Corrections Policies
Policies are the foundation for all operations in corrections. From inmate due process to report writing, policies set expectations, provide guidance, and protect correctional staff and facilities. This section highlights how correctional facility policies play out in the real world, while also connecting you with best practices for drafting, updating and ensuring accountability with policies.
The court was also highly critical of an alleged unwritten cost-cutting jail policy that caused delays in sending detainees to the hospital when necessary
The ramifications of marijuana legislation on agencies and their hiring processes
Jail policies and classification systems have been largely developed based on the male population
Treat departing employees with the respect and dignity that matches their service and you will maintain their loyalty, even as they depart
Ensuring safe and secure entry for newly incarcerated people at a correctional facility requires careful consideration of all aspects involved
Inmates said they were “mocked and ignored” when they told their supervisors of what would later be determined as second-degree burns and blisters
PREA regulations and resulting policies are extensive and can involve a lot of work. So, why should we go through all this trouble?
The final version didn’t place any restrictions on how long a prisoner can remain in solitary
Court declares surgeon to be a “state actor” subject to federal civil rights law and rejects qualified immunity for her and two prison officials
In a letter, Gov. Kay Ivey said “it is time to resume our duty of carrying out lawful death sentences”
The duty to intervene in an excessive force situation is your legal and moral responsibility
A Luzerne County Correctional Facility lieutenant says COs need more training on how to recognize inmates at risk
The book was flagged for containing content viewed as “dangerously inflammatory in that it advocates or encourages” unrest
Nitrogen hypoxia is seen as a solution to the difficulty of obtaining lethal injection drugs
Officials: Revision “would do nothing to redirect other agency arrestees, failing to ensure officers take arrestees to a facility that aligns with their gender identity”
The ACLU says policy barring COs from maintaining full beards is discriminatory against members of the Sikh faith and Black officers
Court rules that seven months of solitary confinement for an inmate with known mental health issues violated the Eighth Amendment and clearly established law
Executions will now be held at least 60 days apart rather than every 30 days in the state
Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested that executions be set 60 days apart, rather than the current 30-day timeframe
In a lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that “strip searches by prison guards who were female at birth conflict with his religious faith, which bars him from exposing his body to a woman other than his wife.”
COs successfully argued that the state DOC failed to pay them for work done once they arrived at their prison for the beginning of their shifts
The weapon misfired and the female visitor was uninjured
The program changes testing from a written exam to a “training and experience” questionnaire
The judge said inmates were exposed to “mental torture” and deprived of adequate mental healthcare
The captain claimed a policy that forbids deputies from having a relationship with a known felon violated his constitutional right to free association
Sgt. Deandre Adams violated policy in failing to adequately check on Chad Isaak, according to a termination letter
“Someone slashes someone in jail, what do I do with him? I remove him from population and put him someplace by himself until he corrects his action.”
Correctional personnel allegedly did not receive initial or annual fit testing for N-95 respirators
A federal lawsuit alleged that county officers and supervisors shackled the woman’s wrists, ankles and waist during prenatal visits, and during labor and childbirth
“New York City is better than solitary confinement,” Speaker Adams said
These are the skills high-performing employees use every day to make them stand apart from others
Police officials, prosecutors and halfway house operators had condemned the policy as jeopardizing public safety
The temporary approval of such tactics is a sign of increasingly desperate conditions inside Louisiana’s aging and understaffed juvenile jails
