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Jan 2810 min read
Working Dialogue, Managing Gate Pass Cards - Troy 'Eddie' Adams
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) operates the Appalachian Community Corrections Alternative Program (ACCAP). ACCAP is...
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Jan 289 min read
Working Dialogue to Enhance Security Procedures to Prevent Contraband - Crystal Butler
The number one goal for the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is longterm public safety. As in any other prison system, the...
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Jan 288 min read
What’s Your Color? Restarting a Random Drug Screening Program - Tecora Davis and John Fedor, Jr.
In March 2020, the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia declared a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. Newly...
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Jan 289 min read
Vaccinated: To Be or Not to Be… - Whitney Barton and Carrie West-Bailey
n early 2021, after having dealt with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic for over 10 months, the Virginia Department of Corrections...
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Jan 289 min read
Using SWOT and Working Dialogue to Improve and Strengthen Our Work Unit – Alfreda Shinns, Jillian Mackling and Caitlin Sweeney
Alexandria Probation and Parole consists of 15 employees: eight Probation Officers, two Senior Probation Officers, one Chief, one Deputy...
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Jan 2729 min read
Threshold Dialogue to Change a System - Jane Ball
How do I live a better life and how do I do a better job? Threshold Dialogue brought together people involved in the criminal justice...
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Jan 271 min read
The Offender Journey report to the MOJ - by Jane Ball and Peter Garrett
At the request of the Ministry of Justice, Dialogue was used to consult with prisoners about Transforming Rehabilitation. Dialogic...
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Jan 2732 min read
The Legacy and Potential of Dialogue in the Criminal Justice System - Mark Seneschall
I am writing this article as a Trustee of Prison Dialogue, a UK-based not-for-profit charity which seeks to promote the use of Dialogue...
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Jan 271 min read
Staff Development and Practice Models: When We Get Better Out Clients Get Better – by Thomas O’Connor, Bradford Bogue, Samantha Collins and Sorcha O’Connor
This article describes how a team of juvenile probation officers in Yamhill, Oregon changed its culture and co-created a practice model....
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Jan 277 min read
Research Peer Review as Part of the VADOC Healing Environment – Shakita Bland, Tama Celi and Warren McGehee
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is responsible for the care, security and well-being of over 30,000 inmates, 60,000...
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Jan 271 min read
Reports on the third, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth terms of weekly Prison Dialogue Groups in maximum and high security prison HMP Whitemoor for C & D Wings prisoners
Facilitated by Peter Garrett, May 1994 to August 1996 These were the first ever Prison Dialogues and the result of a collaboration...
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Jan 271 min read
Reports from the Dialogue Group in high-security prison HMP Long Lartin (begun 10 March 1995 by Peter Garrett)
The reports were shared with participants, edited from their feedback and then circulated around the prison to staff and prisoners....
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Jan 271 min read
Report on the second term of weekly Prison Dialogue Groups in maximum and high security prison HMP Whitemoor for C & D Wings prisoners facilitated by Peter Garrett, January to April 1994
These were the first ever Prison Dialogues and the result of a collaboration between Dave Parsons and Peter Garrett. Download the HMP...
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Jan 271 min read
Report on the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth terms of weekly Prison Dialogue Groups in maximum and high security prison HMP Whitemoor for A & B Wings prisoners (sex offenders)
Facilitated by Peter Garrett, September 1994 to August 1996 This was the second ever Prison Dialogue Group, initiated by Peter Garrett....
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