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ASCA Resolutions

ASCA has adopted and promulgated 23 resolutions on issues of concern to the membership.  Each of those 23 resolutions is linked to this article and may be reached by going to the individual links.

Resolution #1 - Americans with Disabilities Act

Resolution #2 - Evaluating the Effects of Incarceration in Adult Facilities on Youthful

Offenders

Resolution #3 - Establishment of Policies Regarding Staff Sexual Harassment,

Activity or Abuse of Offenders

Resolution #4 - Need for Federal Funding for Aftercare for Residential Substance

Abuse Treatment Programs

Resolution #5 - Organizational Partners

Resolution #6 - Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act

Resolution #7 - State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAP) Funding

Resolution #8 - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Funding

Resolution #9 - The Study of Consensual and Nonconsensual Inmate Sexual
Behavior

Resolution #10 - Prisoner Safety

Resolution #11 - Need for Federal Funding for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs 

Resolution #12 - Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) to include Correctional Officer

and Probation and Parole Officer in the definition of “public safety officer.”

Resolution #13 - Neighborhood Exclusion of Predatory Sex Offenders 

Resolution #14 - Telecommunications Access for Inmates

Resolution #15 – To discourage a proposed American Bar Association resolution that
urges Congress to repeal and/or amend many provisions of the Prison Litigation
Reform Act (PLRA).

Resolution #16 – Entitlements

Resolution #17 - Offenders Obtaining Driver Licenses and Other Forms of
Identification Upon Their Return to the Community

Resolution #18 - Offenders with Child Support Obligations

Resolution #19 - Pending Detainers (Warrants) for Offenders in Prison

Resolution #20 - Correctional Industries

Resolution #21 - Resolution Establishing a Framework for a Partnership Between the Association of State Corrections Administrators and the Council of State Governments Justice Center

Resolution #22 - Amendments to the Rules that Govern the Interstate Movement and Supervision of Certain Adult Offenders.

Resolution #23- Health and Well Being of Pregnant Inmates