Advancing Corrections Journal Read our international practitioner-focused publication! Full, Staff and Professional Members can access the digital publication. Professional Members also receive a hard-copy of the journal by post.

Check out: Solitary Irrationality: Inefficient and Ineffective Bureaucratic Restrictions on Human Beings--examining RHUs as organizational irrationality rather than sound decision making with methods for improvement. And...ITS OPEN ACCESS!!! (thank you ICPA)
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Learning Experiences to Advance Practice (LEAP) - Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network Coordination and Translation Center Learning Experiences to Advance Practice (LEAP) is a multifaceted program designed to educate any interested individual about the nuances of conducting research in criminal justice settings.

JCOIN is now accepting applications for our next LEAP cohort. LEAP is an education & mentorship program to advance the capacity & diversity of high impact research in health/criminal legal settings through specialized training & skill-development curriculums.
www.jcoinctc.org/leap/

Do you have an innovative way of collecting, analyzing, or presenting corrections data? Please consider writing a chapter for the Division on Corrections & Sentencing's next Handbook--Corrections & Sentencing Methods. Chapter abstracts due February 12th.

Ever wanted specialized training and mentoring in research? Interested in the health/criminal legal system nexus? Consider applying to the JCOIN LEAP Scholars/Investigators year-long program. Apps due 9.15.25

Grants and Grant Writing for Qualitative Researchers - Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network Coordination and Translation Center Are you a qualitative researcher ready to turn your ideas into funded projects? This course is your complete guide to the world of grant writing – tailored specifically for qualitative and community-b...

New from JCOIN...Grants and Grant Writing for Qualitative Researchers live on the JTEC website!

www.jcoinctc.org/courses/gran...

Interested in solitary confinement reform...check out our paper on NY's HALT Act and the entire special issue of the Journal of Criminal Justice to learn more. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lKjjAlNEp...

Why, How, and So What? Unpacking Coworker Relationships in Carceral Settings - Bryce Kushmerick-McCune, Sydney Ingel, Danielle S. Rudes, Wyatt Brown, Elisa Toman, 2025 Coworker relationships are a central part of carceral staff culture but are poorly understood and conceptualized. This article examines how and why these relati...

If you're interested in co-worker relationships and how they impact work check out our new article where we find that carceral staff depend on strong relationships but suffer when these relationships are unhealthy.

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Purposive Placement: Autonomy Through Self-Lock-Up in Restrictive Housing Units Abstract. The idea that some prison residents purposively seek placement within restricted housing units (RHUs) within US prisons is perhaps counter-intuit

Our newest paper on why/how some prison residents prefer to go/stay in restricted housing units is now available at BJC. We suggest that this purposive decision relates to the need/desire for autonomy in a place largely devoid of choices.
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