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State of Washington Department of Corrections’ Stafford Creek Corrections
Center Institutional Culture Assessment (2003-2004): An institutional
culture assessment was conducted by a CJI trained team using a standardized
process and instrumentation designed specifically to assess a prison’s
culture. Qualitative and quantitative results of the assessment were
presented in detail. These include the degree of congruence between
the “desired” and current culture, the extent to which staff components
differ in their values and beliefs, and the distinctive cultural characteristics
of the institution and its various subculture groups. Issues that place
the facility at risk for more significant problems were identified,
and suggested courses of early intervention were provided. [George
Camp]
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. [Camille Camp, Patricia Hardyman, Judy Bisbee]
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. [George
Camp, Marla Clayton]
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.” [Camille Camp, John Blackmore,
Judy Bisbee]
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. [George Camp,
Peter Rockholz, Shaina Vanek]
Department of Corrections Staff Salaries and Fringe Benefits (1999) and (2003): In
1999, and again in 2003, CJI conducted a comprehensive comparative analysis of
the salary and benefits for correctional officers, sergeants, lieutenants,
and captains in all state correctional agencies. [George Camp, Judy Bisbee]
Information Collection and Dissemination The Corrections Yearbook (1980-2003): The
Corrections Yearbook is an annual publication of CJI. Started in 1980 as
a “Pocket Guide” of key correctional statistics, The Corrections Yearbook continues
to present the timeliest information available and has become an invaluable resource
to those involved in practicing, studying or researching corrections. Via The
Corrections Yearbook, CJI has developed a national perspective of corrections
systems including: inmate populations, operating costs, capital expenditures,
staffing costs, and per bed costs. The Yearbook data are accessible electronically
to assist us in proposing improved utilization strategies to departments of corrections.
[Camille Camp, George Camp]
Pension Improvement for the Corrections Workforce (2002): CJI conducted
a series of focus groups with national retirement system experts and correctional
practitioners
to consider the feasibility of offering a fixed contribution pension program
as a supplement or alternative to the traditional fixed benefit pension programs
currently in place in most correctional agencies. A report containing findings
and recommendations was submitted to NIC and disseminated to national criminal
justice associations for consideration and implementation. [John Blackmore]
Addressing
Prison Workforce Issues in the 21st Century (2001-2002): With funding from the
National Institute of Corrections, CJI convened four regional meetings
of correctional administrators, human resource managers, academic authorities,
and human resource consultants to consider strategies of how better to attract
and retain staff. On the basis of their deliberations, CJI conducted an analysis
of correctional workforce issue areas and suggested a broad range of programs
and approaches to address them. [George Camp]
Contracting for Correctional Services (2000 - 2001): With funding from the
Office of Justice Programs, via the Association of State Correctional Administrators,
CJI documented best practices for contracting with and monitoring contracts with
private firms. Two reports were produced and distributed nationally. [Camille
Camp, George Camp]
Strategic Planning (2000): With funding from the Corrections Program Office,
CJI developed a strategy to assist state departments of corrections in the Strategic
Planning process. The initiative was designed to enable agencies and organizations
to be successful in looking beyond the turmoil of day-to-day operations and to
the future to determine their mission and to identify measures and tasks to achieve
their objectives. [Camille Camp, George Camp, Robert May]
Planning and Designing Prison Based Therapeutic Communities (1998 - 1999): CJI designed and conducted Regional Planning and Design of Prison-Based Therapeutic
Communities Therapeutic Communities for the Corrections Program Office in support
of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program. [Peter Rockholz, Robert
May, George Camp]
Alternatives for Financing Prison Facilities (1999): The Corrections Program
Office of the Office of Justice Programs commissioned a study on creative ways
to finance and develop new prison facilities. George and Camille Camp, as the
Executive Directorate of the Association of State Correctional Administrators,
supervised the study and publication of the final report. The report detailed
options such General Obligation Bonds, Revenue Bonds, Certificates of Participation
and County and Municipal Financing of Prison Facilities. [George Camp and Camille
Camp]
Statewide Planning for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Regional Training
Programs (1997 - 1999): CJI planned and conducted a series of regional training
programs for teams of state policymakers and senior administrators on developing
a Statewide Comprehensive Plan for Substance Abuse Treatment. [Camille Camp,
George Camp, Robert May]
Boot camps (2), Privatization, Managing Violent Offenders, Understanding
Violent
Juvenile Offenders, Substance Abuse Treatment (2), (1995 1999): Under a cooperative
agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Corrections Program Office, CJI
planned all aspects and delivered in their entirety seven national conferences
on these critical issues for state policy makers and practitioners to assist
them in making better informed decisions. Conferences ranged in size from 150
to 450 participants. [Camille Camp, George Camp, Robert May, John Blackmore]
Understanding and Preventing Prison Riots (1994 - 1996): CJI conducted a national
field study of prison riots and subsequent management responses. A series of
case studies were presented and response methods compared relative to immediate
and longer term approaches to resolving and preventing riots. The results were
published in a book entitled The Resolution of Prison Riots Strategies and
Policies, published by Oxford University Press in 1998. [Camille Camp, George
Camp]
Correctional Officer Turnover (1993 1994): On behalf of the Association
of State Correctional Administrators, and with funding from the National Institute
of Corrections, CJI surveyed all state correctional agencies, conducted site
visits at twelve prisons to examine and understand staff turnover and staff recruitment
and retention methods in use in prisons across the country. The results were
published by the National Institute of Corrections in a report entitled Managing
Staff: Corrections’ Most Valuable Resource. [Camille Camp, George Camp]
Comparing the Cost of Probation and Incarceration (1991): CJI assisted
the
U.S. Government Accounting Office, (GAO) in performing a comparative analysis
of the cost to supervise probationers under intensive supervision and regular
supervision as opposed to the cost incarceration. The GAO published the results
of the analysis, along with other data. [George Camp]
Contracting with the Private
Sector (1988): With funds from a grant from the National Institute of Corrections,
CJI examined the processes employed by correctional
agencies to contract with the private sector as well to monitor the terms and
conditions of the contract. Best practices were identified and reported in a
NIC Publication entitled, Management of Correctional Contracts. [Camille Camp,
George Camp]
Strategies for Managing and Controlling Prison Gangs (1987 - 1988): Through
a grant from the National Institute of Justice, CJI conduct fieldwork in state
prisons in California, Illinois, and Washington to develop a series of comprehensive
strategies on how best to manage prison gangs. The strategies were compiled into
a report entitled, The Management of Prison Gangs. [Camille Camp, George Camp]
Comparing the Cost of Perimeter Towers and Detection Systems (1987): With funds
from the National Institute of Justice, CJI conducted a national study comparing
the cost of staffing perimeter towers as opposed to utilizing electronic intrusion
systems. The results of the analysis were published by NIJ in a publication entitled,
Stopping Escapes. [Camille Camp, George Camp]
Management of Crowded Prisons (1986): Under a grant from the National Institute
of Corrections, CJI surveyed all state correctional agencies, conducted fieldwork
in fourteen prisons, and identified and compared practices and strategies for
managing crowded prisons. The results were published by NIC in a report entitled,
The Management of Crowded Prisons. [Camille Camp, George Camp]
Nature and Extent of Prison Gangs (1985): Under a grant from the U.S. Department
of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, CJI conducted a national survey of state
and federal prisons to identify the number of prison gangs and to categorize
them by type according to their structure and purpose. The results of the study
were published by the Justice Department. [Camille Camp, George Camp]
The Real Cost of Corrections (1985): CJI analyzed both the direct and indirect
factors that generate the costs of operating prison systems. This national study
of incarceration costs noted variations in the real costs of housing special
needs offenders as compared to average costs for aggregate populations. The study’s
findings were presented in their research report, The Real Cost of Corrections.
[George Camp, Camille Camp]
Private Sector Development of “Spec” Prisons (1998-1999): Planned and conducted
a national workshop on the private sector development of “spec” prisons at which
representatives from both the private and public sector discussed the pros and
cons of these matters. [George Camp]
The Role of the Private Sector in Corrections (1984): Under a grant
from the National Institute of Corrections, CJI determined the extent to which
correctional
agencies were contracting with private providers for specific types of services.
The results of the study were published by NIC. [Camille Camp, George Camp]
Reducing Prisoner Litigation in Federal Courts (1978 1981): With support
from the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation,
and the National Institute of Corrections, CJI established the National Center
for Correctional Mediation and worked with Judges in federal courts in Arkansas
and Connecticut to resolve informally lawsuit brought by prisoners in the Arkansas
Department of Corrections, and at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury,
CT. During the projects four years hundreds of lawsuits were successfully concluded
through the mediation process, reducing the backlog of lawsuits dramatically
in those jurisdictions. [George Camp]
Regional Prisons Evaluation of Texarkana Texas/Arkansas Regional
Jail (1980): Under
a grant from the National Institution of Corrections, CJI conducted an evaluation
of the operation of Texarkana Jail that is situated on the state line
and is jointly operated and used by Texarkana Arkansas and Texarkana Texas. [George
Camp]
Regional Prisons Feasibility of a Five-State Maximum Security Prison
(1978
- 1979): With funds from the National Institute of Corrections, CJI explored
the feasibility of establishing a regional prison authority for the construction
and operation of a five-state maximum security prison to confine state prisoners
from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Based on preliminary interest
of the parties, meetings with state policy makers and practitioners were held
to develop the concept and determine the feasibility of implementing a plan.
[George Camp]
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