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• Miss. community college partners in grant to teach humanities in prison system

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  Three Mississippi two-year colleges are part of a $375,000 grant supporting humanities courses being taught in prisons

• Pa. COs to receive training on how to recognize seizures

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  A resource coordinator with an epilepsy foundation said it has become common for officers to mistake a seizure for drug intoxication

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  Wood, metal and hard plastic brooms and mops can easily be made into weapons – here’s why you need to look for tools made specifically for the correctional environment

• Grow your profession: 4 resources for correctional officer training

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  Jail administrators should provide consistent, topical correctional officer training, but you are also responsible for your own professional growth

• Lexipol launches Coronavirus Learning & Policy Center for public safety, local government

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  The Center provides free access to COVID-19-related courses, policies, articles and learning management tools

• 5 types of correctional breaching

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  Each type of tactical breaching has its pros and cons pertaining to their use in the correctional environment

• Mich. inmates learn coding through Google partnership

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  The year-long program teaches coding, accountability and teamwork to prepare inmates for the workforce

• 20 Maine State Prison inmates receive college degrees

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  A group of 20 inmates received degrees from the University of Maine at Augusta

• Sheriff's Dept. partners with state university to offer CO training

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  The emphasis of the program, and courses to be offered with it, will be on correction

• Former CO takes helm of Ky. college's criminal justice program

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  Former CO Beverly Sharp is taking on a new role at Ashland Community and Technical College as the criminal justice program coordinator

• Why local law enforcement is a cornerstone of homeland security

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  Building strong relationships with the community allows local police to develop sources of information that can be vital to preventing acts of terror

• What COs should know about the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program

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  This federal program provides death and educational benefits to individuals involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction

• 4 critical elements of professional growth and development in corrections

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  Preparing for the future is an ongoing process that begins the first day on the job

• Why a CO's ongoing education is a matter of job security

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  The more we know, the better informed (and thus defensible) our actions will be

• Educators, advocates push for better access to education in Wyo. prisons

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  The push is part of an initiative from an organization to make higher education more available in state facilities

• How a lifer helped 1.5K fellow inmates earn degrees

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  A 2013 Rand study found that every dollar invested in prison education programs saved nearly $5 on later incarceration costs

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