Fitness & Health
Allowing an inmate to believe that you see the world in the same way he does can make the inmate more manageable and less violent to both you and other staff members
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Using house arrest more often to ease congestion and seeking a partnership with Clarks Summit State Hospital to provide better care for mentally ill inmates are tactics officials are exploring
The state of Florida fired 32 COs Friday as part of an investigation into the deaths of inmates at four state prisons
Inmates with serious mental illnesses are kept isolated in small cells for 23 hours a day or more, often with little or no treatment or human interaction
When you’re an officer on the go, you need to make the most of your fitness, when you can get it in
Igor Karlukov hung himself in his cell with a noose made of fabric from a mesh laundry bag that he tied to a grate
Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley said a spike in heroin and meth lab arrests in early summer are to blame
A police psychologist explains the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and how COs can get the help they need
In the civil rights lawsuit, Beverly Ann Griffin said her 39-year-old son, Bradley Ballard, was denied medication, ignored and neglected by jail guards and medical staff
A disability organization says the state ignored the systemic abuse — some of it deadly — of mentally ill inmates at the Dade prison
The ACLU is investigating the complaints from the prison