CERT and Emergency Preparedness
The Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Emergency Preparedness topic provides news and information for the teams of highly-trained corrections officers tasked with responding to incidents, riots, cell extractions, mass searches, or disturbances in prisons, possibly involving uncooperative or violent inmates.
4 Virginia law enforcement and rescue departments completed a quarterly training drill
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 American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio
The top-ranking official at the facility along with four officers were charged Wednesday
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
The two convicted murderers were allegedly demanding an escape helicopter — and pizzas
About 90 minutes of footage can be viewed on the attorney general’s website
Under Oklahoma law, a prosecutor can file murder charges when a death occurs during a kidnapping or riot
Protective gear can help to reduce injury, increase officer confidence and lead to lower levels of force used
Closing Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will take years; here are 11 changes the report authors recommend now
Turn Key Health’s CEO said improvements had been made, including the jail administrator’s efforts to address detention staffing shortages
A powerful way to increase learning based on real incidents is to not only study what you do see but to envision what you might have seen
Follow these steps to prioritize officer safety and facility security
Video shows police entering the jail as the inmate holds a detention officer at knifepoint
Turn Key Health gave the jail trust a one-month deadline to increase the number of detention officers at the overcrowded 13-story facility
The inmate took the CO’s radio and keys, and freed other inmates from nearby cells
Record everything you can within legal and regulatory guidelines
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
Buying the right protective face mask is key to ensuring officer safety
Steps correctional facilities can take to ensure staff are prepared for when the next emergency hits
Attorneys said inmates with different security levels were mixed, some didn’t get their medication on time and no meals were served for nearly 24 hours
The sheriff said the facility does not have a generator capable of running air exchange and cooling systems
Officials didn’t say where they were relocating inmates, but said they would be moved to another state corrections facility
Calif. Sheriff Don Barnes addresses current issues regarding custodial operations in jails as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold
Eric Stanley pulled a gun on deputies and jail staff, then punched a deputy in the face and forced him to the ground
From policy development to ongoing training, here’s how to develop an effective correctional emergency response team
The video shows the struggle between inmates and officers attempting to use a flashbang
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