1. EMERGING ISSUES & TRENDS ASCA NEW DIRECTOR’S TRAINING MARCH 31 – APRIL 3, 2011

2. EMERGING ISSUES  WHAT WERE THEY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS?  WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE CARRIED FORWARD?  CAN WE ANTICIPATE THEM?  CAN WE CONTROL THEM?

6. OTHER ISSUES  RISK /NEEDS ASSESSMENT  RADICALIZATION  GANGS  CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PERSONS  VIDEO VISITING  DUAL DISORDER

7. OTHER ISSUES  RE-ENRTY  HATE CRIMES  DWI CRIMES  UNION BUSTING (WISCONSEN EFFECT)  RELIGIOUS RIGHTS  GENDER SPECIFIC TREATMEN / WOMEN  RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES  ETHICS REFORM / IMPACT ON AGECNCY

8. LEVEL OF ISSUES  NATIONAL  RADICALIZATION  CELL PHONE  SECOND CHANCE / RE-ENTRY  STATE  BUDGET  LAYOFFS & WAGE FREEZES  LOCAL  CLOSURE  EXPANSION  NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

9. ORIGIN OF ISSUES  WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR CORRECTIONAL AND PAROLE PROGRAMS AGENDA?  WHAT IF HE/SHE DOES NOT HAVE ONE?  WHAT IS THE AGENDAS COMING OUT OF THE LEGIISLATURE?  SENATE AND ASSEMBLY MAY NOT BE ON THE SAME PAGE

10. EMERGING ISSUES / PERSONAL  WHAT IS UNIQUE IN MY STATE?  WHO CONTROLS THE LEGIISLATURE?  WHO ARE THE ADVOCATES AND WHAT DO THEY WANT?  WHO ARE THE CRITICS AND WHAT IS THEIR AGENDA?

11. HEADLINES DICTATE POLICY  Ex-Convicts in Texas Owe Millions for College Courses, Lawmakers Say - March 23, 2011  Some Texas lawmakers are suggesting that a program that provides a college education to prison inmates be eliminated, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Inmates who take vocational courses or who work on college degrees while they’re behind bars are expected to reimburse the state after they’re released. But, according to the newspaper, 16,088 ex-convicts still owe taxpayers a total of $9.5-million. The state has spent $26.9-million on the program over the past decade, the paper reports, and has been reimbursed only $4.7-million. “We don’t provide free college tuition for anyone else like this, so with the budget crisis we’re facing, why should we for convicted felons?” said Rep. Jerry Madden, a Republican who is chair of the House Corrections Committee. Supporters of providing higher education in prison say it helps convicts become productive and law-abiding citizens when they get out.Austin American-Statesman

13. REALITY BITES  WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL  IF YOU THINK YOU ARE, I HAVE A BRIDGE FOR SALE IN BROOKLYN  REALITY OFTEN DICTATES ISSUES  PLAY THE CARDS THAT ARE DEALT YOU

14. HOT OFF THE PRESS  FEDERAL IRS AND PRISONER TAX FRAUS  2008 – TAX FRAUD PROTECTION ACT  IRS & FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS  2010 – “ALLOWS” IRS TO SHARE PRISONER TAX INFORMATION  SENT US ALL MOU’S

15. New York Issues  2007 - Mental Health & Call Home Commission  2008 - Sex Offender Management Treatment Act  2009 – Closure & Post Release Supervision  2010 – Pregnant Offenders & Consolidation  2011 - Budget & Closure - DOCS - Parole Merger - Research and Use of Technology  2012 – Transgender Identity Disorder

20. TECHNOLOGY WILL SAVE US  DO WE JUST USE IT, OR DO WE FIRST PLAN ON WHAT WE NEED AND HOW TO USE IT?  WHO SETS THE GOALS?  HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCH USE?

22. GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER  WPATH  WORLD PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRANSGENDER HEALTH  STANDARDS OF CARE  NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE: TRANSGENDER HEALTH CARE IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS

23. POTENTIAL ISSUES  INFORMATION IS CRITICAL  DATA IS AVAILABLE MANY PLACES  CIVIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE  CORRECTIONAL LAW REPORTER  CORRECTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH REPORT  OFFENDER PROGRAMS REPORT

24. LEFT FIELD ISSUES  THE GOVERNOR AGREED TO WHAT?  THE COURT SAID WHAT?  WHO LET THE ADVOCATES IN?  BE CAREFUL FOR WHAT YOU ASK FOR  REMEMBER, YOU ACCEPTED THE JOB

25. LAST THOUGHTS  IF YOUR GUT IS TELLING YOU SOMETHING IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE, LISTEN  READ THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL PAPERS FOR CLUES WHERE THINGS ARE GOING  KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER