Cherrie Greco

Corrections and public safety

Cherrie Greco is a retired correctional administrator and consultant, having provided technical assistance to a number of criminal justice agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, and the states of Colorado, Texas, Florida, Maine, Alabama, Connecticut and Oklahoma on the topics of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Amendment Act and the Prison Rape Elimination Act. During her career with the Colorado Department of Corrections, she served as Director of Administration, Warden, Legislative Liaison, and Director of Staff Training. In recent years, Greco served as a Senior Consultant for MGT of America and was the Director of Probation for Oklahoma County. She earned a B.A., Ed. from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and an M.A., Ed. from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Ms. Greco resides in Oklahoma. She has been a columnist for CORRECTIONSONE since 2011.

Full list of Cherrie Greco results

Forming partnerships in corrections
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Missed chances for dialoging about universal obstacles translates to failure for capitalizing on opportunities to form strong partnerships
Reducing recidivism: Whose responsibility is it?
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Placing blame is really more complex, considering the three-stage continuum of the criminal justice system
When officials fall from grace
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Just how can organizations go about healing themselves as daily aftershocks cause distraction?
Better management of juvenile populations
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Youthful offenders bring to the correctional environment shocking histories
Corrections and 9/11: Lessons learned from tragedy
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If asked, prison and jail staff on the job during 9/11 can likely recall in detail the part they played in America's biggest story
Providing emergency services in prison
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Establish necessary management strategies to ensure disabled populations are not denied access to emergency services
Finding meaningful use of time for inmates
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Offender idleness is the precursor for lack of order and disruption
Taking care of officer veterans
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Corrections managers must make every effort to take care of our citizen soldiers returning from the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq
Bringing your facility into ADAAA compliance
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By Cherrie GrecoAs Title II agencies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prisons and jails across America have worked for many years to be compliant with architectural standards, as we...
Fighting political ignorance about corrections and criminals
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Why and how criminal justice agencies can and should educate politicians