National Institute of Corrections News
National Institute of Corrections sent this bulletin at 05/28/2013 07:01 PM EDTHaving trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.
Mesa County’s Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) site has been selected by the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) to receive the Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award. This award recognizes the “most outstanding criminal justice reform initiatives and change agents in Colorado”.
Mesa County was selected for its “innovation and collaboration in implementing evidence-based practices in criminal cases and its focus on outcomes that have already reduced the jail population, recidivism, and incarceration costs”.
Mesa County awardees include:
- Ms. Bert Nieslanik, Deputy Director of the Alternate Defense Counsel
- Honorable David A. Bottger, Twenty-First Judicial District Chief Judge
- Mr. Stan Hilkey, Mesa County Sheriff
- Mr. Dennis Berry, Criminal Justice Services Department
- Mr. Pete Hautzinger, Mesa County District Attorney
- Ms. Trish Mahre, Chief Deputy District Attorney
- Ms. Linda Robinson, Twenty-First Judicial District Probation Services
- Ms. Sandy Castleberry, Twenty-First Judicial District Administrator
- Mr. Steve Colvin, Managing Attorney – Grand Junction Public Defender Trial Office
- Honorable Craig Henderson, Twenty-First Judicial District County Court Judge
- Ms. Jennifer Sheetz, Mesa County Criminal Justice Analyst
If you would like more information on implementing Evidence-Based Decision Making or the EBDM Initiative in your local Criminal Justice System, contact Lori Eville, Correctional Program Specialist, National Institute of Corrections, at leville@bop.gov.
Got stress? Inmates too hot? Preparing PREA Policy? These are among 12 topics added to NIC's Knowledgebase/Solutions in the last 30 days. They join another 80 defined topics. All of the topics are listed here, and you may want to add this page to your Bookmarks or Favorites toolbar.
- Where can I find information on staff stress prevention and wellness programs?
- What can we do about prisoner hunger strikes?
- How can I find examples of PREA policy and procedure for institutions?
- What are some recidivism resources at the NIC?
- Where can I find information on the recruitment, training and management of volunteers?
- Do you have information about what to do if taken hostage, also training for hostage negotiators?
- Where can I find lesson plans for conducting a cell extraction?
- Do you have information on the award of good time or earned time credits in state prisons?
- Can I use another agency's basic training package to train our jail's detention staff?
- What is the appropriate temperature for jail/prison housing units?
- How can our agency orient and train new parole board members?
- Do you have examples of RFP's and guidelines for monitoring contracts?
