The Pew Public Safety Performance Project

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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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“The Next Door” and Women Reentry from Prison-National Criminal Justice Association

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Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/%E2%80%9Cthe-next-door%E2%80%9D-and-women-reentry-from-prison-national-criminal-justice-association/

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The program features an interview with one of the winners of the National Criminal Justice Association’s “Outstanding Criminal Justice Program” award. The program features “The Next Door” which serves women offenders in Nashville, Tennessee. Those interviewed include Pat Dishman, the Director of Tennessee’s Office of Criminal Justice Programs, Linda Leathers, Executive Director of “The Next Door” and Cindy Sneed, the Chief Clinical Officer of “The Next Door.”

The web site for the National Criminal Justice Association is www.ncja.org. The web site for “The Next Door” is www.thenextdoor.org.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes. Paul Guequierre produces for the National Criminal Justice Association.

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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RI DWI Program Matches Offenders and Victims With Students

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This program features an interview with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections’ Chief of Information and Public Relations Tracey Z. Poole discussing an innovative public safety initiative in which a panel of male and female offenders doing long sentences for DUI-Death Resulting crashes, along with a parent of a victim of such a crash, speak to student and parent groups in a prison visiting room about the devastating consequences of their choices.

Data generated from the program state that nearly half of participating students said they were a passenger in a vehicle operated by someone who had been drinking.

You can contact Ms. Poole at 401-462-2609 or at tracy.poole@doc.ri.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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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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Attitudes of Offenders on the Job-National Asso. of Home Builders

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Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/?p=69

The program provides an interview with John Hattery, Director, Workforce Training and Employment for the Home Builders Institute, National Association of Homebuilders. The Association maintains job training and employment programs throughout the country as they relate to the building trades. The Association maintains that their programs successfully train and employ thousands of offenders each year. John was joined by Wil Parker, Senior Analyst at CSOSA  who is in charge of developing job and training opportunities.

The discussion centered on what it takes to successfully train and employ offenders. The attitudes of offenders while on the job was the primary point of consideration.

Web addresses are www.hbi.org for the Home Builder’s Institute and www.csosa.gov for 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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