Voting Now Open For Board of Directors Election

This is your chance to vote for the executive officers and members of the Board of Directors who will lead the American Jail Association. Your ballot selections decide how AJA will continue to represent your vested interests. Please take a few minutes from your busy day to vote. See the ballot and vote online at https://vote.associationvoting.com/aja before 11:59 p.m. EST on February 6, 2020. Paper ballots -- which have been mailed to each AJA member -- must be completed and postmarked no later than February 6, 2020. Only one ballot per member will be counted.


What's Your Story?

Do you have a story to share? An experience that can help others? Then consider writing an article for American Jails magazine. Tell how you went from having a problem to finding a solution. Your experiences and expertise can greatly assist individual agencies in particular, and the field of local corrections in general. For more information about submitting an article or guest editorial, please review our submission guidelines, or send an e-mail to sandral@aja.org.

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Educate

Educate yourself with our regional training seminars, webinars, regional leadership academies, online learning and the Annual Conference & Jail Expo.

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Elevate

Elevate your career with an AJA Certification for Jail Officers (CJO), Jail Supervisors (CJS), Jail Managers (CJM), and Correctional Trainers (CCT).

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Exchange

Exchange and receive industry information with your peers through AJA's newsletter AJAlert, American Jails magazine, and online forum iConnect.

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Resources for Jail Leaders, Chaplains

Many senior- and mid-level jail administrators will reach retirement age within the next few years. Without adequate preparation, jails will struggle with a rapid loss of experienced leaders in the not-too-distant future. The challenge facing jails today is to discover new ways to retain and groom experienced employees for leading jails tomorrow and to recruit new employees with high qualifications as the jail leaders of the future. 

The resources on this site are dedicated to continued growth in professionalization and effectiveness of jail leadership both now and in the future.

Click here for the list of resources. 

 







There are more than 3,500 local jails and correctional institutions throughout the United States.
The American Jail Association offers a career resource center for any individual who is seeking
a position in the corrections field.  Successful candidates possess superior skills, integrity, and
knowledge. 

Are you looking for a career in corrections or looking to hire correction profesisonals?
                                   Check out our Career Center.
         Post a career, search for a career, look at "Why Corrections?" and more.

 

 

 

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