This award honors an individual’s distinguished scholarship in the area of corrections and/or sentencing over a lifetime. Recipients must have 20 or more years of experience contributing to scholarly research. Retired scholars will be considered. Nominations should include a nomination letter and the candidate’s curriculum vitae and should be submitted to Susan McNeeley, Lifetime Achievement Award Chair, at susan.mcneeley@state.mn.us no later than August 31, 2025. Please place “Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination” in the subject line.

Prior Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:

2025Jodi Lane
2024Shelley Johnson
2023 Beth Huebner
2022Francis Cullen
2021James M. Byrne
2020Edward J. Latessa
2019Faye S. Taxman
2018Steven Belenko
2017Todd R. Clear
2016John Kramer
2015Doris Layton MacKenzie
2014Susan Turner
2013Cassia Spohn
2012John Hepburn
2011Hans Toch