ACA Welcomes New Dual Chapter and Two Affiliates.The American Correctional Association The American Correctional Association is an association of providers of services to prisons in the United States. It holds an annual trade show where products used in prisons are shown to prospective purchasers. It was formerly known as the American Prison Association. (ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture ) Executive Committee, Board of Governors and Delegate Assembly voted to accept three new affiliates and one dual chapter at the 129th Congress of Correction in Denver. The Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Association became the 25th dual chapter of ACA. A Puerto Rican Puer·to Ri·co Abbr. PR or P.R. A self-governing island commonwealth of the United States in the Caribbean Sea east of Hispaniola. delegation led by President Zoe Laboy-Alvarado and Vice President Alfredo Murphy gave a video presentation on the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation during the Delegate Assembly meeting. The California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association (CPPCA) was accepted as a state affiliate of ACA. CPPCA's mission is to promote professionalism among corrections practitioners; support research relevant to corrections; advocate positions on correctional issues to lawmakers and policy-makers; educate the public on issues vital to corrections; promote collaborative efforts with related agencies; and provide a network for its members, of which CPPCA has more than 2,000. Marking a new era for our Association, the Caribbean Correctional Association (CCA (1) (Common Cryptographic Architecture) Cryptography software from IBM for MVS and DOS applications. (2) (Compatible Communications A ) and the Integrated Correctional Association of the Philippines (ICAP (1) (Internet Content Adaptation Protocol) A high-level protocol for requesting services from an Internet-based server. iCAP provides a common format for requesting services using standard HTTP messaging. ) became our two new geographical affiliates. Commissioner Baptiste, president of CCA, shared the philosophy of the association. The history of the Caribbean The history of the Caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the European powers between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. countries under British Colonial rule has left them with similar if not identical laws and criminal justice and prison systems, he said. It is not too farfetched to assume they may have similar problems relative their criminal justice systems and the administration of their prisons. According to Baptiste, it would benefit all Caribbean countries to become an integrated unit to advance professional correctional practices throughout the region. This is what initiated the formation of CCA, which currently represents 18 different islands. Founded in 1975, ICAP's purpose was to unite the members of the corrections branch of the criminal justice system and to assist in the rehabilitation and reformation of offenders to into law-abiding citizens of the community. ICAP President Charles S. Mondejar attended the Congress. |
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