Name: Donald L. Leach II, Ph.D.

Current employer or professional affiliation: Donald L. Leach and Associates,

Address: 3351 High Hope Road Lexington, KY 40517

Tel: (859) 552-4286

Fax: (859) 425-2612

E-mail: donald.leach@insightbb.com

  (1) Relevant prior and part-time employment, with dates:

     Resume and Project History available upon request

• 1993 to Present - Consultant - Jail Risk Management, Donald L. Leach & Associates, Ltd., Lexington, Kentucky
• 1996 to Present - Administrative Officer, Senior (Deputy Director) - Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Community Corrections
  Lexington, Kentucky
• 1992 to 1996 - Planning / Research Analyst - Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Community Corrections Lexington, Kentucky
• 1985 to 1992 - Training Coordinator - Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Community Corrections Lexington, Kentucky
• 1984 to 1985 - Detention Officer - Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Community Corrections Lexington, Kentucky

(2) Degrees and relevant special training:

• Doctorate in Public Administration, 2005, Kennedy-Western University, Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Completed course work toward Master of Arts degree in Geography, 1979 to 1980, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Bachelor of General Studies, 1978, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Certified Firearms Instructor - Federal Bureau of Firearms
• Certified Correctional Trainer - National Academy of Corrections
• Attended numerous National Academy of Corrections Training and Professional Development Seminars

(3) Other professional activities:

• American Jail Association - Member, Board of Directors, 2006 - Present, Committee Memberships: Legislative, Resolutions (Chair), Training, Conference Planning,
• American Correctional Association Delegation (Chair) American Correctional Association - Member
• Technical Resource Consultant: American Jail Association, National Institute of Corrections, National Academy of Corrections
• Presenter - national seminars on Objective Jail Classification, Risk Management, Religious Programming
• Numerous assessments of jail classification, inmate processing, risk management, jail operational issues
• Assisted in the design, planning, opening and transitioning into a new detention facilities (1290 beds)

(4) Retainer information: Available upon request

(5) Name, address and telephone of attorneys who may be contacted as references: Available upon request

(6) Publications that contain your paid advertisements (since 1996): N/A

(7) Usual and customary fee:

     $150 per hour, $1,500 retainer (first 10 billable hours paid for by retainer).

     If travel is required, all transportation costs, hotel and per diem for meals are responsibility of client.

(8) Areas of Expertise and Experience

Note - Letter codes used in front of the subject mean:

• [ T ] Testified in court or at depositions on the subject;
• [ R ] Retained as a consultant, but have not testified on the subject.
• [ Q ] Qualified to testify or consult on the subject, but have not served as a paid consultant.


[Q] Agency policies, practices and customs
[Q] Classification
[Q] Failure to protect
[Q] In-custody inmate/prisoner suicides (and prevention methods)
[Q] Insufficient or inadequate training
[Q] Jail medical procedures
[Q] Poor or inadequate conditions in jails
[Q] Strip searches

(9) Types of cases you will not accept: [No response]

(10) Other information relevant in evaluating your services (publications, awards, achievements, special interests)

• "Are Tasers in Jails a Great New Tool or Another Headache", - LJN Exchange, National Institute of Corrections, US Department of Justice, 2006
• "Mission Creep and the Role of the Jail in Public Health Policy" - LJN Exchange, National Institute of Corrections, US Department of Justice, 2004
• "Journey into Objective Jail Classification", Leach, Don and Sabbatine, Ray, American Jails, Hagerstown: Jan 1999
• "A New Strip Search Paradigm", Leach, Don and Sabbatine, Ray, American Jails, Hagerstown: November/December 1996
• "Creating a New Jail Management Paradigm" - Published Dissertation, 2005