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A joint collaboration between Renovo Software and Cisco Connected Justice™ enhances productivity and efficiencies for correctional facilities and courts. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Renovo Software, Inc. has announced the integration of their industry leading inmate visitation management system into a Cisco Connected Justice™ Solution. The joint visitation solution will allow correctional customers to leverage face-to-face communication without the risk, and expense...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three individuals from the Correctional Service of South Korea will visit the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' Office of Planning, Research and Statistics this week to research the agency's treatment programs and risk assessment for sex offenders. "We are pleased to meet with these individuals and to discuss with them how Pennsylvania's prison system works," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said. "We are proud of our...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Justice Programs' Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) today released Underage Drinking: Practice Guidelines for Community Corrections. The new bulletin provides 10 evidence-based practice recommendations for professionals who regularly work with youth who are referred to community corrections for underage drinking and related offenses. OJJDP developed this bulletin to help with plan design for...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OJP Acting Assistant Attorney General spoke at Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, September 14 - Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou Leary delivered remarks at the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention on Friday, September 14, at 10 a.m. EDT. The meeting was held at 810 7th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. For information on press logistics, please contact Starr...

New law will reduce recidivism, hold offenders accountable and control prison costs JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --­­­­ Governor Jay Nixon today signed a package of corrections reforms into law, advancing a set of data-driven policies that are designed to improve public safety, hold offenders accountable, and cut corrections costs. The Justice Reinvestment Act, sponsored by Senator Jack Goodman and Representative Gary Fuhr, received near unanimous...

HERSHEY, Pa., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today highlighted new efforts to make Pennsylvania's criminal justice system more effective and efficient during a gathering of corrections, probation and parole workers at a conference in Hershey. "I have spent most of my life as a prosecutor. I know we are never going to totally eliminate crime,'' Corbett said. "But working together we can deal with crime in a way that will redeem more offenders,...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett has proclaimed May 6-12 as Corrections Employee Week in Pennsylvania to recognize the important role these employees play in protecting public safety. "We have great respect for corrections employees," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said. "They work each day, often facing challenging and dangerous situations, to ensure public safety and to provide offenders with meaningful opportunities to change...

Say Fasano Amendment Would Have Brought Transparency To Process TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Florida correctional officers today said they are disappointed that the Senate failed to pass an amendment to study the real cost of privatizing the state's prisons. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO) Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, submitted an amendment to the sweeping proposal to turn correctional facilities over to...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012-13 includes increased funding for the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole to continue its focus on the successful transition of offenders into society. "One of the most basic responsibilities of government is to protect its residents," Chairman Michael C. Potteiger said today. "This budget will continue to fund positions for parole agents who must be out in the...

Miami Probation Officer Starts Online Petition TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Florida Department of Corrections activist took it upon herself to circulate an anti-prison privatization petition and gathered more than 23,000 signatures in just five days. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO) Christina Bullins, a Miami probation officer supervisor, started the petition Sunday using signon.org. Just 48 hours later, 10,000 people signed....