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 'Reentry'
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
Offender Reentry: What it Means to the Law Enforcement Community
November 6th, 2008 · 23 Comments
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr., Edited by Cedric Hendricks and Joyce McGinnis Please see http://media.csosa.gov for “DC Public Safety” radio and television programs Please see www.csosa.gov for the web site for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Approximately 650,000 offenders are released from incarceration every year in the United States. Hundreds of thousands more are released [...]
Tags: Law Enforcement · Reentry
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
Managing the Mentally Ill Offender in Washington, D.C.
February 8th, 2008 · 21 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 [...]
Tags: Anger Management · Day Reporting · Drug Treatment · Interviews with Staff · Mental Health · Reentry · 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