(Saratoga Springs, NY – Oct. 2015) More than 100 county jail administrators from 51 county sheriff’s offices attended the Jail Administrators’ Continuing Education Conference at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs last week.
Organized by the state Sheriff’s Association, the yearly conference brings corrections professionals from around the state together to share best practices and new trends impacting their jails.
In light of several new initiatives under discussion for implementation, Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley dispatched the County Jail’s top three supervisors, Captain Timothy Flynn, Lieutenant Jeffrey Franceschelli, and Lieutenant Jon Black, to attend and report back on their findings.
This year Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo opened the conference with welcoming remarks.
Other presentations included:
*Clinton County Sheriff David Favro and Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill discussed the Dannemora Escape
*Field Intelligence Officer Kirk Kingsbury of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office presented on Gang Intelligence in County Jails
*Thomas Diina, Erie County Jail Superintendent, gave a Case Study on Mental Health Services in County Jails along with Daniel Antonius, PhD, Director of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Buffalo and Ronald Schoelerman, Director of Intensive Adult Mental Health Services, Erie County Department of Mental Health
*Orange County Jail Administrator Kenneth Decker presented on the Use of Vivitrol in Jails
* Deputy Commissioner Justin Pruyne of the Westchester County Department of Correction presented a Case Study
Edward Bly of the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office and Chuck Newman of the Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office Moderated the Roundtable Discussion “What’s New in County Jails.”
New York State Sheriffs’ Association (NYSSA) 1st Vice President and Herkimer County
Sheriff Christopher Farber presented certificates at the close of the conference along with
Saratoga County Sheriff Mike Zurlo, and Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco.
The conference is part of a training series offered each year by the New York State Sheriffs’ Association.