Post by WEEKLY VIEWS on Nov 14, 2009 6:49:59 GMT -5
Military veterans were recognized on Veteran’s Day at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Each bracket gathered their veterans for a group picture. Marine Corp Veterans and family members of service members/veterans gathered to celebrate the Marine Corp birthday with a cake.
Rockville Correctional Facility held Kairos #11 with 41 offenders completing the program. The program was facilitated by a team of 47 Kairos volunteers. 82 members of the outside community attended the closing ceremonies.
New Castle held a staff recall with Nancy Reasoner and Janalea Bevans named Officer and Employee of the Month.
Logansport Juvenile recently honored its volunteers by providing a celebratory dinner for approximately 28 volunteers.
Madison Correctional Facility’s Toastmasters “Correctly Speaking” Chapter sponsored an ice cream social for Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility.
At Henryville last weekend, Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based initiative that challenges participants to overcome addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors, held a holiday dinner and concert for the offender population.
Indiana State Prison's Eastern Orthodox community welcomed Metropolitan Joseph of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Tomorrow, PREF will hold a concert performed by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir as part of a grant provided by the Nina Mason Charitable Trust. Residents who have been building relationships with their children will enjoy the concert as the culmination of this special program.
Logansport Juvenile’s CLIFF unit presented its Students Talking About Recovery program to 150 Lincoln M.S. students.
Rina Mahoney and Terence Wilton, actors of the “Actors From London Stage” Production Company, performed King Lear for forty offenders enrolled in two of ISU’s classes at Putnamville Correctional facility. The production company, made up of five actors, was performing at DePauw University for the week and volunteered to perform for the offenders. The offenders not only watched a performance, but acted the parts of King Lear, his three daughters, and other support roles.
The profits from Westville Correctional Facility’s offender food sales provided monetary donations to three local Salvation Army posts. The facility donated a total of $2,400 in time for the holiday season.
Logansport Juvenile Correctional Facility completed its Emergency Preparedness scenario, and Staff Development and Emergency Operations evaluated.
A film crew from Leopard Films USA visited Pendleton Correctional Facility to conduct additional video taped interviews in conjunction with the documentary being prepared that will feature the facility’s Vocational Auto Body Program.
Rockville Correctional Facility staff and offenders collected 50,000 can tabs and donated them to the Parke County Girl Scouts.
Indiana State Prison held a graduation for offenders completing the Inside/Outside Dad program. The Inside/Out Dad program helps incarcerated fathers learn how to be a more involved, responsible and committed father.
Supervising Judge Dave Certo of the Marion County Probation Department and Robert Bingham, Marion County Chief Probation Officer, toured PREF this week for a look at Indiana’s re-entry efforts.
17 students and a professor from the Criminal Justice Department at Manchester College toured CIF.
Nine students from Logansport Juvenile completed their Fiber-Optic class and are now certified installers of Fiber-Optics through C-Tech. Fiber-Optic class is an entry level class that runs for six weeks and is offered to GED graduates and or High School graduates. By the end of the six weeks students will learn the basic applications for constructing Fiber Optic cables for TV, computers, telephones and other networking.
Madison Correctional Facility staff and offenders raised money to save three animals at the Jefferson County Animal Shelter. The monies raised will assist with the adoption fee and spay/neuter making the adoption less expensive.
Recently, Henryville staff and offenders attended the Clark County Drug Court and addressed addiction/recovery issues.
Indiana State Prison recently held its sixth Kairos weekend. 34 offenders participated in the program.
Custody and non-custody staff at Pendleton Correctional Facility are working together to prepare sack meals for the offender population in connection with the lockdown currently in place at that facility.
Rockville Correctional Facility held Kairos #11 with 41 offenders completing the program. The program was facilitated by a team of 47 Kairos volunteers. 82 members of the outside community attended the closing ceremonies.
New Castle held a staff recall with Nancy Reasoner and Janalea Bevans named Officer and Employee of the Month.
Logansport Juvenile recently honored its volunteers by providing a celebratory dinner for approximately 28 volunteers.
Madison Correctional Facility’s Toastmasters “Correctly Speaking” Chapter sponsored an ice cream social for Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility.
At Henryville last weekend, Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based initiative that challenges participants to overcome addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors, held a holiday dinner and concert for the offender population.
Indiana State Prison's Eastern Orthodox community welcomed Metropolitan Joseph of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
Tomorrow, PREF will hold a concert performed by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir as part of a grant provided by the Nina Mason Charitable Trust. Residents who have been building relationships with their children will enjoy the concert as the culmination of this special program.
Logansport Juvenile’s CLIFF unit presented its Students Talking About Recovery program to 150 Lincoln M.S. students.
Rina Mahoney and Terence Wilton, actors of the “Actors From London Stage” Production Company, performed King Lear for forty offenders enrolled in two of ISU’s classes at Putnamville Correctional facility. The production company, made up of five actors, was performing at DePauw University for the week and volunteered to perform for the offenders. The offenders not only watched a performance, but acted the parts of King Lear, his three daughters, and other support roles.
The profits from Westville Correctional Facility’s offender food sales provided monetary donations to three local Salvation Army posts. The facility donated a total of $2,400 in time for the holiday season.
Logansport Juvenile Correctional Facility completed its Emergency Preparedness scenario, and Staff Development and Emergency Operations evaluated.
A film crew from Leopard Films USA visited Pendleton Correctional Facility to conduct additional video taped interviews in conjunction with the documentary being prepared that will feature the facility’s Vocational Auto Body Program.
Rockville Correctional Facility staff and offenders collected 50,000 can tabs and donated them to the Parke County Girl Scouts.
Indiana State Prison held a graduation for offenders completing the Inside/Outside Dad program. The Inside/Out Dad program helps incarcerated fathers learn how to be a more involved, responsible and committed father.
Supervising Judge Dave Certo of the Marion County Probation Department and Robert Bingham, Marion County Chief Probation Officer, toured PREF this week for a look at Indiana’s re-entry efforts.
17 students and a professor from the Criminal Justice Department at Manchester College toured CIF.
Nine students from Logansport Juvenile completed their Fiber-Optic class and are now certified installers of Fiber-Optics through C-Tech. Fiber-Optic class is an entry level class that runs for six weeks and is offered to GED graduates and or High School graduates. By the end of the six weeks students will learn the basic applications for constructing Fiber Optic cables for TV, computers, telephones and other networking.
Madison Correctional Facility staff and offenders raised money to save three animals at the Jefferson County Animal Shelter. The monies raised will assist with the adoption fee and spay/neuter making the adoption less expensive.
Recently, Henryville staff and offenders attended the Clark County Drug Court and addressed addiction/recovery issues.
Indiana State Prison recently held its sixth Kairos weekend. 34 offenders participated in the program.
Custody and non-custody staff at Pendleton Correctional Facility are working together to prepare sack meals for the offender population in connection with the lockdown currently in place at that facility.