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The CJPA was founded in the belief that humane and decent conditions of
confinement are essential to and compatible with the management of safe and
secure jail facilities. Jail programs are an integral part of humane conditions
and serve to reduce tensions in the jails and relieve stress among custodial
staff and prisoners; and, they provide constructive options to those prisoners
who choose them, and, thereby minimize the negative impact imposed on the
community by the otherwise inadequately prepared and recently released
ex-offender.
Our objectives:
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To promote a professional and
social structure for its members and to provide
resources for exchange of information and ideas
as they relate to inmate programs and services.
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To collect information to publish
and maintain current, a directory of jail
programs throughout the state.
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To provide a regular newsletter.
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To
educate legislators, press and the public that
jail programs are essential to good management.
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To work with any other
Association that will benefit and further the
goals of this Association.
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To monitor Minimum Jail Standards
to ensure they encompass the program needs of
the jails, the community, and the inmates.
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To provide “in-service” training
to custodial and program personnel through
workshops, conferences and seminars
Read the
CJPA Constitution.
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