National Institute of Corrections and DC Pretrial-Measuring What Matters-DC Public Safety

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Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2012/03/national-institute-of-corrections-and-dc-pretrial-measuring-what-matters-dc-public-safety/

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The program interviews Lori Eville, Correctional Program Specialist with the National Institute of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, US Department of Justice and Spurgeon Kennedy, Director of Research, Analysis and Development for the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia.

The topic was a new document released by the National Institute of Corrections quantifying and improving the operations of pretrial agencies throughout the country. The title is “Measuring What Matters.” The document is available via the NIC website at http://www.nicic.gov.

The website for the  Pretrial Services Agency of the District of Columbia is http://dcpsa.gov.

Donna Ledbetter of the National Institute of Corrections produced the program.

Special Announcements:

The National Reentry Resource Center is a project of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Please see the Center’s website at http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/ . Please see “Federal Interagency Reentry Council Launches Website, Releases Myth-Buster Series” on the front page of the site (see announcements). CSOSA is a member of the Council.

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The program is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

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