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The Nations' leader in affordable in-service training. AJA's JOB Video Series will assist you with meeting your training needs!

What is the JOB Video Series?

It's a unique, cost-effective idea in training - a series of in-depth video tapes introducing basic jail techniques and exploring the latest developments in corrections. Each volume includes 12 DVDs or VHS tapes which correspond with the written Jail Operations Bulletins from the same volume. Each DVD/VHS tape is shipped with its corresponding bulletin.

The JOB Video Series is ideal for:

In-service training in jails and other correctional facilities. Training academies at the Federal, state, and local levels. Colleges and universities that teach courses in corrections. Libraries which provide criminal justice resource materials.

AJA's training videos can assist you with meeting mandatory training standards for your jurisdiction. Additionally, if you are working toward the American Correctional Association's (ACA) accreditation or reaccreditation, AJA's training materials will help you meet some of the training requirements.

Jail Managers Bulletins (JMBs) emphasize techniques and strategies to assist with supervisory and managerial issues related to jail operations. Sixty bulletins are available that explore topics ranging from critical incident planning to the supervision of jail personnel.

If you are working toward the American Correctional Association's (ACA) accreditation or re-accreditation, AJA's training materials will help you meet some of the training requirements.

Jail Operations Bulletins (JOBs) are designed to assist all jail personnel with the day-to-day issues that impact jail operations, as well as special problems that may arise. Over 80 topics are available, varying from routine cell searches to hostage survival strategies.

JOBs are used by local correctional agencies, colleges, correctional training academies, and individuals who work in or provide services to jails. JOBs are particularly useful for in-service training, formal classroom instruction, and individual study. To assist you with your in-house training, each Jail Operation Bulletin has a corresponding JOB Video which further enhances the learning experience.

The JOBs and JMBs are also available in convenient manual!  If you purchase the entire JOB/JMB series, you can save more than 40% off the nonmember price.

AJA's Write It Right Quarterly (WIRQ) is designed and developed with the belief that well-written reports are not only a positive reflection on the author and the agency, but necessary to a successful jail operation. In today's litigious society, most sheriffs and jail administrators have come to realize the importance of producing and maintaining detailed documentation of events which involve the jail. Many administrators also understand that an incident report, depending on how well or poorly it is written, can make or break a lawsuit.

The information and exercises contained in the WIRQ are related to corrections work. The WIRQs address the specific relationship between report writing and the effective correctional practitioner.

The WIRQs will assist jail personnel at all levels to become more effective communicators. Each WIRQ concentrates on a specific topic(s) and includes exercises designed to reinforce the subject matter.

The WIRQs are four-page, bi-fold manuscripts that fit into a loose-leaf binder enabling you to create your own in-service training manual. Each WIRQ will build upon the skills learned from previous WIRQs.

You have the option of ordering test questions that will allow you to measure staff learning. The WIRQs are an excellent and affordable way to provide important, in-service training.

The topics covered will address skills needed to establish a foundation of effective written communication. Subject matter includes basic writing techniques, sentence structure, and commonly misspelled and misused words.

This manual is a must-have! Correctional law expert William Collins, Esq., covers all the major correctional issues and case law that challenge the daily operations of jail and prisons. Some of the major topic areas covered are: Qualified Immunity/Defense of Damages * The Prison Litigation Reform Act * CRIPA and the U.S. Department of Justice * Suicide * Use of Force * General Conditions of Confinement * Inmate Discipline * Procedural Due Process Issues * Fourth Amendment and Searches: Cell Searches, Body Searches, Visitor Searches * Cross Gender Supervision * Medical Care, Mental Health Issues

 

This manual is a must-have! Correctional law expert William Collins, Esq., covers all the major correctional issues and case law that challenge the daily operations of jail and prisons. Some of the major topic areas covered are: Qualified Immunity/Defense of Damages * The Prison Litigation Reform Act * CRIPA and the U.S. Department of Justice * Suicide * Use of Force * General Conditions of Confinement * Inmate Discipline * Procedural Due Process Issues * Fourth Amendment and Searches: Cell Searches, Body Searches, Visitor Searches * Cross Gender Supervision * Medical Care, Mental Health Issues

 

WHY A BOOK ABOUT JAILS?

"Most Citizens have a confused idea about jails due in part to the nation's press (which frequently uses the words jails and prisons interchangeably) and the fact that most people have never been inside a jail. Even in colleges and universities, with few exceptions, those who teach criminal justice and criminology courses are more apt to focus on prisons than jails.

Jails in the criminal justice hierarchy stand at the bottom as the stepchild of the system. Most new stories about jails concentrate on the negatives, i.e., recent escapes, poor food, riots, assaults, deteriorating physical plants, contraband smuggling, inmate/staff corruption, crowding and the omnipresent lawsuits against the facilities.

This mass of humanity moving in and out of jails presents problems, especially at the time of booking the prisoners into the jail, of a different nature and magnitude than those found in prisons-particularly in the areas of suicide, mental illness, and medical procedures."

Who's Managing Today's Jails?
Who's Operating Jails Similar in Size to Yours?
Who's Inspecting Our Nation's Jails?
Which Jails are Accredited?
How Can You Contact Other Jails?

Answers to these questions, and many more, can be found in the fourth edition of the American Jail Association's Who's Who in Jail Management jail directory.

Who's Who in Jail Management jail directory offers the most current information available on local jails in the United States. Extensive research has been conducted to provide the most up-to-date information about today's jails.

In addition to the bound directory, an up-to-date list of all the jails in the United States is available for rent electronically. This is the cleanest jail list in the industry!

American Jails hit the corrections market in 1987. To better serve our members and the public at large, you may order articles from American Jails on the following topics.

• Alcohol/Substance Abuse Treatment
• Alternatives to Incarceration
• Architecture, Planning, and Construction
• Community Reentry
• Advisory Committees/Jails
• Crowding in Jails
• Direct Supervision
• Training/Emergency Response in Jails
• Food Services
• Gangs in Jails
• Health Care/Medical Issues/Suicides in Jails
• Hostage Negotiations
• Inmate Classification
• Inmate Fees
• Jail Standards and Inspections
• K-9 Patrol/jails
• Legal Issues in Jails
• Privatization
• Women in Jails
• Technology