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Our History
For
more than 147 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.
During the first organizational meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, the
assembly elected then-Ohio Governor and future President
Rutherford B. Hayes as the first President of the Association.
The Declaration of
Principles developed at the first meeting in 1870 became the
guidelines for corrections in the United States and Europe. At
the ACA centennial meeting in 1970, a revised set of Principles,
reflecting advances in theory and practice, was adopted by the
Association. The principles were updated in 1982 and lastly in
2002.
At the 1954 Congress of
Correction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the name of the
American Prison Association was changed to the American
Correctional Association, reflecting the expanding philosophy of
corrections and its increasingly important role within the
community and society as a whole.
Today, the ACA has thousands of members from all over the world.
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