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.
Bringing the “connected officer” concept to life requires strategic thinking and thoughtful planning
Briarwood Products makes sure its tough but flexible cleaning products, designed specifically for use in correctional facilities, are up to the job
The female population incarcerated after conviction increased 27.5 percent
Officials unsuccessfully tried to buy drug from company after spending months trying to import tens of thousands of dollars in drugs from India
Nearly half of the 11,000 employees of the Mo. DOC are the so-called forgotten officers of the judicial system
DOC officials announced Tuesday that the GEO Group will take full operational control of the prison Dec. 1
Whether it’s to gain a new perspective or learn more about something you’ve been curious of for some time, check out these prison documentaries
Creepy incidents at these prisons and jails may indicate some inmates and officers never left
Jackson County’s new Adult Detention Center has been named in honor of Deputy Bruce W. Evans, who was killed in the line of duty 15 years ago
The new facility is not enough to fix overcrowding issues for Arkansas, but it will fix overcrowding at a local level
Jackson County has named the new Adult Detention Center for Deputy Bruce W. Evans, killed in the line of duty 15 years ago
Northumberland County Prison Warden Bruce Kovach’s likes the ideology of less technology to run a prison
The fire district signed a five-year intergovernmental agreement with the state to use portions of the closed facility, which was an all-female prison, for hands-on training
The state Health Department issued a boil-water alert for the prison on Monday, Sept. 28, after intestinal bacteria were found in a drinking water sample
A commission overseeing the building of a new state prison in Salt Lake City is set to hold its first meeting Tuesday afternoon
Maryland moved the last inmates out of the dangerously decrepit men’s section of the Baltimore City Detention Center on Tuesday
Warden George Hardinger is proposing a minimum security facility that would complement the maximum security Carroll County Detention Center in Westminster
The crew will be in the area Sept. 8-19 shooting scenes for “Three Seconds,” a film adaptation of a Swedish novel about a man who infiltrates a prison
The new Jackson County jail, set to open Oct. 1, has a master control room that will oversee control rooms, self-contained cells with individual locks and new ways to keep inmates contained and in place
93-year-old structure that surrounds the prison is a historical marvel, the longest continuous granite wall built with inmate labor
On Tuesday, the best behaved of those inmates were allowed for the first time to tour the facility accompanied by officers
From five-star accommodations to the world’s most crowded prison, these facilities run the gamut of strange and unusual
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers says an environmental impact study has suggested a site in Letcher County for a new federal prison
The new $166 million prison was supposed to open in March 2014
The Republican governor said the Civil War-era jail — which is run by the state — could be torn down, and there are no plans to build a new facility
Hired experts to study the feasibility of using the 130,000-square-foot former box store for a jail as well as to conduct an environmental study on the 14-acre site
What would you change if you were in charge at your correctional facility?
Transition time for Muskegon County Jail with new facility nearly built