HRRJ Accreditations and Memberships
Virginia Department of Corrections
Virginia, from the time of the first settlement at Jamestown to the relocation of the state capital to Richmond in the late 1700’s, relied upon corporal and capital punishment as its penal measures. Gradually, Virginia began to use small county jails for sentences of confinement...
Americian Corrections Association
For more than 143 years, the American Correctional Association has championed the cause of corrections and correctional effectiveness. Founded in 1870 as the National Prison Association, ACA is the oldest association developed specifically for practitioners in the correctional profession…
Virginia Association of Regional Jails
The summer of 1988, the regional jail superintendents at the time decided to meet periodically to discuss common concerns and to determine how their jails could be enhanced....
American Jail Association
The American Jail Association staff and Board of Directors are here to serve you and all the jails across our great Nation. We represent the smallest of jails to the largest. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, concerns, and suggestions...
National Commission on Correctional Health Care
In 2013 the National Commission on Correctional Health Care celebrated its 30th year since incorporation. NCCHC’s origins date to the early 1970s, when an American Medical Association study of jails found inadequate, disorganized health services and a lack of national standards...
Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association
The Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association shall be the premier organization in developing leaders with financial and management expertise, through education, fellowship and professional development, to foster excellence in government....