AUGUST 2024

BJA Training Academy Resources

As TMG's BJA project on correctional training academies is coming to a close, we want to continue to highlight resources available to the field as a result of this work. Next month we will feature additional resources that will be released. Until then, check out the following featured resources below:

Improving Institutional Corrections Training Academies: Guiding Principles

Training Matrix Development Guide for Correctional Training Academies

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Upcoming Events:

9/05: PREA Virtual Investigations Training, Juvenile. Registration closed.

9/12: BJA Improving Institutional Corrections Training Academy, Director Roundtable in Aurora, CO

9/17: Internation Association of Correctional Training Personnel conference in Bismarck, ND.

10/10: PREA Virtual Investigations Training, Adult r egister here!

PREA Coordinators Working Group Conference

At the end of July, TMG attended the National PREA Coordinators Working Group Conference in Buffalo, NY.

With 350 attendees comprised of PREA Coordinators, PREA Compliance Managers, administrators, agency investigators, sexual assault advocates, and other prevention/compliance stakeholders from federal, state, and county jurisdictions. Andie Moss was the opening plenary keynote speaker. Andie shared a call to action to attendees, urging them to help take PREA work to the next level, help new leaders understand the importance of sexual safety and culture so we don't lose sight of the progress the field has made, and continue to do the small things every day that help the people around them to create safety.

Caleb Asbridge and Jennifer Sheahan also presented during the conference on sexual safety and managing relationships in women's facilities.

Congratulations to the conference organizers for a great event!

Learn More About the PREA Coordinators Group here.

Improving Institutional Corrections Training Academy:

Guiding Principles

Principle 1:

A correctional agency's culture is greatly influenced by effective training and professional development, including learning environments, tools, and leadership buy-in that empowers the workforce for safer, more effective corrections

Principle 2:

Crafting course content to shape our future workforce is aligned with the realities that the workforce will face on the job.

Principle 3:

Correctional onboarding creates an opportunity for a powerful, inspired start through content and participant engagement.

Principle 4:

Correctional training and human resources work hand in hand for continuity and to ensure excellence.

Principle 5:

Training is continuously reviewed and improved through rigorous training evaluation to ensure objectives are met.

Principle 6:

Innovation in correctional training is critical to safety, meeting the mission, and attracting new talent.

154th American Correctional Association (ACA) Conference

During the month of August, TMG team members attended ACA's 154th Congress of Correction in Nashville, TN.

TMG presented five workshops, including:

Andie Moss:

Leading and Living Through Loss: Perspectives from Correctional Leaders with Sylvia Morris, Shirley Moore Smeal, and Director Wynnie Testamark
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.): How We Cooperate with Corrections Professionals to Carry the A.A. Message of Recovery to Incarcerated Alcoholics with Hon. Kerry Meyer and Michael A.

Ken Hyle:

Legal Review of Transgender Population in Corrections with Cheryl Foreman and Shelith Hansbro

Hope Cooper:

Pathway to Retention: Re-engineering Correctional Training Academies with Kevin Curran
Front-line Supervisor Training Curriculum Development: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Curriculum for Supervisory and Other Corrections Training with David Lindsay

Stay safe and thank you for the work you do!

"If you can't fly, then run; if you can't run, then walk; if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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