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"A
View from the Trenches": A
Manual for Wardens by Wardens
First Edition
Sharon Johnson Rion, Editor
The First 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
1st
edition: (1999, 198 pages 1-56991-114-2)
#407-F2
$27.50 - no discount
Call 1800-222-5646 ext. 1860 for more information
or to place an order
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"A View from the Trenches": A Manual for Wardens by Wardens
Sharon Johnson Rion
First Edition Editor |
Pam Withrow
Second Edition Editor |
NOTE: These guidelines are also available to be downloaded and printed. Click here.
Why are we looking to update the original edition?
- The First Edition was well received
- It has been incorporated in agency training throughout the United States
- It is required reading for a number of agencies
- It is due for an update
- The NAAWS & ACA partnership has benefited both groups
AS WE GROW AND OUR MEMBERSHIP & COLLECTIVE WISDOM CONTINUES TO INCREASE, SO DOES OUR RESPONSIBIILTY TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TO THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS.
BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST EDITION AND PROVIDING A MORE EXPANSIVE SECOND EDITION WILL CONTINUE OUR TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP.
GUIDELINES FOR SECOND EDITION MONOGRAPHS
- The author must be or have been a warden/superintendent/facility administrator of an adult or juvenile facility at the local, state or federal level.
- It is acceptable for a warden to co-author a monograph with an individual who is not a warden if that person has expertise in the subject matter that enhances or is critical to the writing.
- The length of the monograph should not exceed four typed pages.
- The focus of the monograph is to share with new wardens your succinct message concerning the particular subject about which you are writing.
- All monographs will be edited for format, clarity and grammar, not for content.
- All submissions need to be via email, if possible. If email is not an option, submissions should be mailed to Art Leonardo. All hard copy submission need to be typed, not hand written.
- If you are submitting a monograph for the second edition, but did not write one for the first edition, also submit a one paragraph biographical summary.
- All writers are limited to two monographs for inclusion in the second edition.
- Monographs addressing subjects already covered in the first edition will only be considered if they provide additional information or a different perspective.
IN ORDER FOR THE SECOND EDITION TO IMPROVE ON THE FIRST EDITION, WE MUST GO BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE INITIAL MANUAL. THERE ARE MANY MORE SUBJECTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
Sections To Be Included:
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Management (return
to the top) |
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- 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
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- Managing a Mission Change
- Quality
Assurance
- Warden
as CEO
- Implementiung
Adverse Policy and/or Legislation
- Labor/Management
- Succession Planning
- Leadership
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External
Environment (return
to the top) |
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- Political
Realities
- Public
Education
- Community
Relations
- External Influences on Corrections
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- Partnerships
With Other Agencies, Interest Groups, Community Organizations
and Public Officials
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Internal
Environment (return
to the top) |
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- 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
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- 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
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Staff
Training and Development (return
to the top) |
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- Developing
Staff Stability
- 21st CenturyWorkforce Issues
- Professional Organizations as Resource
- Sexual
Harassment
- Sexual
Misconduct
- Legal Liabilities
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- Staff Diversity
- Staff Equality
- Organizational Career Paths
- Combating Complacency
- Mentoring
- Staff Discipline
- Developing Line Supervisors
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Planning
for Emergencies (return
to the top) |
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- Emergency
Preparedness
- Needs & Goals of Outside Agencies
- Mutual
Aid Agreements/Plans
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- Rapid Response Strategies
- Proactive, Not Reactive Models
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Practical
Advice (return
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- Wellness
- Networking
- Stress
Management
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- Balancing Work & Family
- Survival
Skills
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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”?
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A MONOGRAPH THAT HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED, GO FOR IT!!!
FEEL FREE TO CALL ART OR PAM TO DISCUSS ANY IDEAS FOR MONOGRAPHS.
Art & Pam’s Contact Information:
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