Marty Drapkin

Policies and Procedures for Jails

Marty Drapkin is employed by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, in which capacity he coordinates Wisconsin’s basic jail officer training program. He has written texts and training materials for jail officer and secure juvenile detention officer training, and has worked with curriculum advisory committees to develop training content. He is the author of a number of articles and three books: Developing Policies and Procedures for Jails: A Step-by-Step Guide, Jail Operations Manual Checklist, and Management and Supervision of Jail Inmates with Mental Disorders. As a consultant, he has worked with sheriff’s departments in a number of states to help develop and/or improve law enforcement and jail policies and procedures. He has also co-instructed in training seminars sponsored by the American Jail Association on development and implementation of jail policies and procedures.

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Strip search policies in jails
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By Marty DrapkinStrip searches are an important procedure in jails and prisons. They are an invaluable means of preventing introduction of contraband items, particularly weapons and drugs, into a f...
Preventing suicides: Simple ways to stop inmate self-harm
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How having good interpersonal communication skills could help you to save a life
Why and when to review correctional facility policies
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Review of jail or prison policies and procedures is a critically important element of correctional management
Does your inmate grievance policy protect you?
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By Marty Drapkin Like it or not, every jail and prison needs a sound, written policy and procedure for dealing with inmate grievances. This means we must provide an effective way for inmates to for...
Setting the standard: Policy that protects your institution
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In developing policies and procedures for a correctional institution, a key goal should be to have the policies reflect prevailing legal requirements and correctional professional standards to the ...
Training staff on policies and procedures, Part 3: Documentation
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Part 3 of 3Read Part 1: Training staff member on policies and procedures: DevelopmentRead Part 2: Training staff members on policies and procedures: Plan into actionIn the first two articles in thi...
Training staff on policies and procedures: Part 2
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Part 2 of 3 In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the importance of properly training correctional staff members on the agency’s written policies and procedures. It was noted that management has a...
Training staff on policies and procedures, Part 1 — Development
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Part 1 of 3Read Part 2: Plan into actionRead Part 3: DocumentationAll correctional facilities must have good written policies and procedures on key aspects of the correctional operation. Policies a...
Writing a suicide prevention policy
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By Marty DrapkinInmate suicide attempts and completed suicides are a huge concern for all jails and prisons. Every facility must have an adequate suicide prevention program in place to try to contr...
The importance of language in policy writing
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Writing good policies and procedures for a correctional operation is not easy. It takes a lot of time and effort to do it right, so that the final product meets professional standards. Policies and...
Involve staff to make policies and procedures real
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Written policies and procedures are a very important element of an effective correctional operation. Policies and procedures are management’s formal method for communicating to staff members what t...
Use of force liability risk management
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By Marty Drapkin Checklist: Use of force liability risk management: Corrections setting Management of liability risk is an important element of any detention or corrections operation, small or larg...