NCJ Number
136160
Date Published
1992
Length
319 pages
Annotation
The 1991 winter conference of the American Correctional Association held in Louisville, Kentucky focused generally on the state of corrections and more specifically on alternatives to incarceration, special offenders, juveniles, and recidivism.
Abstract
Initial presentations discussed the establishment of fair sentencing guidelines, corrections as an economic development tool, the use of alternatives to incarceration in Michigan and New York, alternatives that reduce jail populations, community-based corrections, intermediate sanctions in Canada, community service, and cleaning up New Jersey's environment with an inmate work force. Special offender presentations looked at the establishment of an AIDS unit in correctional institutions, managing the elderly offender population, correctional rehabilitation, day treatment as a means of providing continuous care, sex offender treatment in Minnesota, and drug offender treatment in jail. Presentations related to juveniles examined the Nokomis Challenge Program in Michigan that provides a residential treatment alternative for delinquent juvenile males, an innovative life skills program for Alabama youth, and treatment of substance abuse among Virginia juveniles. Finally, presentations considered accreditation as an effective tool for evaluating and supervising correctional programs, media relations, violence prevention, inmate disturbances in Hungary, the role of technology in direct supervision jails, inmate attitudes, and recidivism. References