DC Public Safety (Audio)

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  • Supervising and Treating Mentally Ill Offenders-DC Public Safety Radio

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    Welcome to “DC Public Safety” – Radio and television shows, blog and transcripts on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

    We received 1.4 million page views in 2012.

    This is radio show 175.

    Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2013/05/supervising-and-treating-mentally-ill-offenders-dc-public-safety-radio/

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

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    The program interviews Ubux Hussen, Mental Health Program Administrator and Supervisory Community Supervision Officers Marcia Davis and Robert Evans from the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA).  CSOSA is an independent, federal executive branch agency providing parole and probation services to Washington, D.C.

    CSOSA estimates that 37 percent of  people under supervision have diagnosed or self-reported mental health needs.

    Approximately 2,000 of CSOSA’s 15,000 average daily population is supervised by mental health teams.

    The website for CSOSA is http://www.csosa.gov .

     Special Announcements:

    A top priority for Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice is to invest in scientific research to ensure that the Department is both tough and smart on crime. The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov website shapes rigorous research into a central, reliable, and credible resource to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice.

    A new website lists and evaluates prisoner re-entry programs nationwide. Launched yesterday by the Urban Institute, the Council of State Governments, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prisoner Reentry Institute, the “What Works Clearinghouse” can be seen at http://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/what_works.

    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 Office of Violence Against Women offers stalking response tips for corrections, prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, victims and victim advocates. They are posted on OVW’s website at www.ovw.usdoj.gov .

    Correctional Social Media:

    The Pew Center on the States Public Safety Performance Project offers a video on research to reduce recidivism as well as brief but powerful overviews of reentry and sentencing research. See http://www.pewstates.org/projects/public-safety-performance-project-328068 .

    The U.S. DOJ Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships recently held two successful webinars on Faith and Community Based approaches to Reentry and Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives. Click the links below to watch/listen to these informative webinars.

    1. Faith and Community Based Approaches to Responsible Fatherhood and its Impact on Delinquency Prevention, see https://bjatraining.org/2012/04/10/faith-and-community-based-approaches-responsible-fatherhood-and-its-impact-delinquency
    2. A Look at Faith & Community-Based Approaches to Offender Reentry, seehttps://bjatraining.org/a-look-at-faith-community-based-approaches-to-offender-reentry

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

    The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services offers podcasts at http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/pio/podcasts.html.

    The Minnesota Department of Corrections offers a YouTube channel at http://m.youtube.com/user/minnesotadoc .

    The Facebook page for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections ishttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhode-Island-Department-of-Corrections/400377866663063

    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Facebook Page is  http://www.facebook.com/cacorrections .The Twitter page is  http://twitter.com/cacorrections .

    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.

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  • Violence Reduction Program-“DC Public Safety”

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

    The program provides an overview of the Violence Reduction Program at the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA). We interviewed Community Supervision Officer Tanesha Clardy, Treatment Specialist Michelle Hare-Diggs and a participant of the program (identified as “Zoe”).

    The Violence Reduction Program is a four month effort involving men and women under CSOSA supervision. It provides group encounters to prompt people under supervision to restructure their reactions to incidents of potential violence. The program prompts behaviors that are non-violent thus preventing crime and lessening the chance of participants returning to the incarceration.

    Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2011/01/drug-courts-in-washington-d-c-%e2%80%9cdc-public-safety%e2%80%9d/

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

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

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  • Offenders Assigned to Day Reporting-DC Public Safety-228,000 Requests a Month

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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 228,000 requests a month.

    Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/offenders-assigned-to-day-reporting-dc-public-safety-228000-requests-a-month/

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

    The show interviews Walter Hagins, Program Manager of the Day Reporting Center for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) in Washington, D.C. Also interviewed were two offenders currently assigned to the Day Reporting Center. We did not use the names of offenders for this program.

    The Day Reporting Center provides an alternative to incarceration for technical violations such as not gaining employment or missing appointments with staff. Offenders are referred to the Center when they do not comply with the terms of parole or probation.

    The Center provides intervention services such as employment readiness, substance abuse, life skills, anger management and many additional interventions.

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

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  • An Interview With Women Offenders–DC Public Safety

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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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  • Violence Reduction Program

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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=202

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

    The show addresses the Violence Reduction Program within the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA). Those interviewed include: Bryan Young, Violence Reduction Program Manager, Michelle Hare-Diggs, Treatment Specialist and Lisa Silor, Community Supervision Officer (all CSOSA employees).

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

    Meta terms: violence, violence reduction, violence prevention, crime, criminals, criminal justice, prison, incarceration, parole, probation, corrections,

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