Links & Resources
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC)
The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, through the Bureau of Adult Detention, promotes safe, secure and efficient local jail systems by assisting local officials in their efforts to comply with "Minimum Standards for Jails in Ohio." This is accomplished by the provision of technical assistance, compliance monitoring and appropriate support to correct physical barriers to achieving stands compliance. http://www.drc.state.oh.us/
The Ohio Community Corrections Association (OCCA)
Ohio Community Corrections Association (formerly known as the Ohio Halfway House Association (OHHA), was incorporated in 1973 to represent community corrections facilities throughout the state of Ohio, the needs of the courts, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the offenders, and their communities. OCCA membership includes twenty-five member agencies that operate halfway houses and four Community Based Corrections Facilities (CBCF).
http://www.occaonline.org/
The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS)
The mission of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services is to "...promote, assist in developing, and coordinate or conduct programs of education and research for the prevention of alcohol and drug addiction and for the treatment, including intervention, of alcoholics and persons who abuse drugs. Programs established by the Department shall include abstinence-based prevention and treatment programs." http://www.odadas.state.oh.u/
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP)
The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of the 11 Federal prisons in operation at that time. Today, the Bureau consists of 98 institutions, 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), 3 staff training centers, and 28 community corrections offices. The regional offices and the Central Office provide administrative oversight and support to the institutions and community corrections offices. Community corrections offices oversee community corrections centers and home confinement programs. http://www.bop.gov/
The International Association of Residential and Community Alternatives (ICCA)
Founded in 1964, the ICCA represents more than 250 private agencies operating over 1,500 residential and community alternative programs throughout the world. There are an additional 1,000 individual members. http://www.iccaweb.org
The National Institude of Corrections (NIC)
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency within the U.S. department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Institute is headed by a Director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. A 16-members Advisory Board, also appointed by the Attorney General, was established by the enabling legislation (Public Law 93-415) to provide policy direction to the Institute.
NIC provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to Federal, State and local corrections agencies. Through cooperative agreements, NIC awards funds to support its program initiatives.
NIC also provides leadership to influence correctional policies, practices, and operations nationwide in areas of emerging interest and conern to correctional executes and practitioners as well as public policymakers. http://www.nicic.org/