DC Public Safety (Audio)

Year: 2008

  • The Pew Public Safety Performance Project

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    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=181

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

    The show features an interview with Adam Gelb. Adam directs the Pew Public Safety Performance Project, which works with more than a dozen states to advance fiscally sound, data driven policies in sentencing and corrections that protect public safety, hold offenders accountable and control corrections spending. One of its reports, One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008, illustrated the high costs and low crime-control returns of prisons and highlighted state innovations that are cutting recidivism and saving money.

    Pew is one of the most respected charitable trusts in America. Their web site is www.pewtrusts.org

    The web site for Pew is www.pewcenteronthestates.org. Go to “Public Safety Performance” for access to the documents mentioned.

    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, women offenders, DWI and youthful offenders.

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  • Youthful Offenders and Rehabilitation

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    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=184

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

    The show features an interview with an anonymous 19- year-old offender, former offender Eddie Ellis (who is mentoring the 19 year old ) and Community Supervision Officer Lavonia Douglas who is supervising the offender.

    The interview focuses on the experiences of the three participants regarding young adults involved in crime and the criminal justice system and what can be done to reduce their involvement.

    The 19-year-old provides powerful testimony about his life and what happened to change is life for the better.

    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, women offenders, DWI and youthful offenders.

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  • Capturing a Child Sex Offender/Halloween Sex Offender Follow-up

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    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=205

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

    The program features an interview with Matthew Kiely, Supervisory Community Supervision Officer with the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency’s sex offender unit. Matt discusses the conviction of a child sex offender who was found to possess thousands of photographs of children (many under the age of 12) engaged in acts of violence.

    Matt also provided an update to a previous CSOSA radio program on supervising sex offenders on Halloween, including an arrest by the Metropolitan Police Department.

    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, women offenders, DWI.

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  • Successful New Mexico DWI Program-National Criminal Justice Association

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    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/2010/05/successful-new-mexico-dwi-program-national-criminal-justice-association/

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

    The program features an interview with Deputy Secretary Paul Cook of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and Capt. Gregory Toya of the Department of Public Safety/New Mexico State Police regarding a successful Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) program that reduced alcohol related deaths and accidents from third in the country to 17th. in the country. The effort involved the cooperation of correctional authorities.

    This program was produced by the National Criminal Justice Association (www.ncja.org). Paul Cook is available at paul.cook@state.nm.us. Greg Toya is reachable via greg.toya@state.nm.us.

    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, women offenders, DWI.

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  • Halloween Checks of Child Sex Offenders in Washington, D.C.

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    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/2010/05/halloween-checks-of-child-sex-offenders-in-washington-d-c/

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

    The program features an interview with Assistant Chief Diane Groomes of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and Trifari Williams, a veteran member of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency’s (CSOSA) sex offender unit. This program was recorded prior to MPD and CSOSA doing joint visits to the residences of 181 child sex offenders on Halloween, 2008. Facts:

    13 joint police and parole and probation-sex offender unit teams will operate from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. or later if necessary

    Offenders were provided with a letter during routine contacts stating that they could not decorate or participate in Halloween activities. They were instructed to be home between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.

    The teams will make random visits of other categories of sex offenders. There are 584 sex offenders under CSOSA’s supervision. Approximately 100 are supervised via GPS or global positioning systems. Their GPS tracks will be compared to reported crimes on Halloween

    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, women offenders.

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