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neurocriminologists and certified traumatologists, forensic social workers and counselors, psychiatric rehabilitation specialists, communi ty health workers and forensic peer specialists, and victim advocates and other criminal justice profes sionals. As TNP puts forward this model, it is anticipated that the help ing professions will find and expand the utility of the model. TNP hopes that the interests of the community will coalesce around the enterprise of restoring the dignity of returning citizens and offer meaningful assis tance that will restore and integrate the returning citizen while measur ably reducing recidivism and the need for the interventions provided in institutions. CT

Chaplain Xavier Justice is the associate director of the Nehemiah Project (TNP) in Washington, D.C. TNP administrates a contract with the federal agency responsible for formerly incarcerated adults by providing reentry housing. He holds the certified clinical correctional chaplain from the American Correctional Chaplains Association. He is a KY state licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor and certified clinical supervisor. Additionally, he is a psychiatric rehabilitation educator (PRA), master addictions counselor (NAADAC), master clinical traumatologist (GCAT), certified group psychotherapist supervisor (AGPA), clinically certified forensic counselor (NAFC), clinical neurocriminologist (AIAFS), and forensic peer support trainer in the states of Maryland and Virginia.

2 American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies. (2023). Forensic Peer Support: What is it? Forensic Mental Health Insider, 6 (4), Fall 2023. 3 Robeznieks, Andis. (2021, August 13). Why a patient’s housing qualifies as a healthcare treatment. American Medical Association. https://www. ama-assn.org/delivering-care/population-care/ why-patient-s-housing-qualifies-health-care treatment. 4 Steege, Andrea. (2023, February 16). Work as a Key Social Determinant of Health: The Case for Including Work in All Health Data Collections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science blog/2023/02/16/sdoh.

Find out more about TNP at: https://tnpdc.org

Setting a NEW Standard in Jails! American Correctional Association

• Enhance professionalism • Improve conditions of confinement • Enhance operations • Improve public credibility • Increase morale

Accreditation: Excellence in Jails “The ACA accreditation process is a mechanism of checks and balances, and causes correctional systems to assess all facets of their organization. When we take a critical examination of our organizational processes, it offers an opportunity for internal oversight. Correctional systems can identify challenges, discover solutions and implement operational best practices which will significantly improve organizational efficiencies.”

–Tony Wilkes, Chief of Corrections, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office (TN)

American Correctional Association Standards and Accreditation Department

Phone: (800) 222-5646 Email: davidh@aca.org • Web: www.aca.org

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