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• Understanding inmate discipline and limited due process

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  Forget everything you have heard about how inmate discipline was handled 'back in the day'

• How to make emergency preparedness a priority

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  Steps correctional facilities can take to ensure staff are prepared for when the next emergency hits

• The value of crisis intervention training for corrections officers

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  With the number of people with mental health issues booked into jails increasing each year, crisis intervention training is becoming increasingly important

• How not to fall prey to inmate con games

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  Officers should always control the time and place of any interactions with inmates

• Situational awareness during inmate escorts

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  Avoid being complacent during this routine task

• Excessive force: Correctional officers must intercede and report

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  When you see another CO using force you know is unreasonable, you are required to intercede

• It will all come out in the wash: Checking for contraband in the laundry

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  Many facilities use inmate workers to wash clothing and bedding, making the laundry room a high-risk location for contraband storage and exchange

• How to be a contraband detective

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  Just as there is no such thing as an escape-proof jail, there is no such thing as a contraband-proof jail

• Identifying, classifying and segregating special management inmates

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  Correctional officers must separate and appropriately supervise these inmates

• Complacency kills! Here's how to prevent it

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  Challenge yourself to defeat daily routines that lead to complacency in correctional facility operations

• Personalizing communications in corrections

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  Communicating with inmates as if they are objects will lead to negative interactions

• How to prevent unethical behavior in your facility

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  There are a number of situations in corrections that may give rise to unethical practices

• How to testify like a professional

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  Your integrity and your honesty are the most important tools in your toolbox when you are in court. In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham shares some key best practices when testifying. 

  Get more tips from Gordon here.

• What does it mean when an inmate won't make eye contact?

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  An inmate's lack of eye contact could have many different motivations. In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham reveals how to use all of your senses to read an inmate's body language to protect yourself and others. 

  Get more tips from Gordon here.

• Medical emergencies in corrections: Never assume an inmate is faking

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  When a prisoner says they have sustained an injury or that they are having a medical emergency, there is only one course of action explains risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham in this tip. 

  Get more tips from Gordon here.

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