2024 ACA Nashville Program Book_154th Congress of Correction

SATURDAY, AUG. 17

4–5:30 P.M.

of DOC academies, conducting curriculum reviews, evaluating curricula designs and delivery and conducting on-site observations, including reviewing academy organization and infrastructure, technology and training outcomes and facilitating staff interviews and focus groups. Moderator: Hope Cooper , Project Director, The Moss Group, Inc., Washington, D.C. Speakers: Rollin Cook , Subject Matter Expert, The Moss Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Hope Cooper , Project Director, The Moss Group, Inc., Washington, D.C. This presentation will provide a review of the legal issues and responsibilities concerning the management of transgender individuals in a correctional setting. Common terms and concepts will be reviewed to better understand the language used in case law and regulations. PREA regulations will be reviewed, and cases relating to issues regarding protection, self-harm, medical care, social transition issues and staff issues will be discussed. Participants will gain a greater understanding concerning the legal evolution of these issues and the current state of the law. Moderator: Ken Hyle , Director of Correctional Services, The Moss Group, on behalf of the ACA Legal Committee, New Orleans, Louisiana Speakers: Cheryl Foreman , Audit Manager, Texas Board of Criminal Justice, on behalf of ACA Legal Committee, Huntsville, Texas; Shelith Hansbro , Confidential Assistant to the Director, on behalf of ACA Legal Committee, Illinois Department of Corrections, Decatur, Illinois Legal of Review of Transgender Population in Corrections Room 201-B

Closing the Gap Between Staffing Supply and Demand: Emerging Strategies Room 203-AB It may take many more years to fully recover from the jail staffing crisis. This workshop will share a wide range of strategies and actions that have proven effective at closing the gap between demand (what needs to be done on a shift), and the actual supply of staff (how many staff report for the shift). This workshop goes beyond initial recruiting challenges to explore many new strategies to: improve staff retention, make the best use of the staff you have, tune up operations to increase staffing efficiency, find schedule configurations that best fit daily demands, identify the scheduling needs of staff, evaluate 8/10/12 hour shifts; use part time employees, considering staffing needs supervising inmates who present new challenges (violent, mentally ill, substance abuse), operating a Direct Supervision Unit without enough staff and more. Moderator: Jim Hart , CCE, CJM, Jail Management Consultant, University of Tennessee, County Technical Assistance Service, Hixson, Tennessee Speakers: Jim Hart , CCE, CJM, Jail Management Consultant, University of Tennessee, County Technical Assistance Service, Hixson, Tennessee; Rod Miller , President, CRS Incorporated, Gettysburg, Maryland Front-line Supervisor Training Curriculum Development: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Curriculum for Supervisory and Other Corrections Training Room 204 The Moss Group (TMG) was awarded BJA funding to examine correctional academy training. In collaboration with key correctional organizations, TMG’s comprehensive national scan included administering a national survey

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