Who is Anthony Washington Sr.?

Anthony Washington Sr. is a U.S. Army and Maryland Army National Guard veteran, a coach and official of more than twenty years, and the founder of After Today, LLC. He builds leadership training, athletic recruiting education, and people-first AI systems for student-athletes, families, schools, and organizations. He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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He works in three connected areas: athletic recruiting education that gives student-athletes and families a repeatable daily process, leadership training for first-time supervisors and public-sector leaders, and people-first AI and workflow implementation for organizations. He also speaks and runs workshops for schools, teams, and districts.

What is athletic recruiting infrastructure?

Athletic recruiting infrastructure is the repeatable system a family or program uses to manage recruiting — film, academics, communication with coaches, eligibility tracking, and follow-up — instead of relying on exposure events and luck. Anthony teaches recruiting as infrastructure so progress comes from a daily practice rather than a seasonal scramble.

What does people-first AI implementation mean?

People-first AI implementation means adopting AI to improve the work without displacing or sidelining the people who do it. In practice that means starting from the actual workflow, keeping a human accountable for decisions, training staff on the tools they will use, and setting guardrails before scale — not buying software and hoping the team adapts.

Who are Anthony's programs designed for?

Student-athletes and their parents, high school and grassroots coaches, athletic programs, schools and districts, first-time supervisors, public-sector leaders, and organizations that want leadership training or help implementing AI without leaving employees behind.

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Send an inquiry through the contact page with your event date, audience, format, and location. The speaking page lists topics, session formats, and the audiences he speaks to most often.

Where is Anthony Washington Sr. based?

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DPSCS Assaults Are Falling. Now Show Maryland Why.

public-safety · September 18, 2026

There is a meaningful new data point in Maryland’s correctional safety debate.

There is a meaningful new data point in Maryland’s correctional safety debate.

The decline in prison assaults that DPSCS reported in July apparently continued into August.

According to DPSCS figures reported this week, monthly assaults across Maryland’s correctional system in August were at their lowest level since November 2023. Eastern Maryland facilities reportedly saw assaults decline 45 percent since the end of May, while Eastern Correctional Institution saw a 49 percent decline since March.[1]

ECI reportedly recorded about half as many physical assaults in August 2026 as it did in August 2025.[2]

Those numbers deserve attention.

They also deserve scrutiny.

The Body Cameras Are Real. The Causation Question Is Not Settled.

Maryland’s statewide correctional body-camera rollout is documented.

Correctional officers at every state prison had received body-worn cameras by July, and DPSCS says supervisors can audit camera usage and review recordings.[2]

DPSCS Deputy Secretary David Greene says the cameras are helping de-escalate incidents and contributing to reductions in assaults.[1]

An ECI correctional officer interviewed by WBOC also said he has personally observed incarcerated individuals calm down when they realize an encounter is being recorded.[2]

That is important operational evidence.

But it is not the same thing as proving causation.

Staffing levels matter.

Population changes matter.

Overtime matters.

Institutional operations matter.

Disciplinary practices matter.

Other security measures matter.

The assault statistics being reported are DPSCS-provided figures. I have not found a publicly available monthly assault dataset that allows an outside reviewer to independently reproduce all of these percentages.

That matters too.

AFSCME’s Staffing Argument Did Not Disappear

AFSCME Maryland continues to argue that severe vacancies and excessive overtime create unsafe working conditions.

Its 2026 State of Our State Services report lists a 35.13 percent vacancy rate for Correctional Officer I positions as of May 1, 2026 and says correctional facilities continue collapsing posts because there are not enough officers to staff them.[3]

So Maryland may be learning something more useful than which side won the argument.

Technology may reduce one component of workplace risk without eliminating the staffing problem.

A camera can document an assault.

A camera may deter an assault.

A camera may help de-escalate an encounter.

A camera cannot fill an uncovered post.

That distinction matters enormously.

Now Comes the Better Question

On September 25, 2026, the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board is scheduled to discuss a Workplace Violence Prevention Draft Standard.[4]

That standard is being developed under the Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act, which requires stronger public-sector workplace safety protections and a new workplace violence prevention standard.[5]

So this conversation is getting bigger than body cameras.

The question Maryland should now ask is:

If assaults are falling while staffing shortages and overtime remain serious, has the State solved the safety problem, or has it demonstrated that real safety requires both technology and sufficient people?

That is the accountability question worth preserving.

The early numbers are encouraging.

Now DPSCS should publish enough underlying data for Maryland to see exactly what changed, where it changed, and why.

Sources

[1] Eastern Shore Undercover, “State Leaders Say Body Cameras Cut Prison Assaults at ECI,” September 16, 2026.
https://www.easternshoreundercover.com/article/state-leaders-say-body-cameras-cut-prison-assaults-at-eci.htm

[2] WBOC, “Body-worn cameras now in use at all Maryland state prisons,” September 15, 2026.
https://www.wboc.com/news/body-worn-cameras-now-in-use-at-all-maryland-state-prisons/article_f1f5b7da-7822-494e-98e4-6882194dc360.html

[3] AFSCME Maryland Council 3, “State of Respect,” State of Our State Services Report.
https://afscmemd.org/sos/respect

[4] Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, “MOSH Advisory Board Meeting Agenda September 2026.”
https://labor.maryland.gov/labor/mosh/moshadvbd-agendasep2026.shtml

[5] Maryland Department of Labor, “Public Employees’ Safety and Health,” Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act implementation.
https://labor.maryland.gov/labor/mosh/moshpesh.shtml

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