Texas Jail Association - 2025 Jail Management Issues Conference

Topics Covered:

  • Drug and Alcohol Trends
  • What If Chick-fil-a Managed Your Jail
  • Jail Based Investigations
  • Change Management: Thriving in Turbulence
  • Suicide Prevention for Jailers
  • Responding to a Crisis: Is it Meth, Medical or Madness
  • Suffer from Burnout? Give 'em the F.I.N.G.E.R.
  • Creating a Positive and Inclusive Workplace: Crucial Conversations
  • Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
  • Destination Retirement: Understanding Your TCDRS Retirement Benefits and Planning for a Successful Retirement
  • The Facts About Private Correctional Facilities
  • Answering Jail Complaints
  • Internal Crisis Leadership: Leading Your Team Through Crisis
  • The Challenges of Leadership
  • Critical Review: A Supervisor's Guide to Scrutinizing Reports
  • Current Trends in Small and Large Jails
  • Fraternization and Manipulation: Does Your Staff Understand Their Boundaries?
  • Why Trauma Informed Culture Change is Key to Supporting Staff Wellness
  • Caffeine: Boost or Bust?
  • Collaboration and Communication
  • Hot Topics
  • Jail Based Competency
  • Above and Beyond the Basics: Jail Compliance Teams
  • Texas Law Enforcement Peer Support Network
  • 287G and ICE
  • and Many More!

Who Should Attend:

  • Jail/Prison
  • Community Corrections
  • Leadership
  • Support Staff
  • Other
  • Jail Administrators
  • Sheriffs
  • Chief Deputies
  • Line Staff
  • Municipal Jailers
  • Law Enforcement

Date/Time:

Sep 08 (08:00 am) - 12, 2025 (12:00 pm)

Registration Deadline:

Aug 24, 2025

TJA Fee Policy:

Member - $315
Non-member - $345
Late Member - $378
Late Non-Member - $414

Location Information:

The Galveston Island Convention Center
Seawall Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77550

Hotel Information: *

The San Luis Resort, Spa & Conference Center
5222 Seawall Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77550
Phone: 1-800-392-5937

Holiday Inn Resort Galveston
5002 Seawall Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77551
1-409-740-5300
Reserve Online

Overflow Hotel Information:

Hilton Galveston Island
5400 Seawall Blvd
Galveston, TX 77551
Phone:409-744-5000

Professional dress is expected.

Please note: Any agency with an outstanding balance more than two weeks after the close of the conference will forfeit their opportunity to receive TCOLE credit.

For more information, contact:
Sharese Hurst, Division Director
Correctional Management Institute of Texas
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Building
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2296
Fax: (936) 294-1671
Phone: (936) 294-1687
sharese@shsu.edu

Cancellation Policy:
Payment is due upon submission of registration. Any cancellation, regardless of reason, will be subject to a service charge of 50% of the total registration fee. Refunds, minus the cancellation fee, will be given if a written request is received 45 working days prior to the conference. Registrations may be transferred to another attendee for the same event at no charge up to time of event check-in. Registrations cannot be transferred to future events. All refunds will be processed after the conclusion of the conference.

If no written cancellation is received 45 working days prior to the conference, or if the participant does not attend, the participant/agency will be required to pay 100% of the registration fee, if payment is not already received. Any agency or participant with an outstanding balance will not be eligible to register for future conferences until the delinquency is paid in full.

Any agency with an outstanding balance more than two weeks after the close of the conference will forfeit their opportunity to receive TCOLE credit.

* Unless otherwise noted, hotel arrangements are the responsibility of the participant.