Terms of Use

The American Correctional Officer Web site is a complimentary information service provided by American Correctional Officer (ACO) as a convenience to users, with the express condition that users agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this User Agreement. ACO reserves the right to change the User Agreement terms and conditions at any time. Use of the ACO Web site constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions included below. Please also consult our Privacy Policy.

Limitation of Liability

You agree that you will hold harmless ACO and its officers, board of directors, employees, and volunteers from all claims arising out of or related to your access or use of, or your inability to access or use, this Web site or the information contained in this Web site or other Web sites to which it is linked. You also agree that ACO or the contributors of information to this Web site shall NOT be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on information provided on the ACO web site or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Disclaimer on Professional Advice

The information available on and through the AmericanCO.org Web site is presented in summary form as a supplement to, and NOT a substitute for, the knowledge, skill, and judgment of qualified professionals. The information on AmericanCO.org has been obtained from sources believed to be accurate and reliable. However, ACO makes no warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of this information.

Information accessed on and through AmericanCO.org is provided "AS IS" and without warranty, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The information provided on the ACO Web site is provided for general information only.

Disclaimer of Warranty

ACO makes no warranties of any kind concerning this Web site, including but not limited to any warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty that these pages, or the server that makes them available, are free of viruses or other harmful elements, and such warranties are expressly disclaimed.

Endorsements

You understand that the opinions and recommendations included in this Web site are not necessarily those of ACO or endorsed by ACO. ACO may provide links to other Web sites, which are not under the control of ACO. These links are included as a convenience to you and are not intended as an endorsement by ACO of the organization or individual operating the Web site.

Usage of Content

Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained on the ACO Web site, including - but not limited to - text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio and video clips, is proprietary to ACO.

ACO grants the requested reprint permission without financial charge subject to your agreement to these conditions.

In the reprint, you will credit ACO, the American Correctional Officer, as the source. You are not reselling the product at a profit.  And you will send a copy of the result to this address:

Editor, ACO, PO Box 1175, Thayne, WY   83127

Tel. 1-307-883-9707 Fax 1-307-883-9708.   (If the reprint is for use on a Web site, please send the citation to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). 

For any information contained on the ACO site that is attributed to another source, permission to reproduce must be obtained from the original source. Use of any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy the Web site or any of its content and "mirroring" the Web site or any content on any other server is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from ACO.

Jurisdiction

This Web site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by ACO, which is headquartered in the Thayne Wyoming, in the United States of America. It can be accessed from all 50 states, as well as from other locations around the world. Each of these locations has laws that may differ from those of Wyoming. Therefore, by accessing this Web site both you and ACO agree that the statutes and laws of the Commonwealth of Wyoming, without regard to principles of conflicts of law in Wyoming or elsewhere, shall apply to all matters arising from or relating to use of this Web site. You and ACO also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the state and/or federal courts located closest in proximity to the ACO National Office in Thayne, Wyoming should any matter arise related to ACO.

Use of Website Discussion Groups/Bulletin Boards

ACO provides this website and associated discussion groups/bulletin boards for the benefit of its members and the public. ACO cannot and does not review the information from or communications by users of the bulletin boards. ACO expressly disclaims responsibility for, and liabilities resulting from, any information or communications from and between users of the ACO bulletin board.

Users are warned they may be individually liable for anything they communicate using the ACO bulletin board, including but not limited to defamatory, discriminatory, false or unauthorized information. Users are cautioned that they are responsible for complying with the requirements of applicable copyright and trademark laws and regulations.

The ACO discussion groups are forums for individuals to share their opinions, experiences, and thoughts related to Corrections. ACO wants to ensure the integrity of this service and therefore, use of this service is limited to participants who agree to adhere to the following guidelines:

1. Refrain from transmitting any message, information, data, or text that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, that may be invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or bashing communications - especially those aimed at gender, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, religious views, or disability.

ACO reserves the right to remove or edit a post containing offensive material as defined by ACO. That stated, ACO does not have the practical ability to restrict conduct or communications prior to transmission and posting, nor can ACO ensure prompt editing or deletion of offensive posts.

ACO reserves the right to remove or edit posts that contain explicit, obscene, offensive, or vulgar language. Similarly, posts that contain any graphic files will be removed immediately upon notice.

2. Refrain from posting or transmitting any unsolicited, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain mail", "pyramid schemes", or any other form of solicitation. ACO reserves the right to delete these posts immediately upon notice.

3. ACO invites and encourages a healthy exchange of opinions. If you disagree with a participant's post or opinion and wish to challenge it, do so with respect. The real objective of the ACO message board is to promote discussion and understanding, not to convince others that your opinion is "right". Name-calling, insults, and personal attacks are not appropriate and will not be tolerated. ACO will remove these posts immediately upon notice.

4. ACO promotes privacy and encourages participants to keep personal information such as address and telephone number from being posted. Similarly, do not ask for personal information from other participants. Message board posts that request participants submit personal information to another party will be removed immediately upon notice unless these posts have been pre-approved by ACO staff. This includes, but is not limited to, communications that ask for telephone, address, e-mail, surveys, and research studies.

5. Participants should be aware that the opinions, beliefs, and statements posted in this forum do not necessarily represent the opinions and beliefs of ACO. Participants also agree that ACO is not to be held liable for any loss or injury caused, in whole or in part, by sponsorship of this message board. Participants also agree that ACO reserves the right to report any suspicions of harm to self or others as evidenced by participant posts.

6. Posting off-topic messages to discussion groups will result in removal of and the possible suspension of posting privileges.

7. ACO members or staff who post non-public information on public areas of the site or off-topic messages in member-only discussion areas may have their posting privileges suspended and will be subject to appropriate corrective action.

Conduct

You agree that you are prohibited from using this site to commit fraudulent activities, violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation. Furthermore, no communications passing through this site may be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing, obscene or contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. ACO will take immediate action to prevent violators of this policy from using our site.

Site Restrictions

The public areas of AmericanCO.org (i.e. those areas accessible without signing in to the site) are accessible to all users who work in the field of corrections, regardless of age. However, areas that require sign in prior to access are restricted to users who are currently employed in the field of Corrections or are some how affiliated with the profession. Persons under 13 years of age are prohibited from registering for access to, or signing in to these areas. ACO shall not be held liable for consequences resulting from persons less than 13 years of age registering for access to or signing in to the site.