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.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams underscored that Rikers has to be closed by 2027 in her state-of-the-city speech
The posting places the completion date in 2029, two years past the mandated deadline for shuttering Rikers
As part of a renewed push to shutter Rikers, Adrienne Adams wants to expand pretrial and alternative-to-incarceration programs
A federal judge in Houston is expected to decide in coming weeks whether inmates have the right to live in cooled housing areas when the mercury rises above 90 degrees
Corrections is a great profession, but only a few can walk the walk
After the CDCR was ordered to improve its medical and mental health care facilities, the agency embraced eco-friendly construction
Many argue that Prop 47 and 57 have done little to reduce the inmate population in California, and that those initiatives were more of a vocal public endorsement of rehabilitation efforts
A leader who is realistic about risks and proactive about solutions can have a major impact on personnel well-being
One officer suffered a broken nose while another suffered broken orbital, cheek and skull bones
A CO was treated for smoke inhalation
Benjamin Lee Small is still on the run
Ten percent of Alaska inmates were in restricted housing in 2012 while the national average was 4 percent
After the shocking murder of two Georgia COs during an inmate transport, corrections professionals should review policies and procedures
The jail population has been over the maximum 1,240 for about 190 days
The state allows inmates to be placed in segregated disciplinary units for as long as 10 years
Correctional institutions are faced with being the sole health care provider for the nation’s most ill people with the least amount of financial resources
When morale is high the facility is less vulnerable
The DOC has estimated that it could run a new prison with 43 percent fewer workers, generating savings to pay for the new facility over time
A woman convicted of dealing crack cocaine walked away from a life sentence last July. On Thursday, she was back in court
One of the escaped inmates once bragged to a neighbor that police would never figure out that he shot his brother-in-law
Investigators found hydrocodone, meth and marijuana wrapped inside a burrito
Sage Bear and Richard Harvell were caught without incident about 6 miles from Cedar Creek Corrections Center
The law will allow people accused of low-level crimes to have bail reviewed quickly and perhaps lowered if they’re indigent
Anthony Gangi sits down with Geoff Klopp, Union President for the Correctional Association of Delaware, and talks about the preliminary report on the riot
A House-Senate conference committee voted for a $2 billion budget, which includes a $10 million operations cut across 29 state facilities to reflect a declining inmate population
The company has settled allegations that it obtained inside information to gain an advantage in bidding for federal prison contracts
If Gov. John Bel Edwards’ 10 criminal justice measures all pass this week, the governor expects Louisiana’s prison population to be reduced by 10 percent over the next decade
The plan involved hiding in a bottomless wooden box in a big mound of sawdust from the prison’s woodshop that is hauled away periodically by a local farmer
The price for each inmate has doubled since 2005, even as court orders related to overcrowding have reduced the population by about one-quarter
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