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.
When it comes to communicating with inmates, officers and administrators should always pay attention to the small issues
“Had they been doing their job, they would have not escaped,” said Sheriff Vern Warnke
The new jail will operate under a direct supervision model, with deputies stationed inside areas that house inmates
Sheriff Roger Medley and the Iron County Commission are discussing some options dealing with high temperatures in the old section of the county’s Civil War era jail
A new jail being planned in Abu Dhabi could have inmates serve their whole sentences without ever seeing a single corrections officer
With an influx of inmates from other counties and overtime costs dropping, the Warren County Jail’s bottom line is looking better this year
Current jail is facing overcrowding issues
Pipes were installed when the roof was built back in 1976
Computer server malfunction left about 490 inmates trapped in their cells for the better part of a week
Sheriff Roger Medley recently told county commissioners that the thick limestone walls heat like a kiln when temperatures climb above 90 degrees
Despite closing the prison’s doors in 2012, the Florida Department of Corrections still pays annually to maintain the property and its now empty structures
Prison officials: “It’s fictional. It’s a dark comedy. It’s not a documentary.”
First of its kind in Calif, combining minimum security housing for transitioning inmates and halfway house-type lodging for those under an alternative sentence
Oregon’s largest county is looking to unload a jail in mint condition — having never housed a suspect or convict
Texas department uses different protocol for lethal injections than the one used by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections last month in a botched execution
DOC gave at least eight high-level workers up to 15% in pay increases in sharp contrast with those given to COs, whose pay is still down sharply since 2010
Some members of Congress want to build a new secret prison for the alleged 9/11 mastermind and other former CIA captives at Guantánamo
Here are some of the pros and cons of introducing a VVS to your correctional facility
Jail administrator said despite the deficiencies, the jail’s average population has continued to decrease
Prison population to decline, report says
Inmates complained of ill effects from carbon monoxide
Rowan County has been approved for a 300-bed regional jail that will be almost four times larger than the current lockup
The bunks, the commodes, the seats, everything is already built in the cells
An undisclosed number of inmates have been moved to other New Jersey prisons since the beginning of the month
All believe that the county should invest not in more beds, but in alternative incarceration methods
Unmanned gun towers are at the center of the debate
With the loss of the inmates also came the loss of cheap labor
Videos allege unsanitary conditions in Alabama prisons and urging change
In State of Union Address, President Obama promised that 2014 would be the end of Gitmo
Lockdown in Kentucky has lasted more than a week
Commissioner Stan McClain raised the issue last week at the board’s annual strategic planning workshop, suggesting that making the facility financially “liquid” would provide revenue for other needs, primarily public safety
Items flushed by inmates are clogging up sewage system, wreaking havoc on pump station
One wing of the prison, housing about 200 prisoners, had been put on lockdown following a series of inmate assaults
