The Correctional Management topic gives corrections leaders news and information to help them lead their staff and manage their facility in the face of tough issues like shrinking budgets and overcrowding. This topic also gives corrections officers an avenue to prepare themselves for a rise through the ranks.
The Florida DOC lifted uniform restrictions allowing incarcerated people to wear shorts and a single-layer shirt in response to hotter-than-average temperatures
COs suffer from depression, PTSD and suicide at a higher rate than the average population; part of the revamp plan is to improve the prison staff's experience
An investigation found COs worked past their scheduled shifts but supervisors were not providing signed approval, so OT wages were not being properly paid
The former CO is being held without bond with charges alleging 39 individual sexual assaults and other counts that could net him up to 300 years in prison
The settlement includes provisions to help lower the jail population at the Inmate Reception Center by diverting hundreds of people into mental health treatment