Nashville, TN | August 5-8
The Association of Correctional Investigative Leaders (ACIL) unites investigative leaders across correctional systems to elevate standards, enable cross-jurisdictional collaboration, and support ethical, accountable practices that uphold integrity within corrections. This association brings together with our leaders of criminal investigative and internal affairs units within the Correctional discipline to collaborate on best practices with each other and our industry partners.
The mission of the Association of Correctional Investigative Leaders is to enhance the effectiveness, integrity, and professionalism of correctional investigators. As leaders, we are committed to promoting best practices, providing educational opportunities, fostering interagency collaboration, and advancing ethical standards to ensure safety, accountability, and justice within the correctional environment.
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Speaking Sessions
Marcus Anderson
Operation FREE: Viginia’s Corrections-led Overdose Reduction Strategy
Thursday, 8/6/2026 | 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Fentanyl remains one of the most urgent threats in correctional facilities—driving overdose deaths, putting staff at risk and demanding solutions that work. In this webinar, Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shares how the state’s Operation FREE (Fentanyl Reduction Enforcement and Education) program helped reduce overdose deaths in correctional facilities from 24 in 2024 to zero in 2025.
Learn how Virginia aligned leadership, policy, interdiction, training and technology to limit fentanyl entry, improve detection and strengthen on-site response. This session delivers practical strategies correctional leaders can use to better protect staff, inmates, and their facilities.
Rapid Identification of Fentanyl and Emerging Synthetic Opioids
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The NIRLab enables safe, rapid, on-scene drug identification and quantification for law enforcement, with no need to open packaging—reducing exposure risks.
