2024 ACA National Harbor Program Book_Winter Conference

SATURDAY, JAN. 6

10–11:30 A.M.

C-2B Reentry Starts at Reception: Building a More Humane and Equitable Reentry System by Including our Native American Communities (CEU) Track: Reentry/Community Corrections/ Social Work NEW! Room: National Harbor 3 Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, Reentry 2030 is a national initiative that aims to dramatically improve reentry success and to build reentry systems that are human-centered, coordinated, transparent and equitable. This workshop will discuss the approaches that Washington State, a Reentry 2030 state, is taking to achieve these goals for all who are incarcerated emphasizing work with the Native American population. Speakers will include leaders from Washington State DOC and the Washington Statewide Reentry Council, who will share ways they are expanding human-centered approaches for Native Americans and advancing equity and cultural sensitivity in reentry services to mitigate the challenges. Learning Objectives: • Gain knowledge of a national effort to improve reentry success for people exiting prison or under supervision and strategies to achieve this goal. • Learn strategies to give voice to incarcerated individuals. • Develop an understanding of how to leverage intergovernmental and community partnerships to ensure services are provided to the AI/AN population during incarceration and a ‘warm hand-off’ for individuals exiting incarceration to ensure that reentry systems meet the needs of communities. Moderator: Andre Bethea , Senior Policy Advisor, Corrections, Reentry, and Justice Reform, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, Jan. 6 ▼ 10–11:30 a.m.

Speaker: Danielle Armbruster , Assistant Director, Reentry Division, Washington State Department of Corrections, Olympia, Washington; Valerie Carpico , Project Manager, Corrections and Reentry, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, Columbus, Ohio; Janel McFeat , Executive Director, Washington State Department of Corrections, Olympia, Washington

C-2C Rehearsing and Exercising Emergency Action Plans Track: Prisons & Jails Room: National Harbor 4

Emergency Action Plans require deliberate planning and resourcing to be successful at various scales and scopes within correctional facilities. This deliberate training can often be difficult to conduct due to constraints with budgets, resources, staffing and time. As such, various levels of plans, rehearsals and exercises can be conducted to validate emergency action plans and refine or revise techniques, tactics and procedures. From small scale tabletop exercises to complex full-scale exercises, and varying levels in between, all facilities should be able to exercise their emergency plans to best prepare their staffs for emergency and train their systems and procedures for a response.

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