Tecore Networks exhibited at the Wisconsin Correctional Association’s 44th Annual Training Conference in Wisconsin Dells, joining correctional professionals, students and leaders from across the criminal justice system for three days of training, recognition and exchange.

State association conferences reach a part of the field that national meetings often do not. The people who fill these rooms are the ones running housing units, managing intake, supervising shifts and training the next group coming up — the staff closest to the daily reality of what enters a facility and how. For a technology company, that proximity is the value of being there.

Contraband ran through this year’s program. Breakout sessions addressed drone threats and contraband delivery, covering detection options and response strategies for correctional facilities, alongside a companion session on drug identification and physical contraband detection for correctional officers. Both reflect the same underlying shift: the pathways into a facility keep multiplying, and closing one tends to push activity toward another.

The conference also kept its focus on the people doing the work. The opening keynote addressed succession planning and mentoring — identifying and preparing emerging leaders and building systems that survive turnover — and the closing session turned to human engagement, boundaries and working across differences. The week included the association’s awards and scholarship luncheons, the swearing-in of its incoming President-Elect, and a community service project supporting Hope House of South Central Wisconsin, which serves survivors of domestic and sexual violence across five counties.

Representing Tecore was Jeremy Bailey, Director of MAS-E.

Tecore thanks the Wisconsin Correctional Association for a well-run conference and for the conversations at the booth throughout the week.

Learn more about the Wisconsin Correctional Association Annual Training Conference: https://www.wcatoday.com/conference