We are in the process of updating our project history and experience. With a staff of fourteen full-time employees and a pool of more than 100 consultants upon whom to draw, CJI regularly is engaged in fifteen to twenty corrections projects. Many of our projects are multi-year efforts and some have had annual project budgets that exceed $1M. CJI has conducted hundreds of assessments, reviews, evaluation and studies of correctional systems, facility issues, and ideas in good currency that have included among others:

- 25 National Studies of Critical Correctional Issues;
- 25 Assessments of Issues and Operations in DOCs;
- 17 Prison and Jail-based Projects;
- 23 Facility Planning Studies/Needs Assessment Projects; and
- 12 Post Analysis and Staffing Studies. Read more ...

CJI was established in 1978 to make significant contributions to criminal justice systems by providing consultation, research and information dissemination services with a primary focus on prison and jail systems.

The Principals of the firm, George and Camille Camp are experienced public sector administrators of federal, state, and municipal agencies; and are recognized by the field as authorities in corrections planning, evaluation, management, and operations. With a staff of fourteen full-time employees and a pool of more than 100 consultants upon whom to draw, CJI regularly is engaged in fifteen to twenty corrections projects. Many of our projects are multi-year efforts and some have had annual project budgets that exceed $1M. CJI has conducted hundreds of assessments, reviews, evaluation and studies of correctional systems, facility issues, and ideas in good currency.

CJI has built a solid reputation as one of the foremost research and consulting firms in the nation. We provide needs assessment, planning, training, program development services, and conduct research, program evaluation and policy analysis for government agencies, not-for-profit and private sector organizations both in the U.S. and abroad. Our Principals and Associates have accumulated more than 200 years of experience providing comprehensive correctional planning and program development services to state, county and federal agencies. CJI's annual publication, The Corrections YearbookTM, is considered the most informative and timely compendium of state-by-state corrections information in the country.

CJI has built a solid reputation as one of the foremost research and consulting firms in the nation. We provide needs assessment, planning, training, program development services, and conduct research, program evaluation and policy analysis for government agencies, not-for-profit and private sector organizations both in the U.S. and abroad.

CJI maintains a core staff of fourteen employees and a pool of over one hundred consultants upon whom we draw for specific services for various projects. Four Senior Associates, Robert May, John Blackmore, Peter Rockholz, and Patricia Hardyman, along with the two Principals - Camille Camp and George Camp - direct project work. Correctional practitioner consultants are engaged to work on projects when appropriate. Five Project Managers oversee the reporting requirements and coordinate all work activities for projects to which they are assigned. One of the project managers is also responsible for information technology, graphic design and video production work. A team of administrative assistants supports all staff.

CJI's main office is located in Middletown, Connecticut. Other than for the field work, which would be done on site, project work would be accomplished from that office. Thirteen of the fourteen staff work out of the Middletown, CT office. Read more ...

> Best Practices in Prison Staffing Analysis (2004) - Through a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Corrections, CJI is developing a training program, with accompanying materials, to be used by state correctional agencies to train their staff on how to conduct prison staffing analyses. Three focus group meetings have been facilitated with select groups of practitioners from diverse state correctional agencies.

> Leading and Sustaining Change (2003 - 2004) - Through a cooperative agreement with NIC, CJI is embarking on a project, entitled "Leading and Sustaining Change." The project, which builds upon what has been learned from the "Assessment of Institutional Culture" project, focuses on organizational change, leadership and culture.

> Managing Elderly Inmates and Inmates with Chronic Terminal Illnesses (2002-2004): Through a cooperative agreement with NIC, CJI identified the most promising approaches to addressing the needs of special needs inmates. The project resulted in a manual published in 2004, entitled "Correctional Healthcare: Addressing the Needs of Elderly, Chronically Ill and Terminally Ill Inmates."

> Prison Culture Assessment (2001 - 2004): Through a cooperative agreement with NIC, CJI has developed, field-tested and applied a Prison Culture Assessment Protocol in the process of assessing the institutional culture in 20 state and federal prisons and one large county jail. Six more prisons will be assessed over the next several months. The lessons learned from the process have been used by prison administrators to improve the culture and in particular to promote and instill more positive beliefs and values in the workforce. Read more ...