The Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Emergency Preparedness topic provides news and information for the teams of highly-trained corrections officers tasked with responding to incidents, riots, cell extractions, mass searches, or disturbances in prisons, possibly involving uncooperative or violent inmates.
According to an NIJ study, emergency preparedness is not a significant priority for American jails and prisons and few facilities have any types of emergency plans in place. In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham details why such planning is essential.