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In an effort to foster government and civil society collaboration on rehabilitation and corrections programming in The Bahamas, the U.S. Embassy\u2019s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Section partnered with the National L.E.A.D. Institute to deliver a corrections-focused study tour for sixteen Bahamian government and civil society representatives January 10-19 in North Carolina.<\/p>\n
The study tour and observation training opportunity was led by the National L.E.A.D. Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides programs for at-risk youth as well as post-prison\/correctional facility inmates, and was funded in part under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), a security partnership which seeks to assist governments in improving prison conditions and in increasing educational opportunities for at-risk youth.<\/p>\n
The program allowed participants from Her Majesty\u2019s Prison, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the North Eastern Pastors Alliance, the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Simpson Penn Center for Boys, the Magistrate\u2019s Court, and the L.E.A.D. Institute to explore best practices and alternative approaches in rehabilitative services with the aim of creating more collaborative and coordinated approach to corrections in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n
Program topics included alternative sentencing, community and faith-based programs, juvenile offenders, and post-prison re-entry.\u00a0 Upon returning from the United States, L.E.A.D. Institute\u2019s President and CEO commented that the trip \u201cexceeded all expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0U.S. Embassy, Nassau<\/em><\/span> In an effort to foster government and civil society collaboration on rehabilitation and corrections programming in The Bahamas, the U.S. Embassy partnered to deliver a corrections-focused study tour…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":47769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1982,113],"class_list":["post-47768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-ecucation","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nPhoto Caption:\u00a0 Study tour participants pose outside the North Carolina Division of Prisons <\/em><\/span>
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\nLeft Side- Magistrate Constance Delancy, Magistrate Juvenile Panel; Walnette Francois, National L.E.A.D. Institute; Yvette Farrington-Clarke, Sr. Vice President International Relations\/Executive Director, National L.E.A.D Institute, North Carolina;<\/em><\/span>
\nSgt. Sophia Alcime, Her Majesty\u2019s Prison (HMP); Lenthera Culmer, The National L.E.A.D Institute; Corporal Alfreda Skinner-Rolle, (HMP); Zoe Powell, Ministry of Education; Teresa Stokes, Therapy Services, Michigan.<\/em><\/span>
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\nMiddle- Mr. Troy Clarke, President & C.R.O., The National L.E.A.D. Institute<\/em><\/span>
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\nRight Side- W\/Cpl 295 Bridgett Strapp-Gaitor; Tojuana Harris, Therapy Services, Michigan; Ishmael Smith, Program SURE, Ministry of Education; Kim Rahming, North Eastern Pastor\u2019s Alliance\/ Ministry of Education; Angelo Rolle, HMP; Sagina Pratt, Department of Rehabilitative\/Welfare Services; Preston Albury, Simpson Penn Center for Boys.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"