2022 ACA New Orleans Program Book_152nd Congress of Correction

3. Describe the benefits of the Final Escape Program Moderator: Kirk Fields , Chief Jailer, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Memphis, Tennessee Speakers: Patricia Dixon , Program Manager, A-201 Poplar Facility, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Memphis, Tennessee; Katrina Thompson , Program Manager, A-Jail East Facility, Shelby

County Sheriff’s Office, Memphis, Tennessee

Workshops Saturday, Aug. 6 t 3:30–5 p.m.

Speakers: KiDeuk Kim , Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.; Bryce Peterson , CNA, CNA Center for Justice Research and Innovation, Arlington, Virginia C-4C Final Escape Program — Getting Out and Staying Out: Understanding Authentic Love — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Jail East Women’s Facility Experience Room 252 Track: Jails The eight-week course introduces the concept of getting out and staying out of prison through the true meaning and reality of authentic love as designed by our Creator. The program provides practical guidance to help women re-examine their concept of genuine love, culture, purity and true identity. The primary focus is to develop social skills, respect for others, teamwork, how to resolve conflicts peacefully and build strong healthy relationships. Learning Objectives: 1.Identify purpose of program and requirements of the inmate population that would benefit from the program 2.Describe the Course Objectives and Method of Instruction of the Final Escape Program

C-4D From Prison to College to a Better Quality of Life Room 253 Tracks: Reentry/Community Corrections Does higher education help those in a correctional setting reenter society with a better quality of life, promote better public safety and produce prosocial values within the incarcerated? In light of the reinstatement of Pell grant funding in 2023, a parolee; former parole officer and an ex-con with a Doctor of Education degree share three unique perspectives on the value of higher education in a correctional setting and beyond. They speak to its benefits to society and the returning citizens’ quality of life in the form of a living wage, character development and public safety. This topic will deal with the expanding field of reentry and how the formerly incarcerated adapt back into the community. Learning Objectives: 1.Identify the relationship between correctional higher education and better quality of life for returning citizens. 2.Examine the intrinsic value of correctional higher education on incarcerated populations. 3.Understand the correlation between correctional higher education and public safety.

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