by Alex Moreland | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog Posts
Ask any corrections professional. They’ll tell you that the scariest part about being a corrections officer is when safety and security hangs in the balance. Still, that’s a one-size-fits-all answer to a complex question. Many factors play a part in the dangers faced...
by Alex Moreland | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog Posts
Any student of history knows that functioning societies and verbal communication are inextricably linked. Whether we’re talking about skyscrapers or social bonds, without verbal communication, humans would have never succeeded in building anything. Our ability to...
by Alex Moreland | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog Posts
“Within 3 years of release, 2 out of 3 people are rearrested and more than 50% are reincarcerated,” as noted by healthypeople.gov. This troubling statistic is evidence that our criminal justice system is broken, and while the causes for this are many, the input and...
by Alex Moreland | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog Posts
I’ve always had a profound love of sayings and proverbs in language. Few are as to-the-point and thought-provoking as this one: Knowledge is power. The pursuit of knowledge opens so many doors. It gives us power over our lives and futures, the ability to learn from...
by Alex Moreland | Apr 27, 2018 | Blog Posts
Imagine a picturesque summer landscape in southern Norway with the scent of blueberry bushes, birch trees and the North Sea wafting through the air. None of the 300 inmates at the Halden maximum-security prison have to imagine anything; that seaside breeze is part of...