Corrections Columnist Articles

• Opinion: Why we need to put the bars back in jails

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  A recent attack on a North Carolina detention officer highlights the dangers associated with direct supervision housing

• Video review: Inmate in wheelchair escapes custody outside courthouse

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  Never underestimate a documented handicapped inmate

• 'Those who can, do; those who can't, teach': Why this saying has no meaning in corrections

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  The best teachers in any profession are the ones who do the work every day

• Why policing and detention must be treated as distinctly separate law enforcement professions

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  If we're serious about tackling the nearly ever-present threat of litigation hanging over jail administrators' heads, we must create very defined pathways for each career

• The importance of mentoring

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  Mentoring can be one of the most valuable professional relationships we experience

• Why sobriety during a CO's trial service helped him succeed

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  After a few months on the job, a new CO realized there was still one thing holding him back

• ‘This is leadership’: What public safety leaders can learn from Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

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  The best leaders continually study leadership principles so they can adapt their responses to various situations and crises

• How a supermax prison transformed an officer's law enforcement career — and life

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  Paul Valentino wanted to be a third-generation law enforcement officer, and fortunately, his first stop along the way was a supermax prison

• Deterring further violence and unnecessary disruption within ODRC maximum-security facilities

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  By providing too many privileges to its max-security inmates, Ohio is both undercutting its reformatory mission and putting the safety of everyone behind the wall at risk

• Ethics in corrections: The value of disciplinary case studies in officer training

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  By teaching officers what not to do, we can prevent mistakes before they occur

• Do visitors or corrupt staff bring in more prison contraband?

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  Columnist Gary York uses his experience as both a CO and a prison inspector to answer the age-old question

• Security key control awareness in corrections

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  If you aren't paying attention to your security keys, you're putting your safety and the safety of others at risk

• Victory for sexually abused inmate on negligent hiring

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  No qualified immunity is granted to the sheriff in a case of negligent hiring, the court of appeals decides

• Effective leadership in corrections: 4 must-do things

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  If you want to help save the future of corrections, you need to take action

• Investigating human sex trafficking in prison

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  Sex trafficking investigations behind prison walls are complex; here's what officers and administrators need to know

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