Workshop Schedule
AJA Conference & Jail Expo
May 20 – 24, 2023
Tentative Workshop Schedule
May 20 – 24, 2023
Tentative Workshop Schedule
Partnership Saturday—May 20--Make Your Plans now!
Only AJA brings together these industry leaders for an informative and educational day in their areas of expertise. Plan to arrive on Friday, May 19 for an 8 am start on Saturday!Saturday, May 20, 2023
Just Detention International Room 201
"I'm Gonna PREA You!" How to Identify, Address, and Neutralize the Weaponization of PREA
- Decoding an increase in sexual abuse reports
- Messaging and communicating with staff around reports, including allegations against staff
- The investigations piece of the puzzle
- Understanding trauma and the connection with reporting
- Handling disclosures of abuse – clarifying roles and responsibilities
- Consequences for intentional false reports
National Commission on Correctional Health Care Room 204
- Session 1: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Leadership: Reducing Adverse Medical Events in Your Jail
- Session 2: Setting the Standard: The Operational Benefits of NCCHC Accreditation in Your Jail
- Session 3: Jail Leadership Roundtable on HealthCare and Wellness
University of Nebraska at Omaha Room 203
- Program 1: The Cost of Compassion/Empathetic Strain, Trauma, and Moral Distress on All of Us
- Program 2: Mental Health and Resiliency Among Staff
- Program 3: Use of Force in Confined Environments
- Program 4: Emergency Management:
Correctional Management Institute of Texas Room 202
Developing Leadership Programs That Make a Difference
- Morning Session: Quotable Leadership: Lessons on Personal and Profession Development by Dr. Randy Garner
- Afternoon Session: Conducting Your Own Training Program Evaluation
- Implementing the Kirkpatrick Evaluative Process
- Using the Jail Core Competencies for Jail Leadership to develop your leadership development program
- Discuss the importance of continual evaluation of leadership training programs
Friday night rooms (with Wednesday departure) are available at the Hilton Omaha, the Omaha Marriott Downtown and the Courtyard by Marriott. Keep visiting aja.org for more details!
Sunday, May 21, 2023 8-9:30a
Common Conundrums: Exploring Trends and Traps surrounding Inmate Mental Health Care (A Q&A with a Therapist and a Lawyer)
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Room 201 |
How to Recruit Staff in Today's Environment: Our Journey | Room 203 |
“False” or Unfounded Investigative Findings: How Do You Know? | Room 205 |
Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders | Room 207 |
Making Cell Construction Work: A Case Study in Optimizing Corrections Construction | Room 211 |
Sunday, May 21, 2023 8-11:15a
NIC Co-Sponsored: Preparing for Change and Mitigating Risk: Implementation of Guidelines for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jail | Room 213 |
Sunday, May 21, 2023 9:45-11:15a
Know When to Hold’ em, Know When to Fold ‘em: Strategies for Putting the Right Team in Place to Lead your Agency in the 21st Century | Room 202 | |
Expanding Access to Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings | Room 204 | |
The WE Gear: How to Facilitate Good Teammates | Room 206 | |
Correctional Trainer Series: Step One—Establishing Performance Objectives | Room 210 | |
Generations: Working Better Together | Room 212 | |
Troubled Tribal Times | Room 214 |
Sunday, May 21, 2023 1:15-2:45p
Five Reasons Your Staff Wellness Program is Going to Fail and What You Can Do About It | Room 201 |
Therapeutic Inmate Management (TIM) Unit | Room 203 |
Jail and Justice Support Center (JJSC)/Roundtable | Room 205 |
ASPIRE: Access to Programs and Services to Inspire Reentry and Empowerment | Room 207 |
Addressing the Stigma Around Substance Use Disorders | Room 211 |
Survey of Jails in Indian Country: Latest Results and Survey Enhancement Initiative |
Room 213 |
Sunday, May 21, 2023 3-4:30p
Playing Offense with Medical/Legal Defense | Room 204 |
Increased Efficiency and Reduced Liability; Inmate Tracking Technology is Your Friend |
Room 206 |
How to Recruit Staff in Today's Environment: Our Journey | Room 210 |
Case Management Assessment and Considerations in Jails | Room 212 |
Sunday, May 21, 2023 3-5p
The Crossroads of Criminal Justice, Academia and Medicine: How Three Professions Intersect to Reduce Recidivism of Detention | Room 202 |
What You Need to Know About Jail Health Services for 2023-24 from Our Federal Partners | Room 214 |
Monday, May 22, 2023 2-3:30p
ACA Co-Sponsored: Assessing and Improving Staff Wellness Programs: Resources for Your Agency’s Most Important Assets | Room 201 |
Shifting Culture by Overcoming Obstacles and Creating Opportunities | Room 203 |
BJA-funded Contraband Cell Phone TTA Project | Room 205 |
Credible Investigations of Sentinel Events: Improving Staff and Inmate Safety--Gaining Public Trust | Room 207 |
The Importance of In-Custody Intelligence and Information Sharing | Room 211 |
Transformational Leadership | Room 213 |
Monday, May 22, 2023 3:45-5:15p
PREA Audit Madness: Bring the Chaos of PREA Audit Prep Down to Size | Room 202 |
Never Argue with People, They Will Beat You with Experience: The Art of Verbal Judo in Corrections | Room 204 |
NIC Co-Sponsored: Gender Responsive Strategies | Room 206 |
The Correctional Trainer Series: The Anatomy of a Lesson Plan | Room 210 |
Covid Mitigation | Room 212 |
Monday, May 22, 2023 3:45-5:30p
Glass Half Full: Understanding Trauma, Triggers, and Resiliency | Room 214 |
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 12:30-2p
NIC Co-Sponsored: Staff Wellness—Now and for the Future | Room 201 |
Creating and Enhancing Community Trust: Improving Accountability and Transparency | Room 203 |
A Sheriff's Guide to the Jail Design Process | Room 205 |
Discovery Cafe: How Non-Clinical Peer Recovery Groups Benefit Both Inmates and Staff | Room 207 |
“Knock It Off” Resolving Conflict-The Coach in Corrections | Room 211 |
Case Management Assessment and Considerations in Jails | Room 213 |
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 2:15-3:45p
Solving the Reentry Puzzle: Setting the Pieces for Success | Room 206 |
Build Staff Wellness through Volunteer Chaplains Roving the Agency--Dedicated Solely to Corrections Staff | Room 210 |
Injectable Buprenorphine (Sublocade ®) – A Game-Changer in Jails | Room 212 |
NIC Co-Sponsored: Strategic Inmate Management and Architecture | Room 214 |
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 2:15-4:15p
Five Concurrent Themes for Success by Gordon Graham | Room 214 |
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 2:15-5:15p
NIC Co-Sponsored: Legal Issues: Part 1 | Room 202 |
Hope is Not a Strategy - CYA with a CGA | Room 201 |
Development and Application of a Comprehensive Medication Assisted Treatment Model within a Correctional Framework | Room 203 |
“I’m Gonna PREA You!” - How to Identify, Address and Neutralize the Weaponization of PREA | Room 205 |
Empower Corrections Professionals to be a Part of the Well-Being Solution | Room 207 |
Changing the Culture in Corrections | Room 211 |
Small and Rural Jails and Indian Country Jails: How to Access Federal Resources | Room 213 |
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 8 – 11:15 am
NIC Co-Sponsored: Legal Issues: Part 2 | Room 202 |
Executive Leadership with Dr. Randy Garner | Room 204 |
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 8 – 9:30 am
What’s Happening in Your Jail? Latest Trends in Jail Populations and Special Topics on COVID-19, Maternal Health, and Opioid Use Disorder Screening and Treatment in Local Jails | Room 206 |
In-Custody Suicides: Beyond Case Closed | Room 210 |
NIC Co-Sponsored: Serving the Jail Community | Room 212 |
Mental Health First Aid | Room 214 |
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 9:45-11:15a
The Correctional Trainer Series: Learner Centered Instruction | Room 201 |
The Elephant in the Room, Wellness: How to Celebrate and Take Care of Our People
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Room 203 |
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Room 205 |
Controlling You Keeps YOU “Out of Jail” | Room 207 |
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