NCJ Number
187782
Date Published
February 2001
Length
48 pages
Annotation
A 2-day national forum for correctional administrators aimed to strengthen their skills related to classification, share recent accomplishments and strategies for addressing current classification trends and issues, and provide feedback to the National Institute of Corrections and technical assistance providers regarding their services.
Abstract
Topics included the creation of a seamless and comprehensive classification system, management information systems and the use of classification data for planning, and a jail classification system and its linkage with a State department of corrections. Additional topics included prison internal classification systems to match inmates to housing units, work assignments, and programming; an automated process for assessing risks and needs; a personality-based model for classifying inmates; and the management of high-risk offenders. Further topics included litigation focusing on classification issues, changes in classification-related tasks and other areas as a result of litigation, the classification of female offenders, the linking of prison classification to reentry in the community, and classification-related initiatives supported by the National Institute of Corrections and the Institute of Crime, Justice, and Corrections. Presenter biographies