is a Correctional Program Specialist in the Jails Division of the National Institute of Corrections. Prior to joining NIC more than nine years ago, Glenn spent over twenty-one years as a U.S. Marine in the corrections field. His last post in the military prior to retirement was Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps correctional facility on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. At NIC, Glenn oversees and actively participates in the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of resources to enhance the corrections field. He currently manages the Jail Division's Staffing Analysis and Restrictive Housing programs, as well as the National Sheriffs' Institute.NIC Information Center support staff
  Laurie Moeglein
      
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              Library Lead, Information Specialist, Contractor

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              Information Center

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              National Institute of Corrections

Since working as a Librarian/Information Specialist. She started her Librarian career working at Standard & Poor's Business Library, followed by the Denver Public Library, the Denver Public Schools and then landing at the Robert J. Kutak library/NIC Information Center six years ago.
              Allison Dohr
      
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              Information Specialist, Contractor

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              Information Center

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              National Institute of Corrections

Allison is a newcomer to the Information Center. Her main tasks include answering reference questions, doing research for larger projects, and supporting her colleagues in their professional duties.

Allison will complete a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in December 2021. Prior to her time at the Information Center, she ran the law library for the Denver Correctional Complex for four years.
              Benjamin Hunter
      
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              Information Specialist, Contractor

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              Information Center

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              National Institute of Corrections

Ben recently joined the NIC Information Center team as an Information Specialist. He assists in the daily operations of the library, aiding NIC staff and other corrections professionals in their research.Ben has both a master's degree in Library and Information Science, from the University of South Florida, as well as a masters of Management from the University of Florida. Prior to working with NIC he worked as a Public Services Librarian for 10 years in Ocala, Florida.
              Amanda Foust
      
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              Information Center Librarian

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              Information Center

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              National Institute of Corrections
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