'We cannot arrest and referee ourselves out of crime. Instead, we need a correctional system full of staff who are coaches, who inspire people, and who are invested in helping people change.'

Hear more from JSP President Brian Lovin's TedxBGSU talk! ➡️ bit.ly/4cVTVyf

JSP’s Brian Lovins at TedxBGSU, “Referees have whistles, trained to enforce rules, and stay impartial. Coaches have playbooks and are invested in people. We can’t arrest or referee ourselves out of crime. Instead, we need CJ staff as coaches invested in helping people change.”

Tune in today to watch JSP’s Dr Brian Lovins at TedxBGSU at 2:45pm EDT to teach us why we need to reframe probation officers from referees to coaches to help individuals successfully complete probation!

bgsu.edu/tedxbgsu.html

Join Safety and Justice's Pretrial Equity and Transformation (PET) Network in two weeks to learn about innovative approaches to helping people get to court. Register here ➡️petnetwork.rsvpify.com

This week National Institute of Corrections and JSP are kicking off the Community Supervision Leadership Learning Lab - a Lab helping community corrections leaders take an equity lens to their organizations. Read more about the Lab and how it's helping staff do their best work ⬇️ bit.ly/49xNGhH