By Tate McCotter, NIJO Executive Director An April 5, 2023, headline from AP News stated “West Virginia Atheist Inmate Sues Over Christian Programming”.1 The news article details how the inmate has taken legal action against multiple officials overseeing the administration of West Virginia’s correctional facilities. He claims that the state has infringed upon his constitutional…
JAILCON 20/20 – Two Enrollment Sessions Added!
As of September 30, 2020, JAILCON 20/20 attendees have completed an unprecedented 30,000 hours of corrections-specific training in only 3 weeks, making JAILCON 20/20 Special Edition the largest corrections training conference in history! Due to overwhelming response and ongoing need for corrections-specific training, NIJO has opened TWO enrollment sessions to allow additional agencies/individuals to take…
Sheriff’s Office or Sheriff’s Department?
In early 2011,I was comfortably ensconced in what I believed would be my retirement home. Sitting on a ridge overlooking the Dunnavant Valley in north Alabama,the house location allowed me to look across the valley and view the changing seasons and the abundant wildlife which frequented the property. All was good.
ARE YOU PREA READY? (Part 2)
by Tate McCotter and Laurie Gibbs
*NOTE* – This is part two of last month’s “Solutions to PREA”
Solutions to PREA – Part 1
A headline like “Jail Fails to Comply with PREA”1 is not uncommon to read in the daily news. Unfortunately,some information being put out by various organizations is misrepresented on PREA and has caused confusion among our jails. Perhaps worse,they have negatively altered public perception of the Sheriff’s office and jails (After all,if you aren’t DOJ PREA compliant,you must not care about protecting the inmates from rape,right?)
Be Careful Not to Build Your Own Trojan Horse
What is intellectual property? How should you protect it and why? These are questions to have us think about the importance of protecting what is most important to us as law enforcement,detention agencies,and our associations,particularly what is developed to assist those we serve internally. Plagiarism may be the most sincere form of flattery,but in many cases it’s also illegal and sometimes creates a liability for the user.
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