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Anadora (Andie) Moss has an extensive history of involvement with issues related to staff sexual misconduct in correctional facilities. As an Assistant Deputy Commissioner in the Georgia Department of Corrections in the early 1990s, she was responsible for ensuring compliance with the mandates resulting from a major class action lawsuit, Cason v. Seckinger, addressing staff sexual misconduct. As a Program Manager with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) from September 1995 until February 2002, Ms. Moss coordinated the development of national policy initiatives and early strategies to address staff sexual misconduct in the field of corrections.
Currently, Ms. Moss is President of The Moss Group, Inc., a Washington, DC-based criminal justice consulting firm. The Moss Group, Inc. consulting team consists of seasoned professionals with expertise in correctional operations, correctional research, male violence, medical and mental health expertise, training design and delivery, women offenders, and organizational and institutional culture. In December of 2003, the Moss Group was awarded a cooperative agreement with NIC to assist the Institute in implementation activities of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. Activities under the NIC project have included the production of training videos, on site consultation with correctional agencies, field research resulting in themes of staff perceptions of sexual assault in corrections facilities, regional workshops with executive leaders, professional presentations and participation in NIC video conferences addressing PREA.
Ms. Moss's extensive history of involvement with issues addressing the problems associated with staff sexual misconduct and sexual abuse and assault in correctional settings has resulted in her perspective of the importance of implementing multiple strategies. Moss believes that the enduring solution to reducing and eliminating these problems is rooted in cultural change and the implementation of a systemic approach to prevention which involves both inmates and staff. She has consulted onsite with over 40 correctional institutions nationally and continues to work with often sensitive areas of correctional management. Her work has been published in professional periodicals and she is the author of a chapter in a textbook on correctional administration. Ms. Moss is actively involved in several professional organizations and is currently President of the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. She has received numerous honors for her work including the NIC Executive Director's Award.
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