Housing, Classification and Special Populations
When: June 24 - 26, 2025
Time: 8 am until 5 pm
Host: Cape Fear Community College / North Campus
Instructor: Mandy Lambert
Housing, Classification and Special Populations
This highly interactive program is designed to strengthen your classification staff’s knowledge, critical thinking skills, and decision-making abilities. Proper classification leads to more effective population management. By better managing our population, we can lessen risk for both staff and inmates. In turn, liability is reduced. Group work and networking allow attendees to learn from the instructors and their colleagues in jails across the country. Bring your challenges, your questions, and your skills for a solution-oriented experience.
Among the topics covered:
- Assessing risk and need
- Case law
- Administrative segregation
- Proper use of premium real estate
- Special populations
- ADA considerations
- Proxies
- Team reviews
- Correct labeling
- Assessment instruments
- Case management
- Communication layers
- Proper interviewing techniques
- Data and recidivism
- Overrides
- Case management
- Housing plans
- Evidence-based programs
- Action planning
Instructor:
Major Mandy Lambert, CJM, has nearly 40 years of corrections experience and is currently serving as the Jail Administrator with the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office in Culpeper, Virginia. Mandy retired as Major in January 2022 from the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center in Manassas, Virginia after serving 37 years. She was the Director of Support Services and the Co-Coordinator for Evidence Based Decision Making Stakeholders Committee, studying the Criminal Justice System and facilitating and guiding system wide collaboration. Mandy is a national expert in Objective Jail Classification and has provided expert legal opinions for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Ohio. She provides technical assistance and training on behalf of the National Institute of Corrections, American Jail Association and independently. Mandy provides Leadership, Operations, Objective Jail Classification, Inmate Housing and Behavior Management to Jails across the Country and the US Territories. She has assisted small, medium, and large facilities with meeting and exceeding standards of compliance with local, state, and federal standards. Mandy has been successful in the implementation of mental health diversion, Crisis Intervention in Jails, introduction of Peer Navigators, early identification and intervention of Opioid users, Naloxone administration and implemented Medication Assisted Treatment in her facility. She served on the Virginia State Standards Committee for Building and Design for new or expansion of jail facilities and Mental and Behavioral Health Standards for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has managed large scale design and build of jail expansions. Mandy is a Past President of the American Jail Association and is a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and is a lifetime member of the American Jail Association. Mandy is a Certified Jail Manager and has served as a PREA Coordinator.
