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| November 2004 Offenders Coming Home: The Re-Integration Process”: Lecture to Be Presented by Corrections Expert The Adams County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, the Inter-Church Network for Social Concerns, the Human Relations Council, and the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice are co-sponsoring an informative and fascinating program on re‑entry of inmates into the community. The event will take place on Thursday, November 18th, at 7:30 p.m., at the Gettysburg United Methodist Church, 30 West High St.. The speaker will be Calvin Lightfoot, who has over 40 years experience in prison work. Calvin Lightfoot began his career in 1963 as a Correctional Officer at the Baltimore City Jail and was appointed Warden of that same jail in 1979. In 1981, he was appointed Executive Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Department of Corrections. He then went on to serve as Deputy Secretary and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services between 1983 and 1987. He became Director of Corrections in Montgomery County, Maryland, between 1987 and 1992. During this same period, he served as Secretary, and third and second Vice President for the American Jail Association. He served again as an AJA board member from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Lightfoot was appointed Warden of the Allegheny County Bureau of Corrections in Pittsburgh between 1996 and 2004. He is currently President of C. Lightfoot Enterprises, Inc., a corrections consulting company. According to Lightfoot, the re‑integration system is comprehensive and must exist in prisons as well as in the community following the release of inmates. Necessary programs include education (both academic and vocational), job training, drug and alcohol treatment and education, family reunification, life skills training, parenting skills classes, and anger management. Successful offender re-integration programs will result in improved public safety, strengthened families, decrease in prison population, and reduction in crime and recidivism. Public safety is an issue that affects all of us. With programming and comprehensive education for inmates, we can prevent the return of prisoners to a former lifestyle and increase their chances of leading productive lives. How can we, as a community, help in the re‑integration process, specifically for inmates released from the Adams County Prison? Come out on November 18th and hear Calvin Lightfoot tell us how to build a collaborative task force right here in Gettysburg.back to top | return to contents
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