Corrections Training
Corrections training is essential for equipping staff with the skills and knowledge to manage inmates effectively and maintain facility security. This directory offers articles on various training programs, techniques, and best practices within the correctional system. Proper corrections training ensures that officers are prepared to handle the challenges of their roles, promoting safety and professionalism. Explore our section on additional career development resources.
With facilities constantly short-staffed, today’s corrections training requires innovative scheduling, methods and platforms for success
The program will help the Rockingham County COs learn how to read cues from someone’s body language and brush up on verbal skills to help inmates who may become hostile, suicidal and anything in-between
Addressing misconceptions and safety measures in correctional facilities
Texas is exploring new ways to help inmates escape gangs
Charles Morgan allegedly spit and punched a CO and attacked 3 other COs who tried to intervene
Darius Robinson died from asphyxiation caused by “manual compression of the neck” in April
The inmate was being escorted to medical after making suicidal statements to the CO when the attempt occurred
An autopsy found he had a crushed windpipe and the surrounding muscles had been hemorrhaging blood
Federal prosecutors say as many as 11 others could face criminal charges
The proposal would — for the first time, officials say — explicitly state how long the agency must keep recordings of employees participating in training
1st Alliance has launched 1st Help, a searchable database dedicated to finding emotional, financial, and religious assistance for first responders and their spouses
In one incident, he threatened to bring a gun to school
Screening serves an essential function of identifying the best candidates for treatment from the broad population of applicants
Schools’ inquiries about criminal records too often block people who’ve served time in prison from getting an education
The report was issued amid a continued increase in prison health care spending
Thirty other states provide the wrongfully convicted with financial support
California will be the first state to pay for an inmate’s sex reassignment surgery
Michigan offers no financial remedy to people wrongly convicted of a crime
Inmates are in grave danger of having their constitutional rights violated in a violence-plagued jail
They each face up to 15 years in prison
Citing free speech and free press rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, the ACLU of Kentucky challenged the policy
They will likely primarily use it for female inmates, though it is not restricted to woman
Critics say juvenile offenders have better outcomes when they’re placed in age-appropriate facilities
Prosecutors told jurors at the opening of Kelvin Melton’s trial that they wiretapped a cellphone he used inside prison
It’s a remedy suggested by the prosecution out of concern about having tons of paper floating around
The city instead is using weaker metal detectors that investigations have shown can allow blades to slip through
It won’t be easy to restore confidence or extend change across the Department of Corrections
The National Alliance on Mental Illness agrees jails have become the de facto largest mental-health institutions
Policy requires the department to make accommodations for inmates who are unable to write in English
The female employee’s husband was hired shortly after the sexual contact started