Sentence examples for corrections programs from inspiring English sources

Mr. Huddleston served as the director of two community corrections programs and as the director of a 125-bed pre-release correctional center.

Corrections experts and prison officials say the solution includes more community corrections programs, drug courts and parole for inmates with convictions for nonviolent offenses.

Local jurisdictions were encouraged to experiment with ways of reducing delinquency and arrests, and some partnered with foreign nongovernmental organizations to establish community corrections programs and other innovations.

Mildred Inkamala suggested that the youth locked up for minor offences should be brought back to the country, and that diversionary or corrections programs should be run among their families and communities.

While the Medicaid, K-to-12 education and corrections programs enjoyed modest increases, the majority of other agencies were forced to cut by 12percentt, said Mary Lassiter, the state's budget director.

Two years ago, arts in corrections programs were a mainstay of prisons across the country, embraced by administrators as a way to channel aggression, break down racial barriers, teach social skills and prepare inmates for the outside world.

Duren Banks Contributor Duren Banks is the director of the Courts and Corrections Program in the Center for Justice, Safety, and Resilience at RTI International and a co-author of Future-Proofing Justice.

Duren Banks is the director of the Courts and Corrections Program in the Center for Justice, Safety, and Resilience at RTI International and a co-author of Future-Proofing Justice.

An interesting contemporary example is provided by Rossmo et al. ([2012]), who collected very detailed geographic data recorded by automated monitoring systems used in an electronic monitoring community corrections program.

By treating them in the context of their families and environments rather than in isolation, officials found that recidivism was usually less than half that of residential correction programs.

Karen Altree-Piemme, director of Red Ladder Theatre Company in San Jose, California, leads one of the eight Arts-in-Corrections programs funded by the California Arts Council and uses theater to help inmates develop positive life skills and reconnect with creativity.