2022 ACA Phoenix Program Book_Winter Conference

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

greatest influence on daily life and personal development can lead to unequal outcomes. Furthermore, these structural biases can be cumulative and, in some cases, foster negative outcomes in other institutions. Corrections lies at the end of a long line of societal institutions with minimal opportunity to change the backgrounds of people being incarcerated. Correctional agencies should have the goal of rooting out structural biases which may continue this pattern of cumulative impact. This requires a non-judgmental approach which encourages leaders to look at long-standing practices which may be unintentionally amplifying bias. Learning Objectives: • Identify multiple strategies to seek out structural or unintentional bias in an environment which may at times be defensive and resistant. • Identify potential areas where structural or unintentional bias may exist in a correctional agency. • Identify multiple strategies, with examples, which can be employed to alleviate the structural or unintentional bias.

8:30–10 A.M.

C-1B Identifying and Addressing Structural Bias in Correctional Environments Room 126A Tracks: Prisons/Jails It has been well established that structural biases in societal institutions which have the

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