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90 Percent of Offenders Employed Upon Release-DC Public Safety

June 25, 2009 by

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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. 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,

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Filed Under: Education and Vocational Assistance, Employment, Reentry, What Works Tagged With: ,

An Interview With Women Offenders–DC Public Safety

June 18, 2009 by

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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. We now average 135,000 requests per month.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/an-interview-with-women-offenders%E2%80%93dc-public-safety/

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

The show interviews Supervisory Community Supervision Officer Dr. Willa Butler and three female offenders currently under the supervision of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency in Washington, D.C. The offenders present anonymously. They discuss their crimes, drug addictions, children, histories of child abuse, relationships with men and their lives up to this point.

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

Meta terms: Women offenders, female offenders, child abuse, drugs,  violence, violence reduction, violence prevention, crime, criminals, criminal justice, prison, incarceration, parole, probation, corrections

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Filed Under: Anger Management, Domestic Violence, Drug Treatment, Interviews with Offenders, Interviews with Staff, Mental Health, Reentry, Women Offenders Tagged With:

Crime Victim Rights-DC Public Safety-NOVA

June 4, 2009 by

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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/crime-victim-rights-dc-public-safety-nova/

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

The show addresses crime victim rights within the criminal justice system. Those interviewed include Will Marling, the Executive Director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) and Jennette Adkins, Administrator, Green County Prosecutors Office in Xeina, OH.

The web site for the National Organization for Victim Assistance is www.trynova.org. The phone number is 703-535-6682.

This is the first in a series of six radio shows with NOVA.

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

Meta terms: victims, crime victims, victim’s rights, violence, violence reduction, violence prevention, crime, criminals, criminal justice, prison, incarceration, parole, probation, corrections,

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