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Video:

• Motivational interviewing in intensive management units

Motivational Interviewing has been one of the newer techniques used by Washington State Department of Corrections staff in the four prison pilot projects and in community corrections.

• Motivating offender change

In one of the toughest places in the Washington state prison system, the Intensive Management Unit at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, staff have worked with University of Cincinnati to create a program to get offenders ready to change their behavior.

Audio:

• Alabama Commissioner Lays Out How State Plans To Curb Violence In Prisons

Facing the threat of a federal lawsuit, Alabama's Department of Corrections has unveiled a three-year-plan to address its shortcomings and improve conditions for inmates and staff.

• As Private ICE Lockups Grow, Towns Could See Economic Boon

This podcast discusses the impact that ICE centers would have on towns.

Web:

• Federal Bureau of Prisons: Organization Chart

The Department of Justice’s organization, mission, and functions manual.

• Prison Bureaucracies

This article highlights the bureaucracy of prisons