Topics included the creation of a seamless and comprehensive classification system, management information systems and the use of classification data for planning, and a jail classification system and its linkage with a State department of corrections. Additional topics included prison internal classification systems to match inmates to housing units, work assignments, and programming; an automated process for assessing risks and needs; a personality-based model for classifying inmates; and the management of high-risk offenders. Further topics included litigation focusing on classification issues, changes in classification-related tasks and other areas as a result of litigation, the classification of female offenders, the linking of prison classification to reentry in the community, and classification-related initiatives supported by the National Institute of Corrections and the Institute of Crime, Justice, and Corrections. Presenter biographies