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Issue: November/December 2007
Theme: When the Public Tours the Jail
Insertions Due: October 1, 2007
Materials Due: October 15, 2007
Some jails are proud of the fact that the jail is open to the public for tours. They are seen as an educational device to educate both children and adults. Some jails have excellent tour programs and these need to be shared with other jails. What can a jail administrator do to improve the quality of the jail tour?
How can the public, usually uneducated about the jail, get a deeper understanding of the jail, its operation, purpose, and gain a better perception of jail problems and challenges?
Issue: January/February 2008
Theme: Jail Staff Today – Problems and Challenges
Insertions Due: November 1, 2007
Materials Due: November 15, 2007
At a recent academic criminal justice conference a professor observed that local government seemed to have lost interest in the college-educated jail officer. Whether true or not, it raises the question of how jail management involves its security staff with new and challenging opportunities. Beyond pay parity, what ought jail management be looking at to improve its recruitment ability? What can management do to retain seasoned jail staff?
Many administrators blame the funding agency for jail turnover. If so, what can be done about it?
Issue: March/April 2008
Theme: American Jail Association Solicits Ideas and Suggestions
Insertions Due: January 1, 2008
Materials Due: January 15, 2008
The American Jail Association has completed two decades of service to jail in America.
What subjects do you feel are the most important for jails to consider today? What could be done to make people look at the jail as a community agency beyond locking people up? Is there some kind of training or education for jail staff which you feel is needed to help jails improve their image? How do you visualize the jail of the future in terms of its architecture, its programs, and its function in the criminal justice system and community?
Issue: May/June 2008
Theme: Jail Evolution and 21st Century Technology
Insertions Due: March 1, 2008
Materials Due: March 15, 2008
Science, technology, and gadgetry evolve at even greater speeds. How are these changes impacting jails in either a positive or a negative sense? Is solar energy for jails practical or realistic? Is there anything new in video visitation? What could be done to improve medical technology in jails? Are there better basic items out there such as mattresses, kitchen equipment, and telephones that jails should know about? To what extent should inmates have access to technology? Most jail staff would draw the line at cell phones, but many would insist that inmates need to learn something about computers as they relate to possible jobs. What about 21st century architecture, planning, and construction?
Issue: July/August 2008
Theme: Pandemic Disease – Are Jails Prepared?
Insertions Due: May 1, 2008
Materials Due: May 15, 2008
A lot of ink has been spilled on the topic of jail emergencies. How well prepared is your jail for a pandemic illness? To what extent has your jail participated in the planning and organization of such a possibility? How well informed and trained are your jail staff to confront a medical emergency? This goes way beyond CPR and the first-aid kit. AJA needs to hear from jails which are doing planning, organizing, and preparation in conjunction with other federal, state, and community agencies.
Issue: September/October 2008
Theme: The Immigrant Inmate – How Do Jails Cope?
Insertions Due: July 1, 2008
Materials Due: July 15, 2008
The illegal inmate has been an American jail occupant for many years and their numbers are increasing. Some of these people are ones who sought to improve their lives through jobs in this country and got caught sneaking in. Others came as gang members and pose a threat to both jail security and the community. Some have serious disease and illness. How does a well-run jail manage this problem? What needs to be done in terms of educating and training jail staff? What does jail management provide in terms of programs and services for illegal inmates? How well does the jail work with other government agencies? Share what your jail has done with others who need help.
Issue: November/December 2008
Theme: Jail Crowding and Increasing Jail Populations
Insertions Due: September 1, 2008
Materials Due: September 15, 2008
What jails use pretrial services as a means to control jail crowding?
What local governments have jail crowd control plans in effect and how well do they work? Which jails utilize pretrial release and with what degree of success? Have public attitudes toward jail crowding changed with more emphasis now placed on alternatives to incarceration? What evidence is there to indicate a community awareness of the need for a holistic approach to criminal justice at the local level?
Issue: January/February 2009
Theme: Jail Courses in Higher Education
Insertions Due: November 1, 2008
Materials Due: November 15, 2008
One of the arguments made about jail professionalism is the need to recruit college-level individuals to consider jail management as a career. How well is the United States doing in this regard? What institutions of higher education use jail staff on a regular basis as adjunct professors? Which jails have ongoing programs of jail internships and how successful are these programs? How many jail administrators have an ongoing relationship with university/college faculties in regard to needed jail research? Do any county elected boards make use of such research? How many institutions of higher education have regular involvement with inmate education programs and what kinds of programs are offered?
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