2025 ACA Winter Conference Orlando_Program Book

ACA Seeks Book Authors Do you have experience in corrections and the desire to inform others about what you have learned? If so, you are a potential ACA author. We are seeking corrections professionals to submit book manuscripts for review and consideration on a variety of subject matter.

Possible topics include • Ethics in corrections. • Effective mental health treatment. • Sex offender monitoring and treatment. • Financial management in corrections. • Programs for long-term offenders. • Staff training. • Greening of corrections: innovative strategies. • Preparing offenders for reentry. • Incarcerated women: reducing recidivism.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, Jan. 11 ▼ 3–4:30 p.m.

Your suggestions for books on other topics are welcome. For more information, please contact 800-222-5646, ext. 0193.

Presenter 3: Mosi Makori , Chief Implementation Officer, Youth Mental Health Court, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, New Orleans, Louisiana The Benefit of a Citizens’ Academy Room W240 B Overview: The Citizens’ Academy, hosted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, provides community members a behind-the-scenes look at the department running the prisons in their backyard. Designed to foster meaningful partnerships with local citizens, government, media and community partners, the Citizens’ Academy provides participants an insight into the agency’s daily operations, initiatives and unwavering commitment to public safety and the rehabilitation of those within our care. This presentation will tell you everything you need to know to develop your own Citizens’ program and begin developing positive relationships with those in your community. Primary Presenter: Amanda Hernandez , Director of Communications, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas Presenter 2: Eric Guerrero , Correctional

Institutions Division Deputy Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas

Managing Community Supervision: Populations with High Risk of Violence Room W232 B/C Overview: This intensive session will examine the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) project to assess and respond to supervisees who are identified as high risk to violently reoffend. ODRC has generated, piloted and launched the statewide use of a Violence Predictor Risk Assessment (VPRA). It is used as a trailer to the Risk/Need Assessment and is administered by Assessment Parole Officers prior to release from prison. Participants will gain an understanding of the initiation of this work and lessons learned. In the first part of this session, research staff will discuss their involvement with the development of the tool and with the administrators who led the implementation effort. The second part of this session will discuss the supervision strategy to reduce the harm of this population. Parole Officers who work with this special population will discuss supervision strategies. This session will conclude by contrasting Ohio’s

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