Using social media (audio and video podcasts) during a media campaign to convince criminal offenders with warrants to surrender resulted in 530 offenders complying with the terms of the program in Washington, D.C.
Entries Tagged as 'Faith-based Initiatives'
Using Social Media to Protect Public Safety
March 5th, 2009 · 29 Comments
Tags: Faith-based Initiatives · Fugitive Safe Surrender · Interviews with Offenders · Law Enforcement · Media · Reentry · What Works · social media
Returning From Prison to Washington D.C. “We Make Transition Possible”
February 8th, 2008 · 21 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 [...]
Tags: Drug Treatment · Education and Vocational Assistance · Employment · Faith-based Initiatives · Interviews with Staff · Mental Health · Reentry · Sex Offenders · What Works
Faith-Based Offender Reentry Programs in Washington DC
February 8th, 2008 · 7 Comments
The CSOSA/Faith Community Partnership 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. “Religious organizations are long-standing and powerful community institutions. They often have histories with the families and [...]
Tags: Faith-based Initiatives · Interviews with Staff · Reentry
Treatment, Education and Job Related Services for Offenders on Community Supervision
February 8th, 2008 · 10 Comments
A Guide to Resources Within the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) 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. All of us at CSOSA receive telephone [...]
Tags: Anger Management · Day Reporting · Domestic Violence · Drinking and Driving · Drug Treatment · Education and Vocational Assistance · Employment · Faith-based Initiatives · Mental Health · Reentry · Sex Offenders · What Works · Women Offenders