NIC Resource Package
NIC Resource Package web_adminThe NIC Resource Package is a condensed set of resources that is available for public use.
New from NIC
New from NIC web_adminDocuments
- BIA Adult Detention Facility Guidelines (031234)
- Collaborative Case Work with Justice Involved Women (033548)
- Corrections Stress Needs Assessment (033549)
- Law Enforcement Officers Respecting Service, Restoring Honor for Vets in Crisis (033091)
- Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field (033331)
- Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family Connections (033094)
- National Institute of Corrections Report to the Nation FY 2018: Results and Innovations (033117)
- Objective Prison Classification: A Guide for Correctional Agencies (033328)
- Recommendations for Practice: Post-Conviction Victims' Rights and Services (033114)
- Replication Validation of the Employment Retention Inventory (033093)
An Assessment Tool of the National Institute of Corrections
Webinars & Broadcasts
Becoming Trauma Informed: An Essential Element for Justice Settings
- The Association between ACEs and Criminal Justice Involvement, Part 1
- Trauma-Informed Treatment and Theory, Part 2
- Becoming Trauma Informed and Moving to Trauma Responsive, Part 3
(PH)REAL: PHilosophy, Relationship, Equipping, Attitude and Leadership
Converting Instructor Led Training to Virtual Instructor Led Training
- Where Do I Start? Using ADDIE as a Roadmap for Conversion, Part 1
- What’s Next? How Do I Convert ILT to VILT? The Basics, Part 2
- How Do I Design / Add Engagement, Interaction and Collaboration Tools? Part 3
COVID-19: How are Pretrial Service Agencies Dealing with the Coronavirus?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- What’s Your Eye Chart Saying? How Our Beliefs Filter Our Views, Part 1
- Building Inclusion Across Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Part 2
- A Leader’s Role in Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Culture, Part 3
- That’s DOPE – Making Every Voice Count!, Part 4
Family Connections Project Webinar Series
- Communicating with Families and Children in Correctional Facilities, Part 1
- Communicating with Families and Children in Correctional Facilities, Part 2
- Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Building Partnerships and Innovative Practices, Part 3
Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field
Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Staff
Putting the Science into Self-Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention
Solving the Dilemma of Self-Injurious Behavior in the Incarcerated Population
Transformational Leadership: How to Lead Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization Series
- Learning to Lead from the Inside Out, Part 1
- Learning to Value Your Employees, Part 2
- Learning to Drive Meaningful Change, Part 3
Transformational Leadership: How to Lead Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization Series
Topic Categories
Topic Categories web_admin- Classification & Risk Assessment
- Criminal Justice System Planning
- Data-Driven Librarianship in Corrections: Webinar Series
- Evidence-Based Practices
- Jail Operations & Planning
- Jail Resources
- Justice Involved Veterans
- Juvenile Justice
- Leadership and Management
- Medical and Mental Health
- Parole & Probation
- Pretrial Services
- Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
- Prison Management and Operations
- Reentry
- The National Reentry Symposium:
- Victims
- Women Offenders and Defendants
Classification & Risk Assessment
Classification & Risk Assessment web_admin- A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Adult Prisons and Jails
- A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Youth Confinement Facilities
- Classification of High-Risk and Special Management Prisoners: A National Assessment of Current Practices
- Effectively Managing Aging and Geriatric Offenders
Click Link, Add to Cart and Order. The disc set will be shipped to you. This 3-hour program will interest anyone dealing with geriatric offenders. Issues covered during this presentation include: Who geriatric offenders are, awareness of their needs, staff training and special considerations for this population. - Enhancing Prison Classification Systems: The Emerging Role of Management Information Systems
- Exercises for Developing MI Skills in Corrections
- Internal Prison Classification Systems: Case Studies in Their Development and Implementation
- LGBTI Populations: Intake – Creating A Culture of Safety
- LGBTI Populations: Their Safety, Your Responsibility
- LGBTI: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Offenders (Selected Resources for Criminal Justice Professionals)
Annotated Bibliography - Motivational Interviewing (with a Criminal Justice Focus) Annotated Bibliography
- Motivational Interviewing in Corrections: A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing MI in Corrections
- Objective Jail Classification Systems: A Guide for Jail Administrators
- Objective Prison Classification: A Guide for Correctional Agencies
- Policy Review and Development Guide: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings, 2nd Edition #031373
- Prisoner Intake Systems: Assessing Needs and Classifying Prisoners
- Revalidating External Prison Classification Systems: The Experience of Ten States and Model for Classification Reform
- The Foundation of Practical Application of Risk, Need, and Responsivity in the Age of COVID-19 and Justice Reform
- Trauma Annotated Bibliography
Criminal Justice System Planning
Criminal Justice System Planning web_adminApex Guidebook Series
- Achieving Performance Excellence: The Influence of Leadership on Organizational Performance
- APEX Building the Model and Beginning the Journey
- APEX Resources Directory Volume 1
- APEX Resources Directory Volume 2
- Applying the APEX Tools for Organizational Assessment
- Culture and Change Management: Using APEX To Facilitate Organizational Change
- Understanding Corrections through the APEX Lens
Other Criminal Justice Resources
- Corrections Environmental Scan
A Second Look at Alleviating Jail Crowding: A Systems Perspective (BJA)
NCJ_1852507.pdf - Building Culture Strategically: A Team Approach for Corrections
- Corrections Learning and Performance: A Vision for the 21st Century
- Family Connections Project Webinar Series
- Getting It Right: Collaborative Problem Solving for Criminal Justice
- Green Corrections Project, The: Action Plans and Lessons Learned
- Green Corrections Symposium Notes
- Green Corrections: Resources for Criminal Justice Professionals and Community Partners
- Greening Corrections: People, Programs, and Practices
- Greening of Corrections, The: Creating a Sustainable System
- Guidelines for Developing a Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
- Health Reform and Public Safety: New Opportunities, Better Outcomes
- Mapping the Criminal Justice System to Connect Justice-Involved Individuals with Treatment and Health Care under the Affordable Care Act
- National Institute of Corrections Report to the Nation FY 2014: Learn, Achieve, Perform
- National Institute of Corrections Report to the Nation FY 2018: Results and Innovations
- Performance Based Measurement System: What Really Counts in Corrections!
- Promising and Innovative Practices for Children of Incarcerated Parents: [Webinar]
- Reduce Costs, Lower Risks, Enhance Healthcare Services: The Promise of Effective Pharmaceutical Management
- Religion in Corrections: Offenders’ Rights, Your Responsibility
- Resilience in Corrections: A Proactive Approach to Changing Conditions
- Sharing Gang Intelligence Bridging the Gap: Corrections - Police - Educators [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
- Video Visiting in Corrections: Benefits, Limitations, and Implementing Considerations
Data-Driven Librarianship in Corrections: Webinar Series
Data-Driven Librarianship in Corrections: Webinar Series web_adminEvidence-Based Practices
Evidence-Based Practices web_admin- A Framework for Evidence-Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems [4th Ed]
- Effective Clinical Practices in Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System
- Evaluation of Phase II Technical Assistance for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems
- Evidence-Based Decision Making from Principle to Practice
- Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems Initiative
- Evidence-Based Practice Skills Assessment for Criminal Justice Organizations, Version 1.0
- Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Recidivism: Implications for State Judiciaries
- Evidence-Based Practice: Principles for Enhancing Correctional Results in Prisons
- Evidence-Based Practices and Criminal Defense: Opportunities, Challenges, and Practical Considerations
- Evidence-Based Practices in the Criminal Justice System: An Annotated Bibliography
- Implementing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Community Corrections [2nd ed]
- Legal & Evidence-Based Practices: Application of Legal Principles, Laws, and Research to the Field of Pretrial Services
- Our System of Corrections: Do Jails Play a Role in Improving Offender Outcomes?
- Putting the Pieces Together: Practical Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices
- The Foundation of Practical Application of Risk, Need, and Responsivity in the Age of COVID-19 and Justice Reform
- Using Research to Promote Public Safety: A Prosecutor's Primer on Evidence-Based Practice
Jail Operations & Planning
Jail Operations & Planning web_admin- Agenda Jail PIO Network Meeting 2017 [Proceedings]
- Beyond the Myths: The Jail in Your Community (23-Minute Video)
- Direct Supervision Jails: The Role of the Administrator
- How to Collect and Analyze Data: A Manual for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators [3rd ed.]
- Inmate Behavior Management - Northampton County Jail Case Study
- Inmate Behavior Management - Brazos County Jail Case Study
- Inmate Behavior Management - Guide to Meeting Basic Needs
- Inmate Behavior Management - Defining and Conveying Expectations
- Jail Crowding: Understanding Jail Population Dynamics
- Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors [2nd ed.]
- Jail Inspection Basics: Supervisors Guide
- Jail PIO Network Meeting [Proceedings]
- Jail Standards and Inspection Programs: Resource and Implementation Guide
- Jails in America: A Report on Podular Direct Supervision
- Legal Issues in Jails-2013
- Programs and Activities: Tools for Managing Inmate Behavior
- Resource Manual for Transition to a New Jail
- Running an Intelligent Jail: A Guide to the Development and Use of a Jail Information System
- The Mentally Ill in Jail: Whose Problem Is It Anyway?
Jail Resources
Jail Resources web_adminJail Administration
- A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Jail Emergencies
- BIA Adult Detention Facility Guidelines
- Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Developing the Budget
- Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Managing the Budget
- Budget Guide for Jail Administrators Part 3: Beyond Budget Allocation -- Sources of Funding and Services
- Inmate Behavior Management - The Key to a Safe and Secure Jail
- Jail Administration Participants Manual
- Jail Resource Issues: What Every Funding Authority Needs to Know
- Jails and the Constitution: An Overview [2nd ed.]
- Managing Risk in Jails
- National Study of Jail Suicide: 20 Years Later
- Resource Guide for Jail Administrators
- Sheriff's Guide to Effective Jail Operations
- Staffing Analysis Workbook for Jails [2nd ed.]
Jail Planning
- Building Community Support for New Jail Construction
- Developing and Revising Detention Facility Policies and Procedures
- Facility Planning to Meet the Needs of Female Inmates
- Jail Capacity Planning Guide: A Systems Approach
- Jail Design Guide [3rd ed.]
- Jail Design Review Handbook
- Jail Planning and Expansion: Local Officials and Their Roles [2nd ed.]
- Jail Site Evaluation and Selection
- New Jail Planning: Getting it Right
Reentry and Transition
- Justice Centers Reentry Policy Council
- NIC Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) Project Page
- Offender Reentry: The Value of Victim Involvement [Internet Broadcast]
- Sustaining Systems Change
Findings from a Transition from Jail to Community Initiative Stakeholder Survey - The Elected Officials Toolkit for Jail Reentry
412287.pdf - Transition from Jail to Community Online Learning Toolkit
- Work with Victims of Crime: An Integrated Approach for Community Supervision Professionals
Women Offenders in the Jail Setting
- Facility Planning to Meet the Needs of Female Inmates
- Research, Practice & Guiding Principles for Women Offenders
- Responding to Women Offenders: The Department of Women's Justice Services in Cook County, Illinois
- Systemic Criminal Justice Planning: Improving Responses to Women Offenders in Hamilton County, Ohio
- The Gender-Responsive Strategies Project: Jail Applications
- Using Jail Exit Surveys to Improve Community Responses to Women Offenders
- Women in Jail: Classification Issues
Other Jail Resources
- A Second Look at Alleviating Jail Crowding: A Systems Perspective (BJA)
NCJ_1852507.pdf - Audits of Podular Direct-Supervision Jails
- Beyond the Myths: The Jail in Your Community (23-Minute Video)
- BIA Adult Detention Facility Guidelines
- Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Executives and Senior-Level Leaders
- Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Manager and Supervisor Levels
- Direct Supervision Jails: The Role of the Administrator
- Getting It Right: Collaborative Problem Solving for Criminal Justice
- Guidelines for Developing a Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
- Jail Crowding: Understanding Jail Population Dynamics
- Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors [2nd ed.]
- Jail Inspection Basics: Supervisors Guide
- Jail PIO Network Meeting [Proceedings]
- Jail Standards and Inspection Programs: Resource and Implementation Guide
- NAPSA Standards on Pretrial Release
- Objective Jail Classification Systems: A Guide for Jail Administrators
- PIO Network Meeting
HELD: June 7-8, 2017 - Preventing Jail Crowding: A Practical Guide. 2nd ed.
- Prison Rape Elimination Act and Local Jails: The Facts
- Programs and Activities: Tools for Managing Inmate Behavior
- Resource Manual for Transition to a New Jail
- Self-Audit Instrument for Administrators of Direct Supervision Jails
- Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates: Policy Development Guide for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators
Justice Involved Veterans
Justice Involved Veterans web_adminJuvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice web_adminNOTE: This page contains links to websites that are not managed by NIC. NIC is not responsible for the content found on these websites.
- A Quick Guide for LGBTI Policy Development for Youth Confinement Facilities
- Desktop Guide to Quality Practice for Working with Youth in Confinement
- Implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act: Toolkit for Juvenile Agencies and Facilities
- Juvenile Justice Annotated Bibliography
- Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
- Keeping Our Kids Safe: The Prison Rape Elimination Act and Juvenile Justice: A Guide for Juvenile Justice Administrators
You may also request the PREA resource disk from the help desk - Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents
Leadership and Management
Leadership and Management web_admin- (PH)REAL: PHilosophy, Relationship, Equipping, Attitude and Leadership
- 2016 NIC Learning and Performance Symposium: Interactive Instruction Ignites Learning Proceedings Document
- Achieving Performance Excellence: The Influence of Leadership on Organizational Performance
- Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Executives and Senior-Level Leaders
- Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Manager and Supervisor Levels
- Corrections Stress Needs Assessment
- Corrections Stress: Peaks and Valleys
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Leadership: Selected Resources for Criminal Justice Professionals
- Occupational Stressors in Corrections Organizations: Types, Effects and Solutions
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2011 March
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2011 September
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2012 March
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2012 September
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2013 September
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2014 March
- Proceedings from the NIC Large Jail Network Meetings: 2014 September
- Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting Aurora, Colorado, March 21-22, 2016
- Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting: September 2017
- Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Staff
- The Corrections Profession: Maintaining Safety and Sanity, Part 1
- The Corrections Profession: Maintaining Safety and Sanity, Part 2
- The Mindful Supervisor
- The Norval Morris Project At the National Institute of Corrections
- Transformational Leadership: How to Lead Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization Series
Medical and Mental Health
Medical and Mental Health web_admin- Crisis Intervention Teams: An Effective Response to Mental Illness in Corrections
- Health, Justice, Women: Behavioral Health and OB/GYN
- Health, Justice, Women: Transforming Systems - Changing Lives
- Hepatitis C in Corrections: Innovations in Treatment and Management of a Public Health Challenge [Internet Broadcast]
- Losing Time: Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease Behind Bars #032785
- Prescription Drugs of Abuse and Misuse in Jails and Prisons [Webinar]
- Preventing and Controlling Hepatitis A in Jails and Prisons [Webinar]
- Putting the Science into Self-Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention
- Solving the Dilemma of Self-Injurious Behavior in the Incarcerated Population
Parole & Probation
Parole & Probation web_adminParole Essential Series
- Core Competencies: A Resource for Parole Board Chairs, Members, and Executive Staff
- Evidence-Based Policy, Practice, and Decision-making: Implications for Paroling Authorities
- HOPE Probation: Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement
- Paroling Authorities’ Strategic Planning and Management for Results
- Special Challenges Facing Parole
- The Future of Parole as a Key Partner in Assuring Public Safety
Other Community Resources
- Adults with Behavioral Health Needs Under Correctional Supervision
- A Shared Framework for Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery
- Analysis of the Use of the Structured Decision-making Framework in Three States
- Behavior Management of Justice-Involved Individuals: Contemporary Research and State-of-the-Art Policy and Practice
- Best Practices in the Assessment, Treatment, and Risk Management of Persons Who Have Sexually Offended
- Case Study: New York City Department of Probation’s Federal Partnership Efforts:
Profile of a Successful Technical Assistance Collaboration With the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Corrections - Civil Liabilities and Other Legal Issues for Probation/Parole Officers and Supervisors: 4th Edition
- Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment: A Review and Discussion for Corrections Professionals
- Community Corrections Collaborative Network: Safe and Smart Ways to Solve America’s Correctional Challenges
- Comprehensive Framework for Paroling Authorities in an Era of Evidence-Based Practices
- Dosage Probation: Rethinking the Structure of Probation Sentences
- Future Force: A Guide to Building the 21st Century Community Corrections Workforce
- Get Smart About Rewards and Sanctions: The Facts about Contingency Management
- Improving Outcomes for People with Mental Illnesses Under Community Corrections Supervision
A Guide to Research-Informed Policy and Practice - Improving Responses to People with Mental Illnesses
The Essential Elements of Specialized Probation Initiatives - Motivating Offenders to Change: A Guide for Probation and Parole
- New Approaches to Staff Safety [2nd ed.]
- Parole Violations Revisited
- Post-Conviction Victim Service Providers: Selected Resources Annotated Bibliography
- Responding to Parole & Probation Violations
- Sharing Gang Intelligence Bridging the Gap: Corrections - Police - Educators [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
- Tools of the Trade: A Guide to Incorporating Science Into Practice
Pretrial Services
Pretrial Services web_admin- A Framework for Evidence-Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems [4th Ed]
- A Framework for Pretrial Justice: Essential Elements of an Effective Pretrial System and Agency
- Applying Evidence-Based Practices in Pretrial Services
- Assessing Local Pre-Trial Justice Functions: A Handbook for Providing Technical Assistance
- COVID-19: How are Pretrial Service Agencies Dealing with the Coronavirus?
- Measuring for Results: Outcome and Performance Measures for Pretrial Diversion Field
- Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field
- Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field
- NAPSA Standards on Pretrial Release
- Pretrial Justice: How to Maximize Public Safety, Court Appearance and Release [Internet Broadcast]
- Pretrial Justice: Principles and Practice (Corrections Today, June 2007)
- pretrial-justice-principles-practice.pdf
- Pretrial Release and Probation: What is the Same and What is Different?
- Pretrial Services Programming at the Start of the 21st Century: A Survey of Pretrial Services Programs (BJA)
ncj-199773.pdf - Pretrial Services Programs: Responsibilities and Potential (NIJ)
ncj-181939.pdf - Using Front End Interventions To Achieve Public Safety And Healthy Communities
Prison Management and Operations
Prison Management and Operations web_admin- A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Prison Emergencies
- Correctional Health Care: Addressing the Needs of Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Terminally Ill Inmates [2004 ed]
- Effective Prison Mental Health Services: Guidelines to Expand and Improve Treatment [2004 ed.]
- Objective Prison Classification: A Guide for Correctional Agencies
- Prison Staffing Analysis: A Training Manual with Staffing Considerations for Special Populations
- Restrictive Housing: An Annotated Bibliography #032646
- Restrictive Housing: Roadmap to Reform [Internet Broadcast]
- Undue Familiarity: Do You Believe You Can Never Be Comprised?
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) web_adminMessage from a previous NIC Director:
On September 4, 2003, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) into law. As a part of the law, Congress charged the National Institute of Corrections with a variety of tasks to assist the field of corrections. Included among these are the provision of training and education about the law and the issue which prompted its passage.
A key element of providing this assistance is to build our relevant knowledge about sexual assault in correctional institutions. While it is important to identify and hear from various experts, it is equally important to understand the issue from the perspective of correctional staff. To begin collecting input and information the decision was made early in NIC’s PREA Initiative to conduct a series of focus groups at several facilities around the country.
Achieving a regional balance, NIC identified and worked with a variety of prisons and jails, both large and small. Focus groups were conducted with facility executive staff, mid-managers, line officers, and administrative and support staff who perform an array of functions. The participants responded to several questions regarding the problems they encounter in preventing or responding to an incident, and described any successes their agencies had addressing the issue. Questions regarding the dynamics explored what the participants knew generally about sexual assault, plus what procedures had been put in place and what training had been received. These discussions yielded a rich source of information directly from the field about attitudes, knowledge, and current practices.
Staff Perspectives on Sexual Violence in Adult Prisons and Jails: Trends from Focus Group Interviews is an overview of this work and the first volume in a series of bulletins. In addition to key findings, it presents staff views on policy and training, inmate culture, causes and conditions, assault indicators, characteristics of victims and perpetrators, inmate orientation, investigations and prosecutions, and issues regarding responding to sexual violence. It is hoped that these ideas and recommendations will assist you and your agency as you develop strategies to address the problem of sexual violence in correctional institutions.
~ Morris L. Thigpen, Sr.
- Addressing Sexual Violence Against Youth in Custody
Youth Workers’ Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Violence in Juvenile Justice Settings - Breaking the Code of Silence: Correction Officers' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct
- Fifty-State Survey Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Custody
- Fifty-State Survey Vulnerable Persons Statutes
- Fifty-State Survey Mandatory Reporting Statutes
- Implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act: Toolkit for Jails
- Implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act: Toolkit for Juvenile Agencies and Facilities
- PREA Resources 1 Disk Set
- Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Considerations for Policy Review
- Standards for Adult Prisons and Jails with Immigration Supplement
nprec-prisonsjailsstandards.pdf - Standards for Community Corrections
nprec-communitycorrectionstandards.pdf - Standards for Juvenile Facilities
nprec-juvenilestandards.pdf - Standards for Lockups
nprec-lockupsstandards.pdf
Reentry
Reentry web_admin- Administrative Guide: Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training Program
- An Opinion Survey of the Community Corrections Collaborative Network: Where the Community Corrections Field Is Going and What It Needs to Get There
- Building Tomorrow's Workforce: An Effective Reentry Strategy [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
- Career Resource Centers: An Emerging Strategy for Improving Offender Employment Outcomes
- Correctional Industries: A Working Solution
- CSG Justice Center Reentry Mythbusters
Reentry MythBusters are fact sheets designed to clarify existing federal policies that affect formerly incarcerated individuals and their families in areas such as public housing, employment, parental rights, Medicaid suspension/termination, voting rights and more.
mythbusters.pdf - Employment Retention Inventory Explores the Predictive Factors of Job Loss: Research Project
- Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Guide for Victim Service Providers
- Increasing Public Safety Through Successful Offender Reentry: Evidence-Based and Emerging Practices in Corrections
- Myths & Facts - Using Risk and Need Assessments to Enhance Outcomes and Reduce Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
- Myths & Facts - Why Incarceration Is Not the Best Way to Keep Communities Safe
North Carolina Transition Document Envelope - North-Carolina-Transition-Document-Envelope.pdf
- Offender Employment Retention: Worth the Work [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
- Reentry Annotated Bibliography
- Offender Reentry: The Value of Victim Involvement [Internet Broadcast]
- Process and Systems Change Evaluation Findings from the Transition to Jail Community Initiative
- Replication Validation of the Employment Retention Inventory
An Assessment Tool of the National Institute of Corrections - Sustaining Systems Change: Findings from a Transition from Jail to Community Initiative Stakeholder Survey
- The Employer-Driven Model and Toolkit: Strategies for Developing Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals
Use Labor Market Information to Target High-Growth Occupations - The Employer-Driven Model and Toolkit: Strategies for Developing Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals
Address Employers' Needs and Expectations - The Employer-Driven Model and Toolkit: Strategies for Developing Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals
Prepare Job Seekers for Employment - The Employer-Driven Model and Toolkit: Strategies for Developing Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals
Engage and Partner with Stakeholders - TPC Case Management Handbook: An Integrated Case Management Approach
- TPC Reentry Handbook: Implementing the NIC Transition from Prison to the Community
- Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) Initiative Phase 2 Site Reports
This zip contains multiple reports. - Women and Work: Gender Responsivity and Workforce Development [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
The National Reentry Symposium:
The National Reentry Symposium: web_adminPromising Practices and Future Directions
Co-Sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
September 9-10, 2015 National Corrections Academy - Aurora, Colorado
Notes From Day One
Reentry Symposium 2015 Day One Notes.pdf
Reentry Presentations
Aging Elderly and Incarcerated
Aging Elderly and Incarcerated.pdf
Arizona DOC Mental Health Disorders and the Criminal Justice System
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AZ DOC Mental Health Disorders and the Criminal Justice System.pdf
ASCA Performance Based Measures System
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ASCA Performance Based Measures System.pdf
Creating Vital Community Partnerships
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Creating Vital Community Partnerships.pdf
CSOSA Reentry Presentation
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Facilitating Successful Reentry - Federal Bureau of Prisons
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Facilitating Successful Reentry - BOP.pdf
Importance of Individualized Sex Offender Assessment
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Importance of Individualized Sex Offender Assessment.pdf
Iowa DOC Reentry of Offenders with Serious Mental Health Disorders
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Iowa DOC Reentry of Offenders with Serious Mental Health Disorders.pdf
Just Leadership USA
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Live Webinar Event for the Release of NIC Publication "Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way #032786
Michigan Prisoner Reentry
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Minnesota DOC Transition from Prison to Community
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Minnesota DOC Transition from Prison to Community.pdf
National Reentry Landscape
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National Reentry Symposium - Goals Mimi Carter
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NIC Health Reform and Public Safety
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NIC LGBTI In-Custody Populations
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NIC Reentry-Justice Involved Women
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NIC Transformational Workforce Development
The Role of Education and Employment in Supporting Success
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North Carolina DPS Passing the Baton from Inside to Outside
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NC DPS Passing the Baton from Inside to Outside.pdf
North Carolina Transition Document Envelope
North-Carolina-Transition-Document-Envelope.pdf
North Dakota Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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Reentry Aging and End of Life Offenders
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Reentry Aging and End of Life Offenders.pdf
Reentry Efforts for the Elderly Prison Population
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Reentry Efforts for the Elderly Prison Population.pdf
Roger Przybylski - EBP Presentation
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Przybylski-Evidence-Based-Practices.pdf
Roger Przybylski - Implementing Evidence Based Practices
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The National Reentry Symposium 2015
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Veterans Reentry Policies and Practices
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Victims
Victims web_adminWomen Offenders and Defendants
Women Offenders and Defendants web_admin- Becoming Trauma Informed: An Essential Element for Justice Settings
- A Summary of Research, Practice & Guiding Principles for Women Offenders
- Achieving Accurate Pictures of Risk and Identifying Gender Responsive Needs
Two New Assessments for Women Offenders - Collaborative Case Work with Justice Involved Women
- Critical Issues Impacting Women in the Justice System: A Literature Review
- Employment and Female Offenders
An Update of the Empirical Research - Facility Planning to Meet the Needs of Female Inmates
- Gender-Responsive Policy & Practice Assessment (GRPPA)
The GRPPA outlines the process of evaluating the gender-responsiveness of policies and programs for women. - Gender-Responsive Policy Development in Corrections: What We Know and Roadmaps for Change
- Health, Justice, Women: Behavioral Health and OB/GYN
- Health, Justice, Women: Transforming Systems - Changing Lives
- Pregnancy and Child Related Legal and Policy Issues Concerning Justice-Involved Women
- Research, Practice & Guiding Principles for Women Offenders
- Responding to Women Offenders: The Department of Women's Justice Services in Cook County, Illinois
- Supervision of Women Defendants & Offenders in the Community
- Systemic Criminal Justice Planning: Improving Responses to Women Offenders in Hamilton County, Ohio
- The Gender-Responsive Strategies Project: Jail Applications
- Using Jail Exit Surveys to Improve Community Responses to Women Offenders
- Women Offender Case Management Model
Curriculum Packages
Curriculum Packages web_adminOperational Practices in Women's Prisons
Thinking for a Change (T4C)
Version 4.0 Online English Curriculum
Training Design and Development
Curriculum includes: Facilitator Manual, Participant Manual, and Overheads
Converting Instructor Led Training to Virtual Instructor Led Training
- Where Do I Start? Using ADDIE as a Roadmap for Conversion, Part 1
- What’s Next? How Do I Convert ILT to VILT? The Basics, Part 2
- How Do I Design / Add Engagement, Interaction and Collaboration Tools? Part 3
NIC's Justice Involved Women Initiative
Foundation Skills for Trainers
Curriculum includes: Facilitator Manual, Participant's Manual, and Introduction
Resources for Trainers
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About NIC
About NIC web_adminThe National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is a small agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Institute is headed by a director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. An advisory board, consisting of 10 appointed members and 6 ex officio members, established by the enabling legislation (Public Law 93-415) provides policy direction to the Institute.
What We Do
We provide training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies. Through cooperative agreements, we award funds to support our program initiatives. We also provide leadership to influence correctional policies, practices, and operations nationwide in areas of emerging interest and concern to correctional executives and practitioners as well as public policymakers.
Our History
In September 1971, a major riot at New York's Attica prison focused national attention on corrections and the practice of imprisonment in the United States. In response to public concern and recognizing the problems in corrections facilities and programs at the State and local levels, Attorney General John N. Mitchell convened a National Conference on Corrections in Williamsburg, Virginia, in December 1971. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, in his keynote address before the 450 conference participants, expressed support for the establishment of a national training academy for corrections. The training academy would:
- Encourage the development of a body of corrections knowledge, coordinate research, and formulate policy recommendations.
- Provide professional training of the highest quality for corrections employees and executives.
- Provide a forum for the exchange of advanced ideas in corrections.
- Bring about long-delayed improvements in the professionalism of the corrections field.
The National Institute of Corrections was created in 1974. It first received funding in 1977 as a line item in the Federal Bureau of Prisons budget.
Our Vision
"The National Institute of Corrections is a leader in contributing to a just and humane society."
Our Mission and Goals
"The National Institute of Corrections is a center of learning, innovation and leadership that shapes and advances effective correctional practice and public policy."
Strategic Goals
Goal I: To advance the field of corrections.
Goal II: To ensure NIC creates and sustains internal excellence and organizational learning and creates the highest customer value.
Our Organizational Structure
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is administered by a Director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. A 16-member Advisory Board provides policy direction to the Institute. The Institute has a core staff of 51, augmented by experienced corrections specialists on loan for 2-year periods from state and local governments and others assigned from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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