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.
Allegations made to the civilian oversight board include overflowing toilets, racial insensitivity and lack of sanitation gear for inmates
Insufficient state funding and a deteriorating 125-year-old facility compound safety challenges for both inmates and staff
A strong relationship between a correctional facility and an ombudsman is critical in the pursuit of excellence
Troopers are searching for a jail inmate who was not discovered missing until nearly two days after he escaped
House members and U.S. senators said addressing contraband cellphones is “an issue of critical importance”
The software has saved the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections about $3 million in its first year
The increase in the prosecution of violent crimes and drug cases had the U.S District Court looking for extra jail space
The sheriff is instead hiring an accounting firm to “to conduct a financial analysis of the sheriff’s office budget”
Kevin Dickens alleged among other things that he was “constructively starved” when placed on a “nutraloaf” diet
The inmates visited their girlfriends, smoked marijuana and then walked back to the jail
With numbers dwindling, staff is left vulnerable
The overcrowding has threatened to produce dangerous conditions for inmates and Sheriff’s Department personnel alike
In its place the Pentagon wants to build a new meeting spot for some 26 low-value captives closer to their prison
The judge ordered a 90-day extension of his order to provide air-conditioned housing for heat-sensitive inmates
The new facility would include a jail house with 738 beds, a vehicle maintenance building, a firing range, a training center, the Sheriff’s Office headquarters
More than 300 of the 4,700 positions in the state’s prison system remain vacant, and retaining the employees has been a problem
Within two years, the aging facility will be full and essentially inoperable based on trends in the inmate population
So far, groups from Idaho, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon and now Alaska have made the trip to Norway
The disturbances have included the assault of three guards by inmates at two facilities on the same day last month
The first step to becoming an effective member of any team is to consider the big picture
Officials hope the recidivism rate and jail overcrowding will be positively affected by the county’s incoming work release program
“Whether they are called ‘training schools’ or ‘youth centers,’ nearly all of these facilities are youth prisons”
The inmate was inside the cell and the CO and sergeant were outside of the cell during the altercation.
Jail officials have been adding bunk beds anywhere they can to meet the needs
Joe Arpaio opened Tent City in August 1993 as a way of easing jail overcrowding.
Anthony Gangi sits down with Dr. Annette Hanson, psychiatrist and author of “Committed”
Inmates in one section of the prison allegedly started a fire and went to the roof of the facility in an attempt to escape
Wrongful death lawsuits are pending in federal court against a growing number of East Tennessee counties
Norway, a country of 5.2 million, has just 3,900 prisoners; Pennsylvania, a state of 12.8 million, has 48,000, plus thousands more in county jails
Prisoners set fires, smashed windows and shattered fixtures at Kinross Correctional Facility on Sept. 10, 2016
The developers say the system represents the first application of operations research to the assignment of prison inmates
The drone drops come as security experts nationwide warn that drones pose a serious threat to prison security
A New Jersey justice complex has sustained significant damage after an inmate flushed a jumpsuit down a toilet
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