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Returning From Prison to Washington D.C. “We Make Transition Possible”

February 8th, 2008 · 15 Comments

By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Edited by Cedric Hendricks and Joyce McGinnis
See http://media.csosa.gov for “DC Public Safety” radio and television shows.
See www.csosa.gov for the web site of the  federal Court Services and Offender Services Agency.
The name sounds like the essence of bureaucracy-the Transitional Intervention for Parole Supervision unit, or TIPS. The TIPS teams of Community Supervision Officers [...]

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Tags: Drug Treatment · Education and Vocational Assistance · Employment · Faith-based Initiatives · Interviews with Staff · Mental Health · Reentry · Sex Offenders · What Works

Technology that Works:An Overview of the Supervision and Management Automated Record Tracking (SMART) Application

February 8th, 2008 · 16 Comments

By Frank Lu, Laurence Wolfe, Beverly Hill and Leonard Sipes. Edited by Cedric Hendricks and Joyce McGinnis
See http://media.csosa.gov for “DC Public Safety” radio and television shows.
See www.csosa.gov for the web site of the  federal Court Services and Offender Services Agency.
“This is not an article about an information system; it is an overview of our attempt to dramatically improve the criminal justice [...]

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Tags: Interviews with Policy Makers · Technology · What Works

Sex Offender Supervision in the Nation’s Capitol

February 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments

GPS Locations Now Being Linked With Crime Reports
Numbers on Satellite Tracking Will Grow to 500 Per Day
By Paul Brennan and Leonard Sipes. Edited by Cedric Hendricks and Joyce McGinnis
See http://media.csosa.gov for “DC Public Safety” radio and television shows.
See www.csosa.gov for the web site of the  federal Court Services and Offender Services Agency.
The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency [...]

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Tags: Day Reporting · Interviews with Staff · Mental Health · Sex Offender Registry · Sex Offenders · What Works

Mass Orientations–Orienting Criminal Offenders in Washington, D.C.

February 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Edited by Cedric Hendricks and Joyce McGinnis
See http://media.csosa.gov for “DC Public Safety” radio and television shows.
See www.csosa.gov for the web site of the  federal Court Services and Offender Services Agency.
The church basement in southwest Washington, D.C. overflows with criminal offenders. Approximately 200 people relatively new to a sentence of probation from the [...]

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Tags: Education and Vocational Assistance · Employment · Interviews with Staff · What Works

Managing the Mentally Ill Offender in Washington, D.C.

February 8th, 2008 · 17 Comments

“We Fix the Complexities of Life”
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. and Beverly Hill. Edited by Cedric Hendricks and Joyce McGinnis
See http://media.csosa.gov for “DC Public Safety” radio and television shows.
See www.csosa.gov for the web site of the  federal Court Services and Offender Services Agency.
Walk down the streets of any major American city and you will likely encounter more [...]

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Tags: Anger Management · Day Reporting · Drug Treatment · Interviews with Staff · Mental Health · Reentry · What Works