2020 ACA San Diego Program Book_Winter Conference

13 gang members were convicted, seven imprisoned, after 100+ drops at seven facilities in 14 months. Knowing there’s a threat is the first step to mitigating danger and providing safety for the people and infrastructure you are tasked to protect. Establishing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) is essential to drone detection response. From providing rules and contact information for alerts, establishing who receives the location of the pilot, to handling the situation and taking appropriate action, our case histories give you examples for developing your own. Learning Objectives: • Size the threat of drones to the nature and history of their organization. • Evaluate options for detection, location, and identification of drones and their pilots. • Understand SOP requirements for effective drone detection response. Moderator: Nicole Corbin , Correctional Sargent, State Threat Assessment Center, Sacramento, California Speakers: Nicole Corbin , Correctional Sargent, State Threat Assessment Center, Sacramento, California; Rick Hassna , Deputy, Chief Pilot UAV Program, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, Dublin, California; Robert Tabbara , President, 911 Security, Dallas, Texas

continues when they are released. Additionally, the program works with Security Threat Group members in changing the self-identity, thus creating a change in behavior and lifestyle change. The program creates an environment that these changes can take place with trained staff and offenders in the appropriate programs. Learning Objectives: • Understand what an Evidence-Based Prison is. • Understand the programming components for the Security Threat Group Population; focusing on changes in Self-Identity. Moderator: Angela Williams , Assistant Director of Facilities Administration, Georgia Department of Corrections, Forsyth, Georgia Speakers: Derek McKinney , Security Threat Group Coordinator, Georgia Department of Corrections, Forsyth, Georgia; Lisa Tolmich Haughey , LPC, ICAADC, MATS, Reentry Coordinator/ FCB Program Coordinator, Georgia Department of Corrections, Forsyth, Georgia; Angela Williams , Assistant Director of Facilities Administration, Georgia Department of Corrections, Forsyth, Georgia • Learn how the use of effective communication by staff assists in changing offenders’ behavior.

Workshops Saturday, Jan. 11 t 8:30–10 a.m.

A-1K Successful Transitioning Incarcerated Youth through Next Steps Room 11B In order to reduce recidivism among youth in Indiana, it took an outside-of-the-box approach to network with communities to help students transition back to

A-1J How Georgia Does Business : The Evidence-Based Prison Project; Running Safer, More Secure Prisons through Security Threat Group and Offender Management Room 10 This project demonstrates how when thinking changes, behavior

their home environments in hopes to have a more productive and successful contributing member of society. This workshop is designed with the mindset of how to help DOC facilities, primarily juvenile, but would also be applicable to young adult offenders, that would help teach successful employability skills, continuation of educational and/or trades development, and to link with local organizations for the benefit of the individual.

changes. It has demonstrated how a prison setting can use effective communication skills and concepts of social learning theory to create a more secure, less violent setting. As the program assists in changing offenders’ self-concept, thinking and behavior patterns, more pro-social behavior is present within the offender population, thereby the facility, and

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