Perf-Based Stds, Adult Corr. Inst. 5th ed March 2021

Acknowledgements We wish to extend our appreciation to those who have given freely of their time and effort in the development of this manual of Performance-Based Standards and Expected Practices for Adult Correctional Institutions. We are particularly proud of the fact that this document is a product developed by professionals who are or have been directly involved in the very difficult task of providing for the management and day-to-day operations of adult correctional institutions.

Major Contributors to this effort (in alphabetical order) are as follows:

Dean Aufderheide, Ph.D., Florida Department of Corrections Elizabeth Gondles, Ph.D., American Correctional Association David K. Haasenritter, Army Corrections Command Tony Parker, Tennessee Department of Corrections Kelly Ward (retired), Louisiana Department of Corrections Angela Whittaker, Louisiana Department of Corrections

We also wish to gratefully acknowledge the involvement of all those committee members, auditors and accreditation managers whose comments and suggestions contributed to the many drafts and ultimately, this final product, including Gary C. Mohr of Ohio and Rick Raemisch of Colorado, co-chairs of the Restrictive Housing Committee. We would finally like to recognize the contribution, patience, support, encour- agement and commitment to this project by Mr. Richard Stalder (retired), Louisi- ana Department of Corrections.

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