Corrections_Today_Summer_2024_Vol.86_No.2

COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Tell your story New print edition of Corrections Today needs your stories By Kirk Raymond Y ou are holding in your hand the first printed edition of Corrections Today since 2020. A lot has changed in the world also looking for the Voices from the Line . We want to hear what it is like for you, the officer serving on the front

the stories of courage you see every day in the corrections field to the wider world so they understand the hard job you do and the great people who do it. The Communications and Publi cations Department of the American Correctional Association invites you to tell your story. It’s easy to do. Just put down some thoughts, it doesn’t have to be a polished nar rative, it doesn’t even have to be complete. Send it on to us at submissions@aca.org. Our staff will help you craft your story into a compelling nar rative which others in the world of corrections can find hope and inspiration. And you may find your name in print. Thanks for all you do to enhance public safety and to do the important work of corrections. We are looking forward to hearing from you. CT

since then but what is staying the same is our need to hear from our readers: the cream of the crop of cor rections professionals. Part of what makes Corrections Today an important read for the cor rections professional is the ability of corrections professionals from every correctional discipline to weigh in on issues or concerns they find in their daily routine. That could be line officers, mental health professionals, nurses or com munity corrections professionals. You may believe you are the only one facing a daunting problem but I would be willing to bet you are not. It’s also incredibly useful for corrections professionals reading this issue of Corrections Today to share with the wider corrections world the solutions they have found to some of the intractable problems facing them. Sharing a solution might be just the spark for hundreds of other corrections professionals to solve a problem they have. In the end, all of us are better off. Not only are we looking for scholarly research articles, we are

lines every day. What stories can you share, what successes have you seen that would serve to give your fellow corrections professionals something to think about and to celebrate. Our mission is to bring the stories of hope, the stories of redemption, the stories of resilience, the stories of courage you see every day in the corrections field to the wider world so they understand the hard job you do and the great people who do it. As you know, most media portrayals of our profession cast corrections workers in a negative light. Our mission is to bring the stories of hope, the stories of re demption, the stories of resilience,

Kirk Raymond is the Director of Communications & Publications at the American Correctional Association in Alexandria, VA. For more information, contact Kirk Raymond at (703) 224-0093 or kraymond@aca.org.

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