The Corrections Leadership Scholarship Program — a partnership between Peru State College and NDCS — provides a unique opportunity for students to gain real-world experience paired with high-quality academic learning at Peru State College. This unique program has the potential to change the paradigm for how potential leaders are identified in correctional systems and how their skills are developed.

Students accepted into the program receive $15,000 per year in scholarship awards, a paid position at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution while completing their degree AND development opportunities — like the...Read more

Last week, six NDCS Honor Guard members made the trip to Saint Louis, Missouri, to attend the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPOF) Project 2000 Memorial Ceremony. NDCS and 27 other teams from across the United States and Canada united together to honor six correctional professionals who lost their lives in the line of duty.

This year NDCS Honor Guard Commander Jill Edelman spoke at the CPOF Project 2000 Memorial Banquet to share an incredible story and present a $15,000 check that will go towards the three remaining CPOF lifetime memberships for NDCS facilities. The NDCS Honor Guard team also accepted a lifetime...Read more

Several months of dedication culminated in this important achievement for these men at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). These individuals are recent graduates of the Thinking for a Change (T4C) program.

Created by the National Institute of Corrections, T4C is a high-level cognitive behavioral program that utilizes role playing to address attitude, behavior, family, friends and criminogenic thinking. Throughout the class, participants practice applying these skills learned with real-life scenarios. Moving forward, they can be confident that they have the tools to make positive choices.

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