Staff Sexual Misconduct in a Community Corrections Setting: Do We Have a Problem?

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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 and the Post-Conviction Victim Services Network along with other work in the areas of staff wellness, women and gender, and paroling authorities. She has been recognized as an authority in the area of 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 her participation on 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 as an investigator in the Office of Professional Standards (internal affairs).

From November 2000 to October 2019, Barbara Broderick was the Chief Probation Officer of the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department in Phoenix, AZ. This department is the sixth largest probation department in the United States with over 1,100 employees and a budget of $109 million. Ms. Broderick has more than forty years of experience in the criminal justice system. From June 2005 to August 2006, Barbara also served as Interim Chief Juvenile Probation Officer for Maricopa County. She assumed responsibilities over diversion, probation and detention services with over 1,000 Juvenile employees and a budget of $60 million. Prior to that, Ms. Broderick was the State Director for Adult Probation for the Arizona Supreme Court for five years. In that position, Ms. Broderick provided technical assistance to local jurisdictions and substance abuse treatment providers. She is knowledgeable in the areas of risk assessment, probation performance measures, drug courts, parole guidelines, substance abuse treatment with criminal defendants, sex offender supervision, enforcement of financial obligations, and the theory and practice of community justice. Prior to joining the Arizona judicial system, Ms. Broderick was the New York State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives. Before holding that directorship, she was the Director of Policy Analysis and Information for the New York State Parole Division. Ms. Broderick has been involved with the development and expansion of drug courts and substance abuse treatment, the design and implementation of an operational review process for the oversight of fifteen probation departments, and the development of probation performance measures in her current home state. Ms. Broderick served as chair of the Arizona Parents’ Commission on Drug Education and Prevention, from 1999 to 2015. She also served on the Maricopa County Community Justice Advisory Board. She is a past President of the American Probation and Parole Association, and is a member of the National Association of Probation Executives. Ms. Broderick currently serves as Co-Chair of the national initiative Executives Transforming Probation and Parole, supported by Columbia University Justice Lab. She was also recently appointed to serve on the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board. Ms. Broderick earned her B.A. in History at Niagara

Jerry L. Clayton is a 34-year criminal justice professional, currently serving his Fourth term as the Sheriff of Washtenaw County. Sheriff Clayton leads an organization of approximately 450 staff, serving a population of over 360,000, covering a 720 square mile geographical area. The Sheriff’s Office service delivery strategy focuses on community engagement, contributing to the building of strong and sustainable communities, and organizational fiscal responsibility. During his career with the Sheriff’s Office, Jerry served as a front-line Corrections Officer, Deputy Sheriff and command officer. He was also appointed to the following executive positions; Corrections Commander, Police Services Commander and SWAT Team Commander). Jerry has been a certified criminal justice trainer and instructor for more than twenty-five years, specializing in a multitude of subject areas including use of force disciplines, physical training, special weapons and tactics, cultural diversity, preventing racial profiling, and in the areas of staff management and supervision, developing customer service delivery strategies, and organizational leadership. Jerry has designed and instructed a variety of training programs and workshops including Court Security Officer training, Cultural Diversity Training for Law Enforcement Professionals, Preventing Biased Police Practices (Suite of training courses for Executives, Officers, Front-line Supervisors, Field Training Officers), Enhancing Law Enforcement and Community Trust Workshop, Civility Workshop. He provides consulting services as a contracted Technical Assistance service provider and instructor for the U.S. Department of Justice- National Institute of Corrections, assisting in the development and delivery of various training curricula to local, state and federal correctional agencies throughout the United States. Jerry served as a member of the several courts appointed Compliance Monitoring Teams, assigned by the federal court to assess the various police agencies compliance with court ordered consent judgments focused on departmental practices involving, staff training, Use of Force, management and supervision and conditions of detainee confinement. Sheriff Clayton has provided training and Subject Matter Expert consulting services to a variety of private and public sector clients, including the United States Departme

Gene Cotter is the Deputy Administrator for Operations at the Administrative Office of the Courts and Probation in Nebraska. In his current role he has oversight of all Nebraska Judicial Branch functions related to human resources, research and data, public information, policy and procedure, performance management and interstate compact matters. In 34 years with Nebraska’s Judicial Branch Gene has also served as a probation officer, intensive supervision probation officer and Chief Probation Officer in Nebraska’s second biggest jurisdiction. He holds a master’s degree in Critical and Creative Thinking, Organizational Science and Leadership from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

J. Eric Waddell is a 23-year public safety professional specializing in executive leadership, Strategic Inmate Management, mental health crisis response, competency-based interviewing, public safety communications, training curricula design, and platform instructor development. Eric has designed adult learning-based courses for the National Institute of Corrections, Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as well as numerous county and local criminal justice organizations. Most recently, Eric’s mental health crisis response training has been fully adopted by the State of Michigan for all in-state police academies. In addition to executive consultation and training design, Eric currently acts as the Training Manager for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office and is responsible for the professional development of over 400 police, corrections, and emergency service employees.