The American Jail Association (AJA) is pleased to offer an Annual Conference Scholarship named in the memory of Norwood E. Jackson. The Scholarship will be awarded to a first line corrections officer/detention deputy to attend AJA's Annual Training Conference & Jail Expo.

Norwood E. Jackson, former AJA board member (1990 - 1993) and Commissioner of Correction for the Westchester County Department of Correction, Valhalla, New York, passed away on March 23, 1995. Norwood E. Jackson was appointed Commissioner in April 1987, after having served as Warden of the Department since 1972. He was the first African American to assume the leadership of a major criminal justice agency in the government of Westchester County, NY.

Mr. Jackson was a graduate of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and briefly played football with the Cleveland Browns. Prior to his 22 years of public service in Westchester County, he served in the U.S. Army as Commanding Officer of the 8th U.S. Army Correctional Treatment Facility in Korea. Mr. Jackson was a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the Industrial War College. He was an Airborne Ranger and a recipient of the U.S. Army's Meritorious Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the National Defense Ribbon, the Vietnamese Campaign Medal, and the Vietnamese Service Medal. He completed 35 years of active and reserve duty with the U.S. Army Correctional and Military Police Services, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Mr. Jackson was a credit to the field of corrections.

The Norwood E. Jackson Scholarship includes complimentary Conference registration, transportation, room, and meal allowance (not to exceed the Federal per diem for the Conference area).

To be eligible for the Scholarship, the following guidelines must be observed:

• Only first line corrections officers/detention deputies are eligible for the scholarship;
• Nominees and persons making the nomination must be individual AJA members in good standing for at least one year;
• Nominees must have the endorsement of their agency head;
• The nomination form must bear the signature of the nominee, the nominator, and the nominee's agency head;
• Only one nominee will be considered from each agency;
• All entries must be postmarked by the date specified on the nomination form.

All eligible nominations will be placed in a "hat" and one nomination will be drawn at random by AJA's Executive Director in the Spring prior to the Conference. The nominees will be notified of the outcome.

Scholarship nominations are accepted beginning in the fall of each year. When nominations are being accepted you will be able to click on Scholarship Nominations to obtain a nomination form or you will be able to obtain one from American Jails magazine.