2025 ACA Winter Conference Orlando_Program Book

Use of Technology in Corrections Room W230 C Overview: By the end of this workshop, participants will understand the various ways technology can improve prison management, including monitoring inmate behavior, streamlining administrative processes and addressing potential risks like privacy concerns and technological dependence. Primary Presenter: Eric Guerrero , Correctional Institutions Division Deputy Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas Presenter 2: Fred Cook , Information and Technology Division Deputy Division Director — Chief Technology Officer, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas Presenter 3: Kelly Metz , Director III — Infrastructure & Customer Support, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas

by all states. The various laws, policies and practices of different states make it impossible to compare recidivism rates across jurisdictions and any of these comparisons are misleading. Yet, all state and federal correctional agencies calculate recidivism. Peer-reviewed research has shown that recidivism is not the correct metric to gauge a correctional agency’s success. Furthermore, COVID-19 is impacting most recidivism metrics and will do so well into the future since recidivism is usually calculated by following release cohorts for three years or more. Therefore, the time to make a change to our metrics of success is now. Primary Presenter: Annette Chambers-Smith , Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio Presenter 2: Brian Wittrup , Chief of Strategy and Policy, ODRC, Columbus, Ohio

WORKSHOPS

Monday, Jan. 13 ▼ 2–3:30 p.m.

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