DC Public Safety (Audio)

Category: Interviews with Staff

Halloween Sex Offender Supervision-DC Public Safety-196,000 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 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/halloween-sex-offender-supervision-dc-public-safety-196000-requests-a-month/

The show interviews April Cole and Paul Brennan; both are supervisors in the sex offender unit of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency(CSOSA), a federal criminal justice agency in Washington, D.C.

On Halloween, nine teams of Community Supervision Officers (known elsewhere as parole and probation agents) and officers from Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (a total of 32 officers) will visit the homes of sex offenders with “any” history of sexual contact with children. This is the third year that CSOSA and MPD have conducted joint patrols on Halloween.

Child sex offenders have been told by letter and in-person to stay home on Halloween and not engage in “any” Halloween a activities.

Please note that CSOSA and MPD do thousands of joint patrols of homes of high-risk offenders throughout the year. The agencies also exchange information/intelligence daily.

For additional information, contact Leonard Sipes at 240-882-8274.

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

October 30, 2009
Assisting Women Offenders-Harriet’s House-NCJA-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 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.

October 28, 2009
Relapse Prevention and Drug Treatment–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 170,000 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/relapse-prevention-and-drug-treatment%E2%80%93dc-public-safety/

The show interviews Christine Keels, the Director of Faith-based Initiatives for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), Tosha Chambers, one of three citywide faith-based coordinators for CSOSA and a group facilitator, and Jennifer Gaskins, who was once an offender under CSOSA’s supervision who now assists women in drug relapse prevention groups.

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

October 8, 2009
Probation-Parole and Community Supervision Week–Second 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 now average 140,000 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/probation-parole-and-community-supervision-week%E2%80%93second-program%E2%80%93dc-public-safety/

This is the second radio program recorded on July 20, 2009 addressing Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week from July 19 to July 25.

TheÂ first show interviewed Diane Kincaid, Information Specialist for the American Probation and Parole Association. Diane addressed the contributions of community supervision staff and offers comprehensive materials to celebrate the week on the APPA website at www.appa-net.org. Diane can be reached via e-mail at dkincaid@csg.org.

The second of two radio shows included representatives from the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and the Pretrial Services Agency, both working in the District of Columbia. The three representatives include Bernita Johnson and Amanda Rocha from CSOSA and Lenn Palma from Pretrial Services.

All three participants provide a frank overview of the work of the over 100,000 personnel supervising adult offenders throughout the United States.

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

July 20, 2009
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

June 18, 2009