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Campi:
I have noticed over the years that fond ability to see through people trying to pull the wool over my eyes. Sadly most people really have no idea what it is we do on a daily basis and still try to lie or deceive us. I always test people inmates, staff, friends, and even family with simple truth tests from time to time just to see the outcome... full thread

The combination of shrinking state and federal budgets, a burgeoning prison population, and uncertainty about whether relatively harsh sentencing and incarceration are actually reducing crime rates has many on both the left and the right questioning whether the U.S. approach to corrections is the right one. It is no secret that the U.S. has the world’s highest incarceration rate—approximately 716 inmates per 100,000 population in 2013 based on data from the International Centre for Prison Studies... full story

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• International Corrections
• Finding Savings in the Supply Closet
• There is a Word For It
• Proton Pump Inhibitors: Dependency and Risk

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events

• Dec 02-03, 2015 – Searching For The Truth: Conducting Sexual Abuse Investigations In Confinement For PREA
• Dec 07-08, 2015 – Correctional Supervisors vs. Subordinates: Where's the Line?
• Jan 22-27, 2016 – American Correctional Association (ACA) 2016 Winter Conference
• Apr 09-12, 2016 – Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care
• Apr 12-16, 2016 – 2016 NAAWS Training Conference
• May 05-06, 2016 – Seattle, WA: Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth
• Oct 13-14, 2016 – Portland, OR: Breakthrough Strategies for Working with Troubled Youth

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• Spectrum's President and CEO Recognized by the National Council for Behavioral Health for Visionary Leadership
• Spectrum Hires New Executive Director to Lead Rapidly Growing Inpatient and Residential Division
• BI Incorporated agreement with U.S. Communities allows cities, counties and states access to electronic monitoring products, services at best value
• BI Incorporated, SOBERLINK enter distribution agreement for SL2 alcohol monitoring system
• BI Incorporated wins award for collaboration with Verizon Wireless, Multi-Tech Systems
• Spectrum Health Systems Hosts Third Annual Excellence in Treatment Awards
• Wexford Health and DOC complete transition of inmate health care services in south Florida
• BI Incorporated selected to operate Calaveras County Innovative Day Reporting Program for Probationers
• Wexford Health promotes senior management team members
• Matt Swando Named Divisional Vice President of BI Incorporated
• GTL Houston Expansion Project Reflects Continued Commitment to Best-in-Class Data Center Infrastructure
• Orange County, California Awards ITS Contract to GTL
• Assessing whether an electronic monitoring program is right for you
• GTL Sets Annual Record for Visitation Management: Leads Industry in Combining In-Person and Video Visitation Technology

quote of the week

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
– Joseph Campbell

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