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.
The department’s vision centers around transforming the state’s correctional system, “which has been historically perceived as a punitive model, " shifting to a focus on rehabilitation and restoration, and reducing recidivism
The council suggests retraining corrections officers, reducing inmate numbers for individual cells, enhancing staff amenities and creating re-entry beds for post-release transition
Inmates sent to the sensitive needs yards are historically inmates who face threats from the general population
A trio of corrections unions argue that their members aren’t trained to handle youthful offenders
Officials said there are too few trained corrections officers on the payroll to ensure security
Anthony Gangi sits down with Author John Paitakes to discuss his new book
In addition to the savings in cost and to the environment, the project provided inmates with job-training skills
Union officials and inmate advocates both agree that the city needs to do more to end the violence
The riot at Crossroads Correctional Center connects to a bigger problem that is sweeping our nation
The number of senior citizens behind bars is exploding, costing New York State taxpayers up to $240,000 a year for prisoners with serious medical needs
The criminal justice system needs more resources to improve reintegration efforts and help ex-offenders find jobs and housing so they’re less likely to re-offend
In the field of “green corrections,” the triple winners of saving money, developing inmate job skills and helping the environment drive administrators’ interest
A grand jury report condemns conditions at the Jackson County jail, saying it puts the safety of inmates and employees at risk
Emails revealed a short-lived quota system that required COs to write up prisoners or face disciplinary consequences
National Correctional Officers Week is when the nation acknowledges the vital role COs play in the criminal justice system
Inmates will have a chance to air concerns by phone in Houston federal court about a proposed settlement of their 2014 class action lawsuit
These posters will do nothing but cause animosity and make frontline staff hesitant when use of force needs to be applied
Inmates at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center are teaming up with officers to combat drugs and violence at the prison
Until more elderly prisoners are discharged, correctional facilities will be forced to spend more resources on serving this aging population
The mass evacuations of several Texas prisons after catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey is a reminder of the necessity of emergency planning
As jail operations encompass a broad range of functions and information needs, it is important to clearly identify priorities when new technology is introduced
The legislators also requested information on how inmates have been treated since the riots
Officer Matthew Matthias is in stable condition while being treated for 32 stab wounds and numerous internal injuries sustained in a February attack
Change is necessary to grow and remain relevant, but how do you get risk-averse decision-makers to buy in to your ideas?
The inmates in the unit get daily drug treatment counseling and an array of programs and art activities like acting lessons and a poetry slam
Be sure to plan for how you will incorporate new tech into your screening process, where equipment will be located and where you will get funding to purchase the tools
Investigators cited the state prison system for failing to eliminate hazards “likely to cause death or serious injury”
One tweet from Tyler Barris’ Twitter handle said:"How am I on the Internet if I’m in jail? Oh, because I’m an eGod, that’s how”
Ideologies and managerial qualms have surfaced that impact corrections and, in my opinion, have caused severe damage
Inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility say they live in unsanitary and excessively violent conditions
Punitive segregation is both a preventive and a reactive measure
The situation is so dire that the county lock-up may soon have to begin turning away arrestees