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                                    A Collection of Green Corrections Resources From NIC

      

                    
          
    A collection of Green Corrections Resources from NIC
Green Corrections Challenge
              About the Green Corrections Challenge
              Green Corrections Challenge - Entry Forms
              Official Rules of NIC's Green Corrections Challenge
              Green Corrections - FAQ
              Green Corrections
      
  About this Project
              The Green Corrections Initiative promotes environmentally sustainable practices and green-collar job readiness training programs in correctional facilities. The initiative provides technical assistance to develop strategic plans for implementing GC programs and creates a community to promote green practices throughout the country.

Resilience in Corrections: A Proactive Approach to Changing Conditions
      
  Accession Number
              028089

            “This white paper describes the issues facing corrections policy and leadership as the impacts of climate change and its related consequences confront departments, agencies, and facilities in coming years. Not only will corrections have to manage the effects of more extreme weather and temperatures
              Green Corrections Symposium Notes
      
  Accession Number
              029714

            "On November 21, 2014, the Green Corrections Symposium convened professionals from the corrections community, as well as partners including reentry professionals, energy specialists, and education and workforce development experts. During the Symposium, winners of the Green Corrections Challenge, a
              The Green Corrections Challenge-National Institute of Corrections [Podcast]
      
Accession Number
              028149

            This program "addressed Green Corrections and the Green Corrections Challenge; an effort to document what agencies are doing to support environmental improvements within correctional facilities". This endeavor is funded by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC).
              The Greening of Corrections: Creating a Sustainable System
      
  Accession Number
              024914

            What are viable strategies for cutting costs while protecting the public’s safety? Corrections can achieve some substantial cost savings in sustainability or greening strategies. This publication “provides correctional professionals with a framework to gain a general understanding of sustainability
              The Green Corrections Project: Action Plans and Lessons Learned
      
  Accession Number
              026941

            This report is a great description of the three-phase Green Corrections project, sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). The following sections comprise this publication: overview of the project; “The Greening of Corrections: Creating a Sustainable System”-the publication and its
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Greening Corrections: People, Programs, and Practices [Satellite/Internet Broadcast held July 14, 2010]
      
Accession Number
              024388

            This program seeks to increase environmental awareness among corrections professionals and focuses attention on the need to make correctional facilities more energy and resource efficient. This broadcast:Explores the feasibility of introducing green collar job readiness training programsAssesses

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              The Greening of Probation
      
  Accession Number
              024144

            The utilization of a web-based Reusable Case Management System (RCMS) by the New York City Department of Probation to send judges offender reports prior to sentencing hearings is described. Not only are considerable amounts of paper, ink, energy, etc. being saved, but the rate of on-time delivery of
              Greening Juvenile Justice
      
  Accession Number
              024416

            The strength of this article is in its discussion of an often forgotten part of greening a facility-the use of environmentally safe cleaning products and practices. The Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro, California is the green facility that has achieved LEED (Leadership in
              Sustainability in Prisons
      
Accession Number
              027531

            “A look at the past, present, and future of the Sustainability in Prisons Project in Washington state commemorating the 5th anniversary of the project's inception. The project is a partnership between the Washington State Department of Corrections and the Evergreen State College.”

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          Philadelphia's Prison System is Fighting Food Waster and Recidivism with an Organic Farm
          Architecture & Green Facilities
          Painting Correctional Institutions Green: How Using Green Technology Can Reduce Correctional Institution Costs
          Green Corrections: Resources for Criminal Justice Professionals and Community Partners
          The Green Corrections Challenge-National Institute of Corrections [Audio]
          Oregon Sustainability 2013 Innovation

            The NIC Green Corrections Initiative seeks to increase awareness among corrections professionals about environmental issues related to the practice of corrections and focus attention on the need to make correctional facilities more energy and resource efficient.
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