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Corrections Today Spring 2025 | Vol. 87, No. 1 THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Addressing and overcoming the top digital transformation challenges for correctional

facilities By John Croce

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Enhancing rehabilitation in jails and prisons The role of the Risk Need Responsivity model and

treatment programs By Dr. Bryan L. Kline

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Reentry simulation in community corrections By Joe Winkler From the Archives: Likely to stay or bound to leave? Exploring prior work histories of correctional officer recruits By Alexander L. Burton, Cheryl Lero Jonson, William T. Miller and Rollin Cook

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42 Programming for incarcerated women

What correctional agencies are getting right By Terrance Hinton, Ph.D. and Christina Ray, LSW, MSW

National Correctional Oficers and Employees Week 2025 Proclamation and Resolution By Ricky D. Dixon and Robert L. Green p. 62

On the Cover: The newly sworn-in 109 th President of the American Correctional Association, Ricky Dixon, delivered an inspiring speech at the Winter Conference in Orlando, FL. With a bold vision and clear goals for his presidency, Dixon laid out a transformative path for the future of corrections. Photo courtesy Lovestruck Images

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