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Hillsville, Va, Us

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Radford, Va

Teach courses in a number of areas related to criminal justice to include: crime & criminal behavior, introduction to criminal justice, criminal justice management and leadership, corrections, and gangs. Provide advising services to junior and senior criminal justice services. Coordinate externship opportunities to students and manage externship contracts with local criminal justice agencies. Provide career preparation services to criminal justice students.

Independence, Va

Designated to open high level security facility in a six month time frame. Designated to procure, hire and train staff, develop policies and procedures for new facility. Responsible for budgetary forecasting of expected expenditures for opening of facility. Ensures a safe and healthy environment through compliance with related policies, procedures, regulations and legal mandates at the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Jarratt

Serve as Unit Head for the Commonwealth's largest correctional facility. Ensures a safe and healthy environment through compliance with related policies, procedures, regulations and legal mandates at the Virginia Department of Correction's. Provide oversight of all facility operations to include Business Officer, Human Resources, Building and Grounds, Medical, Mental Health, Treatment and Security Personnel. Provide oversight of the Commonwealth's execution process. Maintain budgetary compliance with responsibility of approximately $76 million annually.

Jarratt, Va

Ensures a safe and healthy environment through compliance with related policies, procedures, regulations and legal mandates at the Virginia Department of Correction's largest facility. Provide oversight of security and operations to include over 600 security personnel and the state's largest Enterprise operation. Provide oversight of the Commonwealth's execution process.

Jarratt, Va

Provide oversight of security operations, including external perimeter security for the largest state correctional facility by evaluating technical/physical security practices to ensure a safe/secure environment for staff, offenders, and visitors.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Manage the planning, development, and operation of prison programs while ensuring services are appropriate to the facility's mission and treatment needs. Ensure programs operate according to departmental and ACA standards and resources are applied to provide maximum benefit for offenders and the Department. Communicate changes in practice and/or procedure for programming and operational procedures. Resolve complaints from facility, staff, offenders, and the public. Provide guidance to Wardens and Superintendents on program services. Monitor services through site visits and observation. Serve as adjunct trainer at ASD. Engage in public speaking events for various audiences.

Chatham, Va

Provide oversight to security and treatment operations for a housing unit at a newly built medium security facility. Perform daily inspections of unit to ensure adherence to security practices and policy. Ensure offenders are afforded access to quality programs and services. Provide feedback to administrative staff to ensure consistency in policy implementation. Address offender complaints and concerns with housing unit.

Victoria, Va

Coordinate casework management services to offenders within secure environment. Assess and monitor quality of programs and services available to offenders. Perform human resource management for work unit.

Master’S Degree, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology

Associate’S Degree, Business Management