The portal site for “DC Public Safety” is http://media.csosa.gov .

Current Radio Program:

The program interviews Dr. June B. Kress, Executive Director, Council for Court Excellence and Peter M. Willner, Senior Policy Analyst for the Council for Court Excellence. The Council released research interviewing employers and former offenders regarding offender employment.

The report, “Unlocking Employment Opportunity,” cites a 50 percent unemployment rate for people released from prison or jail, 77 percent stated that they received no occupational assistance while incarcerated and 80 percent stated that they were asked about their criminal record while applying for jobs. Fifty percent of employers stated that they would be willing to hire offenders if incentives were provided; liability was a principle concern. The Council advocates for a certificate of compliance for those offenders doing well under (or beyond) supervision of parole and probation agencies.

The website for the Council is http://www.courtexcellence.org.

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.

Several requesters have asked for national research on reentry. The Office of Justice Program’s National Institute of Justice reentry research portfolio supports the evaluation of innovative reentry programs. To access these studies and NIJ’s entire reentry research portfolio visit www.nij.gov/nij/topics/corrections/reentry/welcome.htm .

The Louisiana Department of Corrections/Division of Probation and Parole is offering radio shows on offender reentry. Please visit their website at http://doc.la.gov/pages/reentry-initiatives/reentry-radio/ .

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency:

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov .

The website for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency is http://www.csosa.gov/.

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

Comments offered on “DC Public Safety” television and radio programs are the opinions of participants and do not necessarily represent the policies of CSOSA or other government agencies.

The portal site for “DC Public Safety” is http://media.csosa.gov .

Current Radio Program:

The program interviews Lamont Cary, a former offender (11 years incarcerated) turned advocate for those leaving prison. Lamont has appeared in Home Box Office (HBO) and BET productions and numerous media interviews in the United States and beyond. He wrote “The Hill,” a fictional book about a man’s journey through prison. He is currently producing a video titled “Outside the Gate.”

The website for Mr. Carey is http://www.lamontcarey.com.

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.

Several requesters have asked for national research on reentry. The Office of Justice Program’s National Institute of Justice reentry research portfolio supports the evaluation of innovative reentry programs. To access these studies and NIJ’s entire reentry research portfolio visit www.nij.gov/nij/topics/corrections/reentry/welcome.htm .

The Louisiana Department of Corrections/Division of Probation and Parole is offering radio shows on offender reentry. Please visit their website at http://doc.la.gov/pages/reentry-initiatives/reentry-radio/ .

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency:

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov .

The website for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency is http://www.csosa.gov/.

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

Comments offered on “DC Public Safety” television and radio programs are the opinions of participants and do not necessarily represent the policies of CSOSA or other government agencies.

Welcome to DC Public Safety – Radio and Television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/11/hiring-people-under-community-supervision-an-employer%e2%80%99s-perspective-andre-marr/

The program interviews Andre Marr, President and CEO of A&E Air Conditioning of Washington, D.C. Mr. Marr served time in prison many years ago. Based on that experience, he started “Product of the Product”  three years ago to assist individuals caught up in the criminal justice system.

The program addresses the hiring of people on parole and probation supervision.

The website for Product of the Product is www.productoftheproduct.org. Mr. Marr’s e-mail address is shortymarr@aol.com.

Please see the “Hiring People on Community Supervision” portion of CSOSA’s website at http://www.csosa.gov.

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

Welcome to DC Public Safety – Radio and Television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 225,000 requests a month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/11/hiring-people-under-community-supervision-an-employer%e2%80%99s-perspective-darryl-hallman/

The program interviews Darryl Hallman, Director of the AYT Institute of Washington, D.C. The program addresses the hiring of people on parole and probation supervision. Most of the individuals hired by Mr. Hallman to staff his automotive shops were once part of the criminal justice system.

The website for the AYT Institute is www.ayti.us.

Please see the “Hire Us” portion of CSOSA’s website at http://www.csosa.gov.

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

Welcome to DC Public Safety – Radio and Television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 225,000 requests a month.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/11/hiring-people-on-community-supervision-dc-public-safety/

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

The program interviews Alec Vincent, Manpower Development Specialist for the D.C. Department of Employment Services. The program addresses the hiring of people on parole and probation supervision.

Please see the “Hiring People Under Community Supervision” portion of CSOSA’s website at http://www.csosa.gov.

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

Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 228,000 requests a month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/alliance-of-concerned-men-dc-public-safety-200000-requests-a-month/

The program interviews Tyrone Parker, the Executive Director of the Alliance of Concerned Men in Washington, D.C. The Alliance represents and advocates for former offenders. The Alliance also provides direct services such as gang violence intervention, efforts to promote responsible fathering, after school programs, absconder programs, life skills, substance abuse, leadership and other programs.

Mr. Parker states that the bottom-line of all efforts is public safety or the creation of a safer society. The website for the Alliance is www.allianceofconcernedmen.com.

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

Terms: previously incarcerated people, ex-offenders, offenders, public safety

Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 228,000 requests a month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/berks-county-reentry-success-dc-public-safety-ncja-230000-requests-a-month/

The show interviews Scott Rehr, Executive Director of the Berks County (PA) Community Reentry Program; Tim Daley, Criminal Justice Program Director for the Berks County Office of Court Administration and Warden George Wagner of the Berks County Jail System.

Program results: 69 percent of the participants have stayed out of jail and 64 percent are employed.

The National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) produced this program. NCJA seeks exemplary programs that significantly improve the administration of justice. The Berks County program received an award from NCJA.

The web site for the National Criminal Justice Association is www.ncja.org. the website for the reentry program is www.berksconnections.org.

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

Terms: Berks County, reentry, Berks Connections, jails, courts

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 196,000 requests per month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/assisting-women-offenders-harriet%E2%80%99s-house-ncja-dc-public-safety/

The show interviews participants of Harriet’s House, a program serving women offenders with a low rate of recidivism (returns to the criminal justice system) and high rates of employment in Raleigh, NC. The program received recognition from the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA). A mission of the NCJA is to recognize exemplary programs and bring them to the attention of the public.

Those interviewed include Jeanne Tedrow, founder of Harriet’s House, Lisa Crosslin, Program Director, Cheryl Bryant, Grants Management Specialist for the North Carolina Crime Commission and Michelle Bridges, a graduate of Harriet’s House and a board member.

The website for the National Criminal Justice Association is www.ncja.org. The website for Harriet’s House is www.passagehome.org.

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

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 135,000 requests per month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/90-percent-of-offenders-employed-upon-release-dc-public-safety/

The show interviews Stefan LoBuglio, Chief of the Prerelease and Reentry Services Division for the Montgomery County Department of Corrections in Maryland and Anne Morrison Piehl, a Professor at Rutgers University who, in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute, published “Preparing Prisoners for Employment-the Power of Small Rewards.” The research indicates that 90 percent of offenders leaving the Montgomery County system were employed upon release.

The research is available at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/. The website for the Montgomery County Department of Corrections is www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cor.

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

Meta terms: Corrections, jail, prison, prerelease, employment, crime, criminals, criminal justice, prison, incarceration, parole, probation,

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=195

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

The show interviews Tara Lihn Leaman, Deputy Director of Our Place DC. Our Place DC is a comprehensive program for women offenders returning to the District of Columbia. A wide array of issues and research regarding women offenders was discussed.

The web site for Our Place DC is www.ourplacedc.org.

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

Meta terms: women offenders, reentry, crime, criminals, criminal justice, prison, incarceration

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/offender-reentry-second-chance-act-usdoj-dc-public-safety/

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

The show interviews Dr. Gary Dennis of the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance regarding the Second Chance Act which assists offenders returning from prison. Provisions of the Second Chance Act include:

Demonstration grants-25 million dollars of approximately 18-20 $750,000 allotments which require a 50 percent match by the jurisdiction for a possible three year time period. Grants must be applied for by April 20, 2009. State and local government can apply.

Mentoring grants-10 million dollars to non-profit agencies for allotments lasting two years. No match is required. Guidelines will be published soon.

For additional information, please see www.grants.gov. Contact Gary Dennis at 202-305-9059 or gary.dennis@usdoj.gov.

The web site for the Bureau of Justice Assistance is www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja

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

Meta terms: Second Chance Act, Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, reentry, criminal justice, leadership, crime, criminals, criminal justice

Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=187

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at twitter.com/lensipes.

The production is the third in a series on exemplary programs from the National Criminal Justice Association.

The show features an interview with Commissioner Denise O’Donnell of the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services, Greg Berman, director of the Center for Court Innovation and Judge Alex Calabrese, presiding judge at the Red Hook Community Justice Center.

The Red Hook Community Justice Center is an ambitious experiment in problem-solving justice. Located in a low-income community in southwest Brooklyn, the Justice Center is a community court that handles criminal, family and housing cases in one courtroom in front of a single judge. Rather than simply processing cases, the Justice Center actively seeks to solve neighborhood problems, including drugs, delinquency and quality-of-life crime.

The Justice Center combines punishment and help by offering a broad range of sanctions, including community restitution projects and on-site social services (drug treatment, job training, mental health counseling and others). The Justice Center also works to prevent problems from becoming court cases, using the courthouse as the launching pad for a range of unconventional programs. These programs include an AmeriCorps program that engages 50 local residents each year in community service; youth development programs that provide leadership opportunities for local teens; and a youth court that seeks to intervene at the first signs of trouble in a young person’s life.

Researchers have documented that the Justice Center has helped improve compliance with court orders, reduce levels of neighborhood fear and enhance perceptions of fairness among defendants. Red Hook, once cited as one of the 10 most crack-infested neighborhoods in the country by Life magazine, is now home to the safest police precinct in Brooklyn. The subject of a PBS documentary, the Justice Center is being replicated in more than six dozen cities around the world. The Justice Center is the product of a Byrne/ JAG-funded public private partnership that includes the Center for Court Innovation, the New York State Unified Court System and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office.

http://www.courtinnovation.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=572

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes. Bethany Broida, Communications Manager for the National Criminal Justice Association produced the program for NCJA.

Meta terms: Courts, crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=75

The program provides an interview with Eddie Ellis, a former offender who was the subject of a front-page article in the Washington Post. Mr. Ellis developed a guide for ex-offenders. The article is available on our web site at www.csosa.gov.

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

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison, drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking,faith-based.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=72

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides an interview with Carolyn Harper, Chief of Staff, Mayor’s Office for the Reentry of Ex-Offenders and Keith Leaphart, President of the Leaphart Group discussing offender reentry during a visit to CSOSA.

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

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison, drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking,faith-based.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=69

The program provides an interview with John Hattery, Director, Workforce Training and Employment for the Home Builders Institute, National Association of Homebuilders. The Association maintains job training and employment programs throughout the country as they relate to the building trades. The Association maintains that their programs successfully train and employ thousands of offenders each year. John was joined by Wil Parker, Senior Analyst at CSOSA  who is in charge of developing job and training opportunities.

The discussion centered on what it takes to successfully train and employ offenders. The attitudes of offenders while on the job was the primary point of consideration.

Web addresses are www.hbi.org for the Home Builder’s Institute and www.csosa.gov for CSOSA.

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

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison, drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking,faith-based.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=65

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides an interview with John Hattery, Director, Workforce Training and Employment for the Home Builders Institute, National Association of Homebuilders. The Association maintains job training and employment programs throughout the country as they relate to the building trades. The Association maintains that their programs successfully train and employ thousands of offenders each year.

Their web address is www.hbi.org.

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

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison, drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking, faith-based.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=58

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides a discussion of the US Department of Labor’s Faith-Based mentoring program. Scott Shortenhaus, Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives was interviewed. The Department of Labor offers an overview of their faith-based mentoring and job programs at www.dol.gov/cfbci.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison, drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/faith-and-community-based-reentry-and-jobs-programus-department-of-labor/

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides a discussion of the US Department of Labor’s Faith-Based mentoring program. Scott Shortenhaus, Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives was interviewed. The Department of Labor offers an overview of their faith-based mentoring and job programs at www.dol.gov/cfbci.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison, drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=56

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides a discussion of faith-based offenders returning to the community after prison. Guy Charity and two clients of the Daniel A. Payne Reclamation Program, a faith-based effort in Washington, D.C. participated.

Please see the categories file of this show (on right) to listen to additional offender interviews discussing programs and reentry .

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison,
drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking and faith-based efforts.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=55

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides a discussion of offenders returning to the community after prison. Our guest is Eddie Ellis.

Please see the categories file of this show (on right) to listen to additional offender interviews discussing programs and reentry .

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison,
drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=57

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

The program provides a discussion of the use of Day Reporting Centers for supervising and assisting criminal offenders. Our guest is Curtis Atkinson

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison,
drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders, domestic violence, anger management, corrections, high-risk offenders, GPS, satellite tracking.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

This program provides an overview of education programs for offenders and their families.

Articles on on the subject are available on our web site: www.csosa.gov.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=45

Meta terms: crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison,
drug treatment, reentry, sex offenders.

See our television shows at http://media.csosa.gov.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov.

This podcast consists of the audio of a 30-minute television show addressing efforts in the District of Columbia to provide treatment programs to offenders. The original program is on our video podcast site at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/video/?p=13.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=36

An article on the subject is available from our web site: www.csosa.gov.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes.