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 project to build hundreds of hospital beds for people held in city jails is a key part of the “Close Rikers” plan
“It reinforces what we always say, ‘See something, say something,’” Sheriff Gabe Morgan said
A resolution passed allows the state to spend up to $975 million on the 4,000-bed prison
Officials say they don’t know what sparked the violence
Officials are debating how much an increase in moving inmates among prisons has fueled unrest
The change only impacts the roughly 75 prisoners in punitive solitary, leaving close to 4,000 state prison inmates isolated in “administrative segregation” untouched
The settlement allows pen-and-pencil drawings, but no greeting cards or thick stationery
After Casey McCary passed the balloons, he ate the evidence again
Bryan Baldwin was found hiding in an attic after escaping from the Cross County jail
Inmate tablets present a proven, cost-effective way to make jail staff safer and prepare inmates to live productive lives upon release
Getting staff to understand the Prison Rape Elimination Act and see it as valuable helps create a culture that supports compliance
Harvey made landfall Aug. 25 in South Texas. Prison officials the next day began evacuating the Ramsey, Terrell and Stringfellow units
The bill would limit how local and state police can interact with federal immigration agents
Transformational leadership is an empowering theory of leadership that is a stark contrast to our standard paramilitary model
About 7,000 people from five prisons, three treatment centers and two halfway houses had to be evacuated, and hundreds of prison employees’ homes were damaged or destroyed
The report indicates that the number of women in prison is expected to surpass capacity within a year and space will run out for male inmates in about two years
Jail Capt. Daren Ward said building a new jail facility will be costly, but “the county really does not have any options at this point”
Jail administrator Capt. Chris Blunk said that defendants with a history of drug abuse or who act strangely on the way to jail are scanned right away
In the middle of tranquil cotton fields in a corner of Kings County sits a state prison that’s home to some of the most notorious criminals
Baca filed an appeal Friday. The 75-year-old had been told to surrender to federal officials on Monday but the filing triggers an automatic stay on that order
Anthony Gangi sits down with author Gary York to discuss a survey he conducted on violence and corruption
Union Executive Director Robert Choromanski said he believes the unrest was stoked partly by inmates unhappy after being transferred from other prisons
Officials said the metal detectors are being used in 24 facilities across the state to curb smuggling of drugs, weapons and other items into and around prison
Before the deluge, the state evacuated 5,900 inmates by the busloads from several prisons along the swollen Brazos River
Inmates must be willing to take at good look at themselves for positive change to occur
A criminal investigation into the uprising and Sgt. Steven Floyd’s death is continuing
The resignation letter did not say why the sheriff was leaving office more than a year before his term is up
The prison north of New York City once had hundreds of resident felines freely roaming its buildings and grounds. Today, fewer than a dozen remain
What an informal survey tells us about correctional officer corruption, inmate violence, solitary confinement and contraband
That brings to nearly 6,000 the number of prisoners displaced by Harvey
Jason Norris was serving a 50-year sentence and Anthony Drury was serving a 20-year sentence
A different inmate told investigators he was talking with another inmate through the door when he heard a popping noise behind him
Officials say they are evacuating about 4,500 inmates from three state prisons because the nearby Brazos River is rising from Hurricane Harvey’s heavy rain
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