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Representative of Putnam County Sheriff's Office Attends NY State Sheriffs' Association's Training Conference for Jail Administrators
 | | Robert LeFever, middle, of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, receives a certificate of participation for the 2007 New York State Sheriffs' Associations' Jail Administrators' Training Conference from Sheriff Ronald Cary, Madison County (left) and Sheriff Daniel Middaugh, (right), of Oneida County. |
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The New York State Sheriffs' Association and the New York State Sheriffs' Association Institute recently conducted the 21st Training Conference for jail administrators all across New York State. Seventy-seven jail administrators from 40 counties attended the training session, held in Albany.
The Sheriffs' Association and the Institute offer this annual training conference to help jail administrators learn about advances in correctional practices and discuss issues of mutual concern. Representatives of several State agencies, such as the New York State Commission of Correction, the Division of Criminal Justice Services, the State Department of Corrections, the Division of Parole, and the Sex Offender Management Office, shared their perspectives on new laws and practices with the jail administrators. The participants also had presentations on a telemedicine project that will reduce transportation needed for medical visits, and allow inmates quicker access to doctors; health concerns related to disaster responses; the Sheriffs' VINE program, which allows victims to obtain real-time information about the incarcerated status of offenders; mental health services for county jail inmates; how jails can prepare for a pandemic flu; responding to a crisis requiring a jail evacuation; and a program offered by the Center for Hope to help find missing persons and to obtain leads about unsolved homicide cases.
The training conference is the best way for jail administrators to exchange ideas and discuss correctional practices, and the Sheriffs of New York State remain committed to provide this training to those who work so hard to keep communities safe and secure.
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