Advancing Community Supervision Strategies: Technologies Here to Stay

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Lorie Brisbin is a Correctional Program Specialist in the Community Services Division of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). She currently manages the Executives of Probation and Parole Network, the Parole Board Executives Network, the Post-Conviction Victim Services Network, and other work in staff wellness, women and gender, and paroling authorities. She has been recognized as an authority in sexual violence and misconduct in correctional settings and has expertise in both perpetrator and victim perspectives. In 2012, Lorie received a Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Attorney General for participating in the PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) Standards Working Group. Prior to coming to NIC in 2010, she was employed by the Idaho Department of Correction for ten years, serving as a probation/parole officer, statewide Parole Coordinator, Transitions Coordinator, PREA Program Coordinator, and an investigator in the Office of Professional Standards (internal affairs).

Shannon Murphy joined The Moss Group, Inc. in 2016 as the first on-site project manager for a large urban jail department. She leads and coordinates projects with adult and juvenile agencies concerning Prison Rape Elimination Act standards and implementation, culture enhancement, staff training, inmate orientation, and LGBTI offender supervision and treatments. She brings with her 20 years of experience working in county community correctional environments, developing, and implementing assessment protocols, programming, and sentencing initiatives to improve offender outcomes in the community. She has presented to numerous audiences, including the National Association of Counties, American Jail Association, American Correctional Association, National Sheriffs’ Association, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Consortium’s Offender Reentry Symposium, along with state and local civic organizations and media outlets. She holds a Master of Public Administration, focusing on local sector government, and bachelor’s degrees in sociology and crime and delinquency studies from the University of Kansas. She also earned the Department of Justice’s PREA implementation training certificate in 2017.

Bernie Warner joined TMG as President in 2021. Mr. Warner has over 35 years of experience in juvenile and adult corrections. He brings a commitment and passion for corrections and rehabilitation and strives to advance corrections continually. As President, he leads the day-to-day operations and management of the firm, with a focus on growth and partnerships that align with and support the current needs of the criminal justice and public safety industry. In July 2011, Mr. Warner was appointed by then-governor of Washington Christine Gregoire as the secretary of the state’s department of corrections, a position he held until October 2015. Secretary Warner led an agency of 8,000 employees responsible for over 35,000 offenders in 12 prisons, 15 work release facilities, and 123 community supervision offices throughout the state. He also held executive positions in corrections in Arizona, Florida, and California, where he served as the state juvenile justice system director. He focused on comprehensive system reform in each jurisdiction, relying on an evidence-based model of risk, need, and responsivity. Additionally, Mr. Warner led corrections operations in the private sector and has been actively engaged in international correction, promoting policies and standards for humane and effective correctional policies and practices, as a board member of the International Prisons and Corrections Association from 2015-2020; advisory board member of the Vera Institute from 2015-2020; delegation member of the U.S. State Department to the UN Crime Commission in Vienna; and expert for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the revisions of the standard minimum rules for the treatment of offenders. In 2019, Mr. Warner received the Louie Wainwright Award from the Association of State Correctional Administrators (now known as the Correctional Leaders Association). He received his bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University.