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Tier Talk Podcast: Calif.'s lessening of solitary confinement for gang leaders

Host Anthony Gangi and guest Russell Hamilton discuss the recent changes in solitary confinement in California, along with best tips for conducting contraband searches

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Russell Hamilton began his career with the California Department of Corrections in 1989, and has spent some time in the Administrative Segregation Unit (solitary confinement). Now, he currently works at a smaller facility, but has become specialized in weapons and other contraband detection. Through his time served, Russell Hamilton has gain a true understanding of the correctional system.

This discussion will take you deep into the Ad Seg units and also bring to light to the world of weapon manufacturing and successful search methods. This show will hopefully help educate and inform officers in a way that will make them more effective at the job they perform.

Tier Talk, hosted by Corrections1 columnist Anthony Gangi, features interviews with industry experts, conversations about hot topics and pressing issues, and offers lessons to new staff and old about the evolving and ever-changing field of corrections.
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