DC Public Safety (Audio)

Category: Interviews with Policy Makers

  • Crack Infested Neighborhood to Safe Precient-Red Hook Justice Center-NCJA

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    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.

    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

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  • 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.

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    Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=181

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    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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  • 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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  • Prison Fellowship and Offender Rentry

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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.

    Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=78

    The program provides an interview with Pat Nolan, Vice President of Prison Fellowship discussing offender reentry and faith-based reentry efforts. The web site for Prison Fellowship is www.prisonfellowship.org. The telephone number is 703-478-0100.

    There are a variety of radio and television programs available on faith-based reentry efforts at http://media.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.

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  • Reentry in Philadelphia-Visit to CSOSA

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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=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.

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