Fitness & Health
Burnout is not a cliché. There is a lot behind the word — and correctional officers, from the newbies to the veterans, should know more about it
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The new service will be bolstered by a grant-funded mental health program that will have a new staff member helping inmates with mental health and opioid addiction
The COVID-19 vaccine is another risk mitigation tool, kind of like ”internal body armor”
Correctional leaders should commit themselves and their staff to apply lessons learned from the challenges of 2020 into policies and emergency planning
Healthcare will remain the largest uncontrollable expense in corrections — COVID-19 has only exacerbated this trend
The coronavirus impacted all aspects of correctional facility operations – from staffing to officer wellness
The report called for COs and incarcerated people to receive early access to the COVID-19 vaccine
Something as simple as guided visualization trips to the beach can help build resiliency in jobs where it seems impossible to relax
The two-year investigation looked at mental health care of inmates and whether it led to self-harm or death
Edmond Hightower had a history of assaulting inmates in the jail over the years and was flagged in 2013 to be placed in an isolated cell to protect other inmates
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