Conference Agenda is HERE!!

9 Intensive Sessions5 TracksKeynote Speakers

 

 

Workshop Evaluation
 

 

Christopher B. Epps, Commissioner

Mississippi Dept. of Corrections

http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/christopher_b.html

Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund

The Sea is so Wide and my Boat is so Small  

Marian Wright Edelman biography [PDF Format]

www.childrendefense.org

 

Center For Gender and Justice

Dr. Stephanie Covington

Rethinking Evidence-Based Practices for Women and Girls (Sunday afternoon intensive session)

Services for Women and Girls:  Are We Giving Them Our Best? (Tuesday Morning plenary session)

 

www.centerforgenderandjustice.org

AJFO Handout Suggested Reading

Rethinking Evidence-based Practice for Women and Girls

Plenary Dr.Covington Services for Woman and Girls

 

 

Barbara Bloom  Ph.D.Professor

Interrupted Life:  Incarcerated Mothers in the United States

 

Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice for Women and Girls (Sunday afternoon intensive session)

https://www.sonoma.edu/ccjs/il_rev/ilrevised.html

www.sonoma.edu

 

Barbara Bloom

Mary V Leftridge Byrd
Joann Brown Morton

Power Of One Award Recipient

13th National AJFO Conference

 

 

Wes Johnson

After the Bungy Jump, There’s a Whole Lot of Jerking going On               

Doris Mangrum, Author

www.dorissaid.com

www.letssaidiana.com

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Technical Assistance Sponsor

Marian Daniel

www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov

 

 

 

Transitional Living Centers, Inc. 

Gregory V. Smith, Executive Director

www.tlcwilliamsport.org 

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi Department of Human Services
Office of Communications
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202

Public Information    1-800-345-6347

 

 Office of Justice Programs (OJP)

 http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov

 1-800-851-3420

 

Girls’ Advocacy in South Carolina and the Three R’s:

Renewal, Reconstruction, and Redemption

Susan Alford, Director of The Girls Center at Clemson University

Jerry Adger, Deputy Director for Rehabilitative Services, SC Dept. of Juvenile Justice

Velvet McGowan, Facility Administrator, SC Dept. of Juvenile Justice

www.thegirlscenter.com

 

 

 

Girls Circle Association

Giovanna Taormina, Executive Director

Kitty Tyrol, Senior Training Manager

Girls Circle Facilitator Training

2- Full Day Workshops : Saturday & Sunday Intensive Session

 

Register through Girls Circle Association at:  http://girlscircle.com/TrainingList.aspx

 

www.girlscircle.com

Girls Circle Facilitator training Flyer

 

   

The Sentencing Project

www.sentencingproject.org

 

Justice Center

The Council of State Governments

www.reentrypolicy.org

National Association of Women Judges

http://www.nawj.org/

NAWJ Logo

Dr. Lawanda Ravoira

Director

NCCD Center for Girls and Young Women

lravoira@justiceforallgirls.org

 

The Why Try Organization

www.whytry.org  

 

Carissa Phelps, J.D.

 

Christian Moore, Founder

Kristenp@whytry.org

 

 

 

 

Former Inmate Receives Certificate from KCC

Eileen M. Russo

Director of Trauma Services

www.womensconsortium.org/

 

            

http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/justiceresearch

 

 

 Alyssa Benedict, MPH    Erica King, MSW

 

Jeanna Gomez, LCSW,LADAC,CPC

A look at nurseries

http://ourchildrensplace.com/

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma Dept. Of Corrections

Division of Female Offender Operations

Deborah K. Boxer

Laura J. Pitman Ph.D.

Dr. Melanie Spector, LPC, LADC

www.doc.state.ok.us/field/female/index.html                                            

 

 

 

Daylight Ministries Home, PO Box 325
Tougaloo MS  39174

www.daylightministrieshome.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm E. McMillin

www.co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/sheriff/sheriff.html

 

 

 

www.reawakeningforwomen.org

 

Community Based Gender Responsive Reentry – Emerging Ideas: Beyond Best Practices – Cultivating Resilience

Lorraine Robinson

Executive Director

Ka Hale Ho`ala Hou

 No Na Wahine

524 Kaaahi Street

Honolulu, HI  96817

808-748-4309

 

 

 

 

 

Gwyn Smith-Ingley
Executive Director
American Jail Association

web: www.aja.org <http://www.aja.org/>
Supporting Individuals Working in Our Nation's Jails 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Su Cunningham | HEERY

Vice President | 512-248-1245 direct | 972-670-5658 mobile

http://www.heery.com/Default.aspx


 

Shelly Aaron
Development Representative, Metro Jackson
American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division
1380 Livingston Lane
Jackson, MS 39213

Phone:  (601) 321-5511
Fax: (601) 362-8876
Cell:  (334) 301-3882
 

http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/jackson

Trauma Trainining Initiative

Michelle Donaher [Michelle.Donaher@state.ma.us]

 

 

A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives

Chandra Villanueva, Policy Associate

Women’s Prison Association, New York, NY

Melissa Radcliff, Executive Director

Our Children’s Place, Chapel Hill, NC

Brenda Lovelady Spahn

Lovelady Center, Birmingham, AL

 

 

 

 

Mississippi Association of Professionals in Corrections

http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/mapc

 

 

  

MHM Services Inc.

http://www.mhm-services.com/news

 

 

Wexford Health Sources Incorporated

www.Wexfordhealth.com

 

 

Buried Treasures Home, Inc.

“A home where healing women help hurting women heal.”

www.buriedtreasureshome.com

 

 
 

Probation and Community Corrections

Wichita State University

Delores E. Craig-Moreland

Delores.craig@wichita.edu

 

Technical Assistance Sponsor

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov

 

Technical Assistance Sponsor

National Institute of Corrections

http://www.nicic.org

 

Drawn to the Flame:  Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Firesetting Behavior

FirePsych, Inc.

Rob Stadolnik, ED.D. / President

www.firepsych.com

 

Project Focus Hawaii, Inc.

http://www.projectfocushawaii.com

 

MTC Institute

Women Professionals in Corrections: a Growing Asset

http://www.mtctrains.com/institute/publications/WomenProfessionalsInCorrections-Aug08.pdf

 

Dr. Emil Dameff, MD

Executive Medical Director for Wexford Health Sources

Sponsored by:

GlaxoSmithKline

http://www.gsk.com

 

 

HIV/AIDS and Correctional Systems: A Range of Possibilities

Let’s Do a Study: Conducting Safe and Ethical Research in Correctional Settings

Yes They Can:  Smoking Cessation for Incarcerated Women

Dr. Gloria Eldridge, Ph.D.   University of Alaska Anchorage

Dr. Karen Cropsey, Psy.D  University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Association of Programs for Female Offenders

Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau