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Prison procedures
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              Prison administrationAt the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), we understand the unique challenges that professionals in the prison industry face. That's why we've created a dedicated resource hub to support those who work in prisons.

We know that working in a prison can be a complex and challenging experience, which is why we've compiled a wide range of resources to help you address the issues you may face. From managing inmate behavior to developing effective rehabilitation programs, this page has everything you need to stay informed and up-to-date.

In addition to our extensive resources, we also offer a range of training opportunities designed specifically for prison professionals. Our training programs are developed in partnership with leading experts in the field and are designed to help you stay ahead of the curve in the constantly evolving corrections landscape.

At NIC, we're committed to providing prison professionals with the support and resources they need to succeed. We encourage you to explore the resources below, take advantage of the training available, and let us know if there's anything else we can do to help you excel in your role. We're always here to support you!


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                   How can Technical Assistance help my Prison?

At the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), we offer technical assistance to prisons and correctional organizations to help them address complex issues and achieve their goals. Our corrections program specialists can provide customized support to address your organization's specific needs, whether it's developing effective staff training programs, improving inmate outcomes, implementing evidence-based practices or something else.

Our technical assistance services are tailored to your unique circumstances, and our team will work collaboratively with you to help you achieve your desired outcomes. With NIC's technical assistance, you'll have the support you need to overcome challenges and build a stronger, more effective organization.

What is an example of Technical Assistance for a prison?

In 2015, NIC partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC) who faced challenges with reducing the use of segregation and addressing the needs of inmates with serious mental illness. NIC provided technical assistance by conducting a comprehensive review of the department's policies and practices, facilitating a staff training program on effective communication with inmates, and providing ongoing support for the development and implementation of new programs. As a result of the technical assistance provided by NIC, the MADOC was able to reduce the use of segregation and improve outcomes for inmates with mental illness.

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Online LMS Training and eCourses
          PREA: Your Role in Responding to Sexual Abuse
      
            During this course, you will learn to respond appropriately to sexual abuse in your facility.
          PREA: Investigating Sexual Abuse in a Confinement Setting
      
            Through this course, you will be able to explain the knowledge, components, and considerations that an investigator must use to perform a successful sexual abuse or sexual harassment investigation consistent with PREA standards.
          PREA: Coordinators’ Roles and Responsibilities
      
            The purpose of this course is to provide agency PREA Coordinators with an overview of the basic role and responsibilities of their position.
          Incident Command System for Corrections: Basic
      
            The Basic e-course is intended for line staff and non-security staff. This course will provide you with a fundamental understanding of the line-level response to emergencies in an institutional setting. The Intermediate course is for first-line supervisors and the Advanced course is for second-line supervisors and administrators.
          Undue Familiarity: Establishing and Maintaining Professional Boundaries
      
            The goal of this course is to educate and inform correctional and civilian staff on the importance of maintaining professional boundaries and adhering to their agency’s policies for interactions with individuals under their custody or supervision.
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Correctional Settings
      
            This course will help you to begin broadening your perspectives by questioning the assumptions you may have about the people around you. It will also offer you tools to build a more harmonious workplace.
          Corrections Outbreak Response
      
            This e-course provides an overview of infectious disease outbreaks in correctional and detention facilities and describes the critical role correctional nurses and others play in an outbreak investigation.
          Reducing the Use of Restrictive Housing
      
            This course is designed to help workers in a correctional setting better understand the benefits of reducing the use of restrictive housing.
          Deputy Warden: A Framework for Success
      
            This course will provide you with information that will contribute to you being a successful Deputy Warden. The course discusses key leadership characteristics and skills to portray, and how to use a priority matrix to help you with achieving work-life balance.
          Principles of Infection Control and Prevention
      
            This e-course introduces the basic principles of IPC in a corrections or detention setting. It discusses the requirements and challenges of effective IPC in this unique environment and presents evidence-based best practices of IPC.
          Role of the Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
      
            This e-course serves as an orientation to the role and responsibilities of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Coordinator.

Webinars & Trainings
          Current and Innovative Practices in Reducing Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress in Corrections for Correctional Officers
      
            Correctional Leaders and Administrators:
As a correctional leader you have an instrumental role in supporting the health and well-being of
          Leadership Webinar Series [Webinar Series]
      
            Have you ever struggled to decide whether it is more important to support your people or your agency? On the
          Learning to Drive Meaningful Change [Webinar]
      
            Every leader must be a change agent to survive and thrive. Great leadership goes beyond transforming yourself and others; it
          Solving the Dilemma of Self-Injurious Behavior in the Incarcerated Population [Webinar]
      
            Do you want to develop a better understanding of the self-injurious behavior found among adults under your care and custody
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Highlighted Publications
          Objective Prison Classification: A Guide for Correctional Agencies
          Prison Staffing Analysis: A Training Manual with Staffing Considerations for Special Populations

Related Topics
          Prison Classification



Offender classification is crucial in corrections for managing operations and adapting to evolving demographics, sentencing, and policy changes. The National Institute of Corrections offers programs, technical assistance, and resources to help agencies establish or update their classification procedures, emphasizing the use of objective systems and techniques.
          Aging in Prison



The increase in the number of elderly prisoners has brought challenges to the criminal justice system, including the provision of adequate health care and the lack of resources and facilities to cater to their needs. This page provides resources that can help your agency properly prepare, address, and react to issues related to incarcerated individuals with advanced age.
          Gender-Responsive Management of Women's Prisons



This page on Operational Practice in the Management of Women's Prisons tackles the unique challenges that women face in correctional settings. It provides an overview of evidence-based, gender-responsive tools and practices that can help improve services, management, and outcomes for female offenders. The page covers a range of sub-topics, including medical and mental health, legal issues, communication differences, women's pathways to prison, gender-responsive principles, and staff sexual misconduct.
          Prison Security



Prison security is crucial to maintaining staff and inmate safety in a correctional setting. Security Audit Program assesses security risks and vulnerabilities to prevent injuries, escapes, disruptions or property destruction. The Prison Staffing Analysis program helps assess staffing needs, determine critical levels, and modify and implement staffing operations for new or existing facilities.
          Transition from Prison to Community (TPC)



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.

Frequently Asked Questions
          details    Is there a general "profile" of prison inmates?
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            The Criminal History of Federal Offenders

**United States Sentencing Commission, 2018**

**Ear Hustle...**

**...**brings you the stories of life inside prison,shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between **Earlonne Woods** and **Antwan Williams**, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and **Nigel Poor**, a Bay Area artist. (2017)

Prison Inmate Characteristics

**Bureau of Justice Statistics**

Medical Problems of State and Federal Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-12

**Berzofsky, Marcus, Laura M. Maruschak, and Jennifer Unangst, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2015**

Document ID: 029736

Breaking Down Mass Incarceration in the 2010 Census: State-by-State Incarceration Rates by Race/Ethnicity

**Sakala, Leah, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), 2014**

Quick Facts: Women in the Federal Offender Population

**United States Sentencing Commission (USSC), 2013**

The Changing Racial Dynamics of Women's Incarceration

**Mauer, Marc, The Sentencing Project, 2013**

Document ID: 027085

Trends in U.S. Corrections

**The Sentencing Project, 2021**

Document ID: 027689

Correctional Populations in the United States

**Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2017**
          details    Are there benefits to providing yoga classes in jail or prison?
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        Yoga in Correctional Settings: A Randomized Controlled Study: Kerekes, Nora, Cecilia Fielding, and Susanne Apelquist, 2...
              The development and evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention for incarcerated young men (Thesis): Byrne, Sharon, ...
              A Systematic Review of Yoga Interventions in the Incarcerated Setting: Wimberly, Alexandra S., and Jia Xue, 2016
              Prison Meditation Movements and Mass Incarceration: Lyons, Thomas, and William Dustin Cantrell, 2015
              Outcomes of a Recreation Therapy Yoga Meditation Intervention on Prison Inmates' Spiritual Well-Being (Thesis): Pham, K...
              Participation in a 10-week course of yoga improves behavioral control and decreases psychological distress in a prison ...
              Can Yoga Help Mitigate the Military-to-Prison Pipeline?: The Give Back Yoga Foundation
          details    Where can I find guidelines for infectious disease management in prisons?
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              Wed, 05/29/2013 - 12:00 pm UTC
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            Hepatitis C elimination among people incarcerated in prisons: challenges and recommendations for action within a health systems framework**Akiyama, Matthew J., Kronfli, Nadine, Cabezas, Joaquin, Sheehan, Yumi, Thurairajah, Prem H., Lines, Richard, Lloyd, Andrew, 2021**Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Recommendations and Guidance [Website]**Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2017**Clinical Care of Incarcerated People with HIV, VIRAL Hepatitis, or Tuberculosis**Rich, Josiah D., Curt G. Beckwith, Alexandria Macmadu, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Joseph J. Amon, M-J Milloy, Maxmillian R.F. King, Jorge Sanchez, Lukoye Atwoli, and Frederick L. Altice, 2016**Monitoring HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction in Prisons: A Human Rights-Based Tool to Prevent Ill Treatment**Sander, Gen, 2016**Management of HIV Infection**Federal Bureau of Prisons Clinical Guidance, 2016**Prevention of Hepatitis C by Screening and Treatment in United States Prisons**He, Tiamhua, Kan Li, Mark S. Roberts, Anne C. Spaulding, Turgay Ayer, John J. Grefenstette, and Jagpreet Chhatwal, 2016**Evaluation and Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection**Federal Bureau of Prisons, Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2016**Infectious Diseases and the Criminal Justice System: A Public Health Perspective**Nijhawan, Ank E., 2016**Hepatitis C in Corrections: Innovations in Treatment and Management of a Public Health Challenge [Internet Broadcast]**Grant, Anita, James Greer, Sheila M. Guilfoyle, Newton Kendig, Kathleen Maurer, Olugbenga Ojo, and Chad Zawitz, 2015**Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Prisoners: Epidemiology, Outcome and Treatment**Zampino, Rosa, Nicola Coppola, Caterina Sagnelli, Giovanni Di Caprio, and Evangelista Sagnelli, 2015**
          details    Do you have information on the award of good time or earned time credits in prisons?
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              Tue, 04/23/2013 - 12:00 pm UTC
            Frequently Asked Questions: Federal Good Time Credit

**FAMM, 2023**

State Good Time and Earned Time Laws

**National Conference of State Legislatures, 2021**

Good Time and Earned Time Policies for State Prison Inmates (As Established By Law)

**NCSL Criminal Justice Program, 2021**

Proposition 57: Credit Earning for Inmates Frequently Asked Questions

**California Department of Corrections, 2017**

OLR Backgrounder: Inmate Sentence Reduction Methods

**Katherine Dwyer, Carease Gadson, 2017**

Justice Reinvestment Initiative State Assessment Report

**La Vigne, Nancy G., Samuel Bieler, Lindsey Cramer, Helen Ho, Cybele Kotonias, Deborah Mayer, David McClure, Laura Pacifici, Erica Parks, Bryce Peterson, Julie Samuels. Urban Institute, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, 2014**

"JRI policies improved the use of good time and earned credit and the operation of probation and parole."

Document ID: 027949

Clemency, Parole, Good-Time Credits, and Crowded Prisons: Reconsidering Early Release

**Larkin Jr, Paul J. Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2013**

For most of our history, clemency, parole, and good-time credits have offered prisoners an opportunity for early release. Over the last 40 years, however, clemency has fallen into disuse, and many jurisdictions have repealed their parole laws in favor of determinate sentencing. Given our increasingly crowded prisons and expanding correctional budgets, governments are beginning to rethink our approach to punishment. It is unlikely that clemency or parole will come back into fashion any time soon, however, or that severe sentencing laws will quickly disappear. But the federal and state governments have continued to use good-time credits as a means of rewarding inmates for positive, in-prison behavior, and legislators may believe that expanding the current good-time laws is the best solution. That approach is reasonable as a policy matter and sellable as a political matter because prisoners must earn good time credits. We therefore may see legislators seek to address prison overcrowding through an expanded good-time system.

Solving the Good Time Puzzle: Why Following the Rules Should Get You Out of Prison Early

**O'Hear, Michael M., 2011**

“Good-time programs have long been an important part of the American penal landscape. Although good time is traditionally justified by reference to its usefulness in deterring inmate misconduct—credits can be denied or withdrawn as a penalty for violations of prison rules—the article questioned how it could possibly be just to impose additional incarceration based on mere violations of administrative regulations."

Document ID: 027946

**Example Policies:**

Maryland Diminution Credit System, Department of Legislative Services, December 2011

State of Oregon: Department of Corrections: Administration of Earned Time, December 2010

Virginia Department of Corrections, Time Computation

Washington State Department of Corrections, Earned Release Time, September 2015
          details    What is the appropriate temperature for jail/prison housing units?
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            Question:

We get periodic complaints from inmates about the temperature in their cells. Sometimes we do issue extra blankets but need to watch for hoarding. Is there an ideal temperature setting for institutional housing units?

Answer:

There are recommended ranges of temperature (often called comfort zones) which can vary by season. The problem is there is an objective component but also a subjective component (not everybody "feels" temperature or comfort the same). Since heating and cooling systems in institutions are complex, try to achieve a "happy medium" within the recommended ranges.

This issue is not as simple as temperature. Thermal comfort is a combination of temperature, humidity, activity levels, metabolic rate, clothing, season, etc. It gets really complex. To appreciate how complex calculating thermal comfort is, look at the factors needed for this Thermal Comfort Tool online calculator.

The American Correctional Association standards, which are voluntary unless you are undergoing accreditation with them, state:

"Temperature and humidity are mechanically raised or lowered to acceptable comfort levels." The previous version of that standard used to refer to "acceptable summer and winter comfort zones."

The general standard concerning building comfort levels is ASHRAE 55 Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy. (2010). Builders and maintenance folks tend to conform to ASHRAE 55 standards in terms of building thermal comfort. They are not mandatory unless they have been adopted as part of a jurisdiction's building code or environment climate codes.

A given temperature will not meet the needs of everybody in the same environment. While not a jail or prison but an office environment, this article TheThermal Comfort Zone concludes that it may not be possible to provide thermal conditions that please all occupants all the time (but that hasn't stopped facilities managers from trying):

"ASHRAE indicates thermal comfort is achieved when environmental conditions satisfy 80 percent of office occupants suggests just how difficult it is to please all occupants even some of the time."

Bottom line: consider this in your decision making

**How many inmates are requesting extra blankets?** If it is just a few, you are probably within norms, but might want to honor those requests. Everybody feels temperature differently, so those requests can be legitimate. So unless there is a hoarding issue, or it has become a "game", perhaps second blankets are easier than inmate grievances, litigation, and behavior issues.
	**Keep in mind some differences:**70 degrees with low humidity might feel cool to an inactive population while staff who are moving around feel just fine. So anything in a range of 69-76 degrees could be acceptable in terms of thermal comfort depending on levels of humidity (and factoring in ambient conditions in summer or winter).
	A good solution is to get your agency to request an assessment by a legitimate building services provider or institutional heating and cooling systems specialist to measure comfort levels in all housing units. It is important to document your efforts at providing an acceptable housing environment for the offenders.Here is how a major jail system deals with issues around "abnormal temperature conditions" . It might give you some ideas for policy and procedure. It actually comes in collaboration their Department of Environment Health:

**What temperatures (indoor and outdoor) are considered outside the normal range and require notifications/actions?**The Department requires that tour commanders notify the warden and the assistant commissioner for environmental health of any temperatures that are below 68° F. in all are as and above 80° F. in medical, mental health, and air conditioned areas. The assistant commissioner for environmental health initiates two hour temperature monitoring, so that decisions can be made whether inmates need to be relocated. For temperatures below 68° F. maintenance is notified to repair the heating system. Inmates are provided with additional blankets, clothing if necessary, and hot beverages. Inmates are relocated if the heat will not be repaired in a reasonable number of hours and the temperature remains below 68° F., if maintenance determines that the heat cannot be repaired, or if the temperature is below 60° F. Again, this is at the discretion of the assistant commissioner for environmental health and security. At temperatures at or above 80° F., maintenance is notified to repair the air conditioning, ice is provided for the inmates, two fans are placed in the housing areas, and it is determined how many heat sensitive inmates are housed in the area. Heat sensitive inmates will be relocated if the temperatures reaches or exceeds 85° F., if the temperature remains above 80° F. for a period of time and maintenance is unable to resolve the issue within a reasonable amount of time, or if the air conditioning cannot be repaired that day. Any non-heat sensitive inmates will remain in the housing area.
	**At what temperatures, both hot and cold, is outdoor recreation restricted?**At what high and low temperatures is it prohibited? Outdoor recreation is canceled at the discretion of the tour commander since it is voluntary and inmates may decide not to participate.
	**How is the status of "heat risk inmate" conveyed by medical staff to correctional staff?**The medical staff submit a heat sensitive identification form to the clinic captain.
	**What are the temperature thresholds for heat risk subjects?**In general, heat sensitive inmates are housed in air conditioned areas. The Department makes notification of high temperatures at 80° F. allowing time to correct the air conditioning deficiency before we would relocate the heat sensitive inmates at 85° F.
	**What discretionary language, if any, is used to permit judgment calls with regard to allowing outdoor recreation?**Outdoor recreation is held at the discretion of the tour commander.
          details    Do Canine Programs in Prison Have Any Positive Effect?
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              Fri, 09/21/2012 - 12:00 pm UTC
            Prison-Based Dog Training Programs: Standard Protocol

**Flynn, Erin, Tyler M. Han, Jaci Gandenberger, Emily Gould, and Joseph Winchell, 2018**

Taking a PAWS to Reflect on How the Work of a Therapy Dog Supports a Trauma-Informed Approach to Prisoner Health

**Dell, Colleen Anne, and Nancy Poole, 2015**

Partnering Shelter Dogs with Prison Inmates: An Alternative Strategy to Reduce Recidivism and Teach Social Therapy [Theses]

**Zimmer, Randi Michelle, 2014**

Prison-Based Animal Programs (PAPs) and Mental Health Outcome Measures

**Swyers, Kaitlyn N., Undergraduate Honors Theses, Portland State University, 2014**

Canines (and Cats!) in Correctional Institutions: Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Companion Animal Programs

**Huss, Rebecca, 2014**

Prison Animal Programs: A Brief Review of the Literature

**Wenner, Alexandria, Massachusetts Department of Correction, 2012**
          details    Do Private Prisons Work?
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            A private facility or for-profit prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is contracted by a government agency.

Private Prisons in the United States

**Sentencing Project, 2021**

Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism

**Mukherjee, Anita, 2020**

The Relationship Between Individual Characteristics, Quality of Confinement and Recidivism by Offenders Released From Privately and Publicly Managed Residential Community Corrections Facilities

**Hummer, Don, 2018**

U.S. private prison population has declined in recent years

**Geiger, Abigail 2017**

The Economics of Private Prisons

**Megan Mumford, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Ryan Nunn, 2016**

Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Monitoring of Contract Prisons

**Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2016**

The Future of Private Prisons in Arizona Corrections

**Gilroy, Leonard, 2015**

Annual Privatization Report 2014 Criminal Justice and Corrections

**Galik, Lauren, Leonard Gilroy, and Alexander Volokh, 2015**

International Growth Trends in Prison Privatization

**Mason, Cody, The Sentencing Project, 2013**

Document ID: 027538
      International Corrections
          details    Do you have information on the use of volunteers in prisons, jails, and the community?
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            This Knowledgebase focuses on the use of volunteers in criminal justice settings. Volunteers can and do provide a variety of services within state and local correctional systems. These include but are not limited to the following:

Providing special instruction in a particular area such as tutoring and conducting classes.
	Assisting staff in daily office activities to free them for more direct work with inmates.
	Organizing or officiating games during recreation and sports related activities.
	Providing assistance to facility's library by collecting books.
	Serving as resource to advise inmates on various topics such as developing a budget or employment preparation.
	Assisting with religious related activities such as worship services or study of scriptures.
	Participating with an organized group already active at facility such as Yokefellow Prison Ministry, Alcoholics Anonymous or Prison Fellowship.
	Providing or coordinating special entertainment events such as singing groups and plays.
	Assisting in locating suitable residence and/or employment plans for an inmate before release.
	Providing transportation to employment or for family to visit facility.
	Serving as a role model by being a sponsor for an eligible inmate and escorting them to approved activities in the community.
	Serving as member of facility's Community Resource Council.
      
        Volunteer Opportunities:  Indiana Department of Corrections, 2017
              The Effects of Prison Visits from Community Volunteers on Offender Recidivism: Duwe, Grant, and Byron R. Johnson, 2016
              Handbook for Volunteers: New Jersey Department of Corrections, 2016
              Volunteer Orientation Guide: Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2016
              TDOC Volunteer Services Training Manual: Tennessee Department of Corrections, 2014
              DAI Volunteer, Pastoral Visitor, Program Guest & Intern Orientation Manual: Wisconsin Department of Corrections, 20...
              Handbook for Volunteers: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 2013
              Volunteer Orientation and Training Manual: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2012
          details    Where can I find general guidelines and examples of procedures around jail/prison libraries?
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            We are reviewing our facility's inmate library procedures. We would like to know how other facilities handle the inmate library process. Can you help?

We have found that professional librarians are very willing to share their expertise. Don't forget to draw upon your local public or college/community college library staff to assist you or serve as an advisory group.

Meanwhile, take a look at the following resources. Both prison and jail library information are included since the issues are the same.
      
        Library Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions
              Standards for Colorado Correctional libraries: Uniting Service and Security
              Prison Librarian Blog Website
              American Library Association Prisoners' Right to Read
              Correctional Librarian Resources
              Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
              Library Services for Youth in Custody
              Department of Corrections, Montana State Prison, Operational Procedures: Library Services
          details    Where can I find information about extremist and radicalized groups in prisons?
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              Mon, 03/26/2012 - 12:00 pm UTC
            Countering Violent Extremism, Part 1 (video)**C-SPAN, 2017**Countering Violent Extremism, Part 2 (video)**CSPAN, 2017**Combating Violent Extremism, Part 3 (video)**C-SPAN, 2017**Countering Violent Extremism in Prisons Program**Global Center on Cooperative Security, 2017**6 strategies for preventing radicalization in US jails and prisons**Atherton, Eugene, 2017**Having a comprehensive, written policy is very important in managing inmates who wish to radicalize others towards terrorist behaviorFirst UN manual to address violent extremism in prisons launched by UNODC**United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2017**Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and the Prevention of Radicalization to Violence in Prisons**United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2016**Terror Inmates: Countering Violent Extremism in Prison and Beyond**Statement of Jerome P. Bjelopera, Specialist in Organized Crime and Terrorism before Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, U.S. House of Representatives, 2015**Violent Extremism and Its Roots in the U.S. Corrections System**Winters, Robert, 2015**Community-Level Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism [Video]**National Institute of Justice (NIJ), 2016**Across the Universe? A Comparative Analysis of Violent Behavior and Radicalization Across Three Offender Types with Implications for Criminal Justice**Horgan, John G., et al., 2016**Violent Extremism and Its Roots in the U.S. Corrections System**Winters, Robert, 2015**Radicalization and Violent Extremism: Lessons Learned from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S.**National Institute of Justice (NIJ), 2015**Are Prisons Really Schools for Terrorism? Challenging the Rhetoric on Prison Radicalization**Jones, Clarke R., 2014**"This article challenges contemporary research on prison radicalization and recruitment by highlighting several factors that may hamper these activities to demonstrate why some prison regimes and their programmes for housing terrorist inmates face a greater risk than others."Document ID: 031360Facts and Fictions about Islam in Prison: Assessing Prisoner Radicalization in Post-9/11 America**Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), 2013**"This report explains how violence due to prison radicalization by Muslims is a rare event."Document ID: 028460
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