Facility Design and Operation
Facility Design and Operation are fundamental to correctional facilities’ safety, efficiency, and effectiveness. This directory provides articles and resources on best practices in facility layout, construction, and daily operations. Proper design and operation not only enhance security but also improve the working environment for staff and living conditions for inmates. For more on maintaining optimal facility standards, explore our section on Correctional Facility Maintenance.
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The funding request includes anti-drone systems, mail scanning technology and a dedicated transport team following the 2024 hospital attack on COs
Richland County officials hope renovations, corrections officer sign-on bonuses and tighter policies can turn the jail around
Priority should be placed on enhancing safety, reliability and operational efficiency
Corrections officials said that once the new prison is built, it will employ nearly 800 people at an average salary of more than $46,600
“I can tell you as the sheriff that I think that we cannot afford to not do this and we cannot afford to not do this correctly,” Pennington County Sheriff Brian Mueller said
A federal judge ordered state prison officials to relocate most inmates from Stateville following a lawsuit over hazardous conditions
Focusing on her experience working in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a female psychologist gives an account of the world inside the system
Corrections administrators said prison jobs were plentiful within a 65-mile radius of Stateville, but many employees already travel long distances to reach work at Stateville
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The court order, which came after a lawsuit that claimed inmates were housed in unsafe conditions, hurries a plan to demolish the prison and build a new one in its place
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Salem, Gloucester and Cumberland counties, which already share a court system, will be merging their inmate populations into a single, 900-bed jail facility in Salem
The standards set baselines for several jail conditions, including prenatal care for pregnant women, the use of force on inmates and the basic rights of those in the jails
The state’s union president said that in previous rounds of closures, many corrections officers have chosen to retire or change careers rather than uproot their families
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The corrections director said sweat lodges are a culturally specific way to address the spiritual needs of indigenous inmates — and hopefully reduce recidivism
The new jails are being built using the design-build format that is supposed to speed up construction, according to the city’s Department of Design and Construction
The IDOC recommendation comes a little more than a month after the governor unveiled a plan to rebuild Stateville and Logan correctional centers
A 2020 evaluation report by the state found that “several conditions at the state prisons reduce safety, including persistent staffing shortages, heavy overtime use, suspensions of prisoner activities, unprofessional workplace relationships, limited oversight and outdated infrastructure”
The state plans to rebuild two prisons, Stateville Correctional Center and Logan Correctional Center, after an outside review reported a year ago that both are nearly “inoperable” in their current condition
“Lieutenants have gone through jailer school, all jail protocols have been reinforced, reemphasizing training in policy and inmate movement,” Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said
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