Corrections Monitoring and Reentry-DC Corrections Information Council-DC Public Safety Television

Published: June 21, 2013, 8:23 p.m.

b'The topic for the twenty-fifth television show produced by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency is \\u201cCorrections Monitoring and Reentry.\\u201d The program is a combined effort of the D.C. Corrections Information Council and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.\\nThe portal site for \\u201cDC Public Safety\\u201d television, radio, blog and transcripts is\\xa0http://media.csosa.gov.\\nTranscript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2013/06/corrections-monitoring-and-re-entry-dc-public-safety-television/\\n\\nCurrent Television Program:\\nThe program provides an overview of the DC Corrections Information Council: It:\\n\\nDiscusses the formation and history of the CIC.\\nAddresses the legislative mandate of the CIC.\\nDiscusses outreach and interaction with the D.C. community about the work of the CIC and D.C. residents who are incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the D.C Department of Corrections DOC.\\n\\nParticipants-first segment:\\n\\nMichelle R. Bonner, Esq., Chair, CIC\\nRev. Samuel Whittaker, Board Member, CIC\\n\\nParticipants-second segment:\\n\\nCara Compani, Esq., Program Analyst, CIC\\nCourtney Stewart, Chairman, The Reentry Network for Returning Citizens\\n\\nSpecial Announcements:\\nA top priority for Attorney General Eric Holder\\u2019s Department of Justice is to invest in scientific research to ensure that the Department is both tough and smart on crime. The Office of Justice Programs\\u2019\\xa0CrimeSolutions.gov\\xa0website shapes rigorous research into a central, reliable, and credible resource to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice.\\nA new website lists and evaluates prisoner re-entry programs nationwide. Launched by the Urban Institute, the Council of State Governments, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prisoner Reentry Institute, the \\u201cWhat Works Clearinghouse\\u201d can be seen at\\xa0http://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/what_works.\\nThe National Reentry Resource Center is a project of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Please see the Center\\u2019s website at http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/. Please see \\u201cFederal Interagency Reentry Council Launches Website, Releases Myth-Buster Series\\u201d on the front page of the site (see announcements). CSOSA is a member of the Council.\\nSeveral\\xa0requesters\\xa0have asked for national research on reentry. The Office of Justice Program\\u2019s National Institute of Justice reentry research portfolio supports the evaluation of innovative reentry programs. To access these studies and NIJ\\u2019s entire reentry research portfolio visit\\xa0www.nij.gov/nij/topics/corrections/reentry/welcome.htm\\xa0.\\nThe Office of Violence Against Women offers stalking response tips for corrections, prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, victims and victim advocates. They are posted on OVW\\u2019s website at\\xa0www.ovw.usdoj.gov\\xa0.\\nCorrectional Social Media:\\nThe Pew Center on the State\\u2019s Public Safety Performance Project offers a video on research to reduce recidivism as well as brief but powerful overviews of reentry and sentencing research. See\\xa0http://www.pewstates.org/projects/public-safety-performance-project-328068\\xa0.\\nThe U.S. DOJ Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships held two successful webinars on Faith and Community Based approaches to Reentry and Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives. Click the links below to watch/listen to these informative webinars.\\n\\nFaith and Community Based Approaches to Responsible Fatherhood and its Impact on Delinquency Prevention, seehttps://bjatraining.org/media/webinar/faith-and-community-based-approaches-responsible-fatherhood-and-its-impact-delinquency\\nA Look at Faith & Community-Based Approaches to Offender Reentry, seehttps://bjatraining.org/media/webinar/look-faith-community-based-approaches-offender-reentry\\n\\nThe Louisiana Department of Corrections/Division of Probation and Parole is offering radio shows on offender reentry. Please visit their website at\\xa0http://www.doc.la.gov/pages/re[...]'