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I always found cheap entertainment with this stuff, even when the jokes on me. Just makes it all the funnier when someone who was just telling you how he’s such a badass hardened criminal is now screaming like a 10 year old girl at a Justin Beiber concert... full thread

Corrections professionals are all too familiar with the range of challenges facing the U.S. correctional system: tightening budget constraints, overcrowding, contraband, rising inmate health care costs, an aging offender population, high recidivism rates, and high turnover rates and recruiting difficulties among corrections staff. Many of these challenges can be mitigated through proper application of technology, yet across the country agency after agency continues to rely on existing but inadequate methods. Understanding the obstacles that impede implementation of technological solutions is the first step toward moving forward... full story

Also this week:

• Updated Position Statement Focuses on Treatment of Substance Use Disorder in Correctional Facilities
• Do You Want Some Candy?: Part II
• Her Dogs Find Drugs
• The Twenty Minute Trainer: The Pains of Incarceration

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• December – Security & Technology – New technology, conferences, managing gangs/threats editor@corrections.com]

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Assistant County Administrator

The Escambia County Assistant County Administrator is an executive position requiring an ethical leader skilled in administration and supervision of County Departments. The Assistant County Administrator provides administrative direction to Department Directors in implementing Board policies and directives. Provides guidance regarding policy and procedure developments across County Departments...

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events

• Jan 20-25, 2017 – ACA's 2017 Winter Conference
• Apr 21-24, 2017 – NCIA 2017 National Training Conference
• Apr 29-May 02, 2017 – Spring Conference on Correctional Healthcare
• May 04-05, 2017 – Seattle, WA: Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth
• Oct 12-13, 2017 – Breakthrough Management Strategies for Juvenile Justice Workers

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• Spectrum Health Systems President and CEO Charles Faris to Retire in July
• 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

quote of the week

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."
– George S. Patton

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