Corrections Leadership in Action: Beyond Bars
Webinar Series: Ohio

Join us behind the bars of one of the most innovative normalcy units in the United States

CORRECTIONS EXECUTIVE AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS ONLY

Executive and Deputy

Directors / Commissioners of Corrections

You joined us on the Normalcy Unit - now, you have the opportunity to hear about the data, the mistakes made, and the lessons learned so you can create innovation within your system.

Join us for a closed conversation to follow up on our 4th Corrections Leadership in Action: Beyond Bars Webinar
with Annette Chambers-Smith,
Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) and Dr. Lisa Clements to answer your questions and have a conversation about how you could implement elements from Ohio's Normalcy Unit in your system.

LIVE Tuesday,

November 18th 2025
2pm EST

✔ Seeking innovative solutions and best practices for your facility?

✔ Staffing retention and recruitment challenges?

✔ Struggling to decrease your recidivism rates?

Don’t miss this exclusive look at one of the nation’s most effective normalcy programs.

Dr. Lisa Clements went behind the bars to join Director Annette Chambers-Smith and her team for an unscripted conversation with staff and residents about the unexpected successes and lessons from their normalcy unit.

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As this will be an active conversation to discuss how you might be able to bring aspects of Ohio’s Normalcy Unit to your unit, we ask that you have your video on and questions prepared.

Join us for a CLOSED conversation to discuss how Ohio made this unit happen, what they learned in the process, data that proves it works, and how you can innovate within your system.

This conversation is CLOSED to the public and open ONLY to Executive and Deputy Directors/Commissioners of Corrections

Sorry you missed our live event.
Please check out the recording below.

Join us for our 4th Corrections Leadership in Action: Beyond Bars Webinar
with Annette Chambers-Smith,
Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC)
LIVE Wednesday, September 10th 2025

Don’t miss this exclusive look at one of the nation’s most effective normalcy programs.

Dr. Lisa Clements went behind the bars to join Director Annette Chambers-Smith and her team for an unscripted conversation with staff and residents about the unexpected successes and lessons from their normalcy unit.

A little bit about the Department:

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC)

Mission Statement: Reduce recidivism among those we touch.

Core Values:

- Take care of our staff; they will transform our offenders

- One team, one purpose

- Civility towards all

- Hope is job one

This event was sponsored jointly by the Clements Leadership Institute and Ohio DRC and is being offered free of charge to the public.

One of the best parts about this event was the conversation being had in the chat - here are some of the things our participants had to say

"I spent 9 months in this unit, and it was a life-altering privilege.

It was an opportunity for me to operate with a level of responsibility on a daily basis while learning healthy habits and life skills."

"I don't think the staff truly realizes the importance they play not only in normalcy but also in the men's everyday lives.

They are helping to lead by example and teaching these guys about everyday normal interactions that may seem ordinary to us, but for men who have been locked up for a long time, many have never had or have forgotten some of those skills."

" I can say from a family standpoint, this unit is life changing for us, even on the outside."

"This unit has changed a loved one in there now.

He has taken bad news and found the positive out of it.
He has grown into a very positive person.

He has taught me a lot of things that he has gained being in this unit."

"Matt, Scott,
Warren, Sgt. F.,
Justin, Nancy,
and Jake
are all fantastic humans.

They ALL truly believe in this program and pour themselves into it."

"Last year on the family day, seeing the inside of the unit and their rooms, how they live and the pride they take in their lives and surroundings in there, was very impactful."

Corrections Leadership in Action: Beyond Bars Webinar Series: Ohio