iPads and Community Corrections
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None of the probation or parole officers I know take a tablet device or laptop with them on a visit. They use a notepad or legal paper, then write the reports back in the office...
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Sexual Harassment in the Corrections Workplace
In today’s #MeToo world, it’s hard to believe that as recently as the 1960s, women were advised to quit their jobs if they couldn’t handle the “inevitable” sexual advances that came their way at work. According to Allison Genberg, LCSW, CCHP, and Joel Federbush, MD, with Corizon Health, the term “sexual harassment” was not even coined until 1975. Genberg is health services administrator and Federbush is mental health director with the Passaic County (NJ) Jail... read full story
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