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Some thoughts prompted by this thread and 25 years in correctional environments: 1) Sometimes people who are very good at their jobs get bullied because someone dumber than them gets promoted to be their boss. 2) Some people seem to think that you can’t “really” know how to set a broken arm unless you’ve had a broken arm… 3) Some people like to use euphemisms to rationalized their behavior — “cleansing” for genocide, “IPC” for being a jerk “because the environment makes me that way,” etc.... full thread

For most of the duration of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn (which replaced Iraqi Freedom on September 1, 2010), Camp Bucca in southern Iraq was the major facility for incarcerating terrorists, insurgents, and others detained as a result of military operations. Though the facility closed before U.S. forces departed Iraq, its legacy remains. Experts believe that the facility played a key role in the subsequent formation of the Islamic State; terrorism researchers at the Soufan Group propose that at least nine members of the Islamic State’s senior leadership spent time incarcerated at Camp Bucca... .. full story

Also this week:

• Minimal Compliance (Social Psychology Being Taught by the Inmate Population)
• Checking for Tunnels
• Learning as a Group: The Perspective on Inmate Education Through Occupational Therapy
• You Villain! Icebreaker

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• August – Security/Technology – New technology, conferences, managing gangs/threat groups editor@corrections.com]

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Vocational Instructor at Hardeman Correctional Facility, Whiteville TN. Make a difference. The Vocational Instructor performs professional instructional services of vocational and/or occupational subjects, such as business, data processing, secretarial science and trades, which are designed to help inmates/students learn specified subject matter and acquire vocational skills...

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• Aug 10-12, 2015 – International Gang Specialist Training Conference
• Aug 14-19, 2015 – 145th Congress of Corrections
• Nov 08-10, 2015 – International Community Corrections Association Annual Conference
• Jan 22-27, 2016 – American Correctional Association (ACA) 2016 Winter Conference

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• Spectrum's President and CEO Recognized by the National Council for Behavioral Health for Visionary Leadership
• Spectrum Hires New Executive Director to Lead Rapidly Growing Inpatient and Residential Division
• BI Incorporated agreement with U.S. Communities allows cities, counties and states access to electronic monitoring products, services at best value
• BI Incorporated, SOBERLINK enter distribution agreement for SL2 alcohol monitoring system
• BI Incorporated wins award for collaboration with Verizon Wireless, Multi-Tech Systems
• Spectrum Health Systems Hosts Third Annual Excellence in Treatment Awards
• Wexford Health and DOC complete transition of inmate health care services in south Florida
• BI Incorporated selected to operate Calaveras County Innovative Day Reporting Program for Probationers
• Wexford Health promotes senior management team members
• Matt Swando Named Divisional Vice President of BI Incorporated
• GTL Houston Expansion Project Reflects Continued Commitment to Best-in-Class Data Center Infrastructure
• Orange County, California Awards ITS Contract to GTL
• Assessing whether an electronic monitoring program is right for you
• GTL Sets Annual Record for Visitation Management: Leads Industry in Combining In-Person and Video Visitation Technology

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