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  "A View from the Trenches": A Manual for Wardens by Wardens
Second Edition

Pam Withrow, Editor

The Second Edition is a great resource for all Administrators of facilities of all levels.

Articles Included:

The job of Warden - Ethics - Management is Not Leadership - Technology: Staying Current - Fiscal Competency and Responsibility - Implementing Adverse Legislation - Expanding a current Facility - Partnerships - Executing the Death Penalty - Promoting a Positive and Healthy Work Environment - Sexual Misconduct of Staff - Developing Executive Staff - Warden vs. Dorectpr - Breaking the Code of Silence - Employee/Inmate Relations - Future Challenges for Prison Management - The Public Life of a Warden - Public Speaking - Working With the Legislative Process - Staff Equality - Communication - Discipline - Custody vs. Treatment - Terminally Ill Inmates - Staff Training - Planning for Emergencies - Seeing the Big Picture: Managing For Results

2nd edition: (2007, 390 pages, 978-1-56991-261-1)

#284-F1 (Complete) $54.95 - no discount

#285-F1 (Supplement) $27.50 - no discount

Call 1800-222-5646 ext. 0129 for more information or to place an order.




"A View from the Trenches": A Manual for Wardens by Wardens

Sharon Johnson Rion
First Edition Editor
Pam Withrow
Second Edition Editor

"The second edition of the View From the Trenches  adds sections on Leadership (to highlight one of the important roles of a warden) and Reflections (to offer insights gained while "in the trenches").  Also, more sections of the country are represented as are aspects of the warden's role (a jail administrator's perspective and thoughts about working with female offenders, for instance).  The number of articles doubled without diminishing the standard set by the first edition.  This manual belongs in the library of every warden, in the hands of those who aspire to that role, and in college and university libraries across this nation."  –Pam Withrow, editor

Sections Included:

  Management (return to the top)  
 
  • Innovation Is Not An Ugly Word
  • Technology: Staying Ahead of the Curve
  • Ethics, Values and Vision
  • Strategic Planning
  • Understanding the Big Picture
  • Managing a Changing Environment
  • Managing a Mission Change
  • Quality Assurance
  • Warden as CEO
  • Implementiung Adverse Policy and/or Legislation
  • Labor/Management
  • Succession Planning
  • Leadership
  External Environment (return to the top)
 
  • Political Realities
  • Public Education
  • Community Relations
  • External Influences on Corrections
  • Partnerships With Other Agencies, Interest Groups, Community Organizations and Public Officials
  Internal Environment (return to the top)
 
  • Staff Morale and Motivation
  • Staff Retention Strategies
  • Staff/Inmate Relations
  • Managing Contract Services
  • Internal Investigations
  • Security Threat Groups
  • Developing and Maintaining A Positive Culture
  • Challenges of Special Mission Facilities
  • Matching Technology with Resources and Need
  • Special Management Populations
  • Importance of the Physical Plant
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Security Is Everyone's Business & Priority
  • Meaningful Inmate Program and Work Assignments
  Staff Training and Development (return to the top)
 
  • Developing Staff Stability
  • 21st CenturyWorkforce Issues
  • Professional Organizations as Resource
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sexual Misconduct
  • Legal Liabilities
  • Staff Diversity
  • Staff Equality
  • Organizational Career Paths
  • Combating Complacency
  • Mentoring
  • Staff Discipline
  • Developing Line Supervisors
  Planning for Emergencies (return to the top)
 
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Needs & Goals of Outside Agencies
  • Mutual Aid Agreements/Plans
  • Rapid Response Strategies
  • Proactive, Not Reactive Models
  Practical Advice (return to the top)
 
  • Wellness
  • Networking
  • Stress Management
  • Balancing Work & Family
  • Survival Skills

IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW…

  • What do you wish an experienced warden had shared with you when you got the job?
  • What do you wish your newest colleagues knew already or understood about being a warden?
  • What would you like to teach at “Wardens’ School”?

ALL THIS, AND MORE... Order yours TODAY!

Art & Pam’s Contact Information:

ART LEONARDO
519-785-6801
Elart26@aol.com
PAM WITHROW
616-527-3439
pamwithrow@mwconnections.com

 
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