Emergency Management

Howard Holland, acting warden of Chester County Prison, proposed new fencing, ankle monitors for high-risk inmates, more cameras in the facility and establishing a K-9 unit to enhance security

The test will run Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET to TVs, radios and cell phones

Union president for COs jokes that "everything runs off duct tape and band-aids” in the understaffed prison with failing infrastructure

Authorities moved 320 inmates as Huntsville firefighters battled a fire at the Walls Prison Unit

Before a fire breaks out, corrections staff and firefighters should pre-plan how to respond

Risk management expert Gordon Graham details how to combat the five reasons mistakes are made in public safety

Call sheets, mock drills and suspicious package training can help your personnel deal with threats effectively

The G.L.O.V.E. has contact points on all five fingers that deliver an electrical charge when you touch a specific area of the body

A total of five fires were set in two areas of the facility, the fire marshal's office said

EMS crews are being left without DOC escorts to protect them when they enter the jails, the union says

Not all parishes in the area are planning jail evacuations ahead of the now Category 4 storm

At this crucial infection point we need 'all of the community' to help halt transmission in our corrections systems

Lessons in communication, coordination and safety from an unusual response involving several inmates

Security features in jails and prisons make it very difficult for first responders to get into a facility in the event of an emergency like a fire

The result of a mismanaged emergency in corrections is often injury, loss of life, and lengthy and expensive litigation