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Make sure to save the date for our upcoming 2025 WS&DSA Jail Conference. Registration will be opening soon!

2025 WS&DSA Jail Conference
September 30 - October 2, 2025
Oneida Casino Hotel

    Tuesday, September 30

    8:00 am – 5:00 pm :: Registration

    8:00 am – 8:30 am :: Opening Remarks

    • Brown County Correctional Honor Guard
    • Brown County Sheriff Todd Delain
    • WS&DSA President Chad Billeb
    • DOC Speaker Secretary Jared Hoy

    8:30 am – 10:00 am :: The Role of Corrections Intelligence in Human Trafficking Investigations
    Sheriff Errol Toulon, Investigator Lieutenant Shawn Springsteen, & Investigator Sergeant Erin Meunkle, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office (NY)

    Human trafficking networks and their criminal operations often intersect with the corrections system. This discussion explores the critical, yet often underutilized, role that corrections intelligence can play in identifying, disrupting, and dismantling trafficking operations. We will examine how intelligence gathered within correctional facilities can drive proactive investigations beyond the prison walls. We will discuss the tools, strategies, and collaborations that leverage inmate communications and other forms of institutional intelligence to uncover trafficking networks, identify victims, and prosecute perpetrators.

    Key topics include:

    •  Intelligence collection and analysis within correctional environments
    • Indicators of human trafficking activity among incarcerated populations
    • Interagency collaboration between corrections, law enforcement, and victim services
    • Case studies highlighting successful interventions driven by corrections intelligence

    10:15 am – 12:00 pm :: A Plot Against the Downtown Detention Center
    Sheriff Daron Hall, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office (TN)

    Described as bizarre and sinister, this story has drawn national headlines and put a spotlight on Nashville, TN. A prison/jail reform advocate, posing as a construction worker, spends months inside an under-construction jail. Ultimately, just weeks before opening, three loaded guns are found hidden in the walls of the 762-bed maximum-security facility; delaying the jail opening and costing taxpayers millions. How was his deadly plan foiled, why did he do it, and how can it be prevented in future projects?

    12:00 pm – 5:00 pm :: Vendor Show (lunch included)

    4:00 pm :: Exhibitor Reception

    7:00 pm :: Bags Tournament 
    Sponsored By: TurnKey

    Wednesday, October 1

    7:00 am – 4:00 pm :: Registration

    7:00 am – 8:00 am :: Breakfast

    8:00 am – 12:00 pm :: You Have the Right to Remember
    Paul Mellor, Success Links

    If there were a magic pill that would improve your memory, would you take it? Fortunately, you don't need to. This interactive session rids your poor memory from forgotten names, misplaced glasses, and statements such as, "I know it's here somewhere," to a mind that’s efficient and reliable. This program dispels the myth that memory can't be improved. It can; easily and effectively. You’ll learn techniques on organizing your thoughts, commanding an audience without notes, remembering names and faces, and overcoming absent-mindedness. When you're skilled in memory, all your other skills get better. You can improve your memory. This program shows you how.

    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm:: Lunch

    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm :: Breakout Sessions

    2:15 pm – 3:15 pm :: Breakout Sessions

    3:30 pm – 4:30 pm :: Breakout Sessions

    6:00 pm :: Dueling Pianos
    Sponsored By: Stellar Services

    Thursday, October 2

    7:00 am – 12:00 pm :: Registration

    7:00 am – 8:00 am :: Breakfast

    8:00 am – 12:00 pm :: Crivello, Nichols & Hall Legal Update

**Schedule is subject to change.


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Milwaukee, WI 53214
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