Criminal justice, corrections and public safety

State Corrections System Reforms:
Georgia Department of Corrections

Public Works assisted the Georgia Department of Corrections in the development of a number of policies and programs to improve the state correction system. Projects undertaken included:

• Development of extensive action steps for meeting a nursing shortage in state corrections facilities without spending increases.
  
  
• An analysis for the state legislature and the Department of the legal, ethical, medical, and public policy considerations supporting various levels of health care services for the state's inmates, including the production of a "standards of care" guide for the medical treatment of state prisoners.
  

Crisis Response in Schools: California Attorney General's Office

When faced with a major critical incident, school principals have to react quickly. At the request of the California Attorney General's Office and the California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Public Works created a tool that would give school principals all the facts they would need to gain immediate control of a crisis. After interviewing police and school principals who dealt with major school shootings, Public Works developed a Crisis Response Box, which includes resources and protocols to guide principals through critical incidents. This tool has been proved so useful that other states like Mississippi, North Carolina, and Washington are now using it too.

Youth Offender Programs that Work: An Analysis of Effective National Models

Public Works helped stage a two-day conference on programs across the country that have proven effective in addressing the behavior and problems of youth offenders. One outcome of the conference was a report that identifies how programs have achieved success, and how such efforts might be replicated nationwide. The analysis also provides a blueprint for a new way to approach social issues generally.

County Anti-Violence Programs: California Attorney General's Office

Public Works designed technical assistance programs for county anti-violence efforts on behalf of the California Attorney General.

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