Correctional Management
Correctional Management encompasses the strategies, policies, and practices of running correctional facilities effectively and safely. This section offers articles that delve into various aspects of Correctional Management, including leadership, staff training, inmate rehabilitation, and security measures. Effective management is crucial for maintaining order, ensuring safety, and fostering a rehabilitative environment within correctional institutions. Explore related topics on corrections policies for additional insights into the challenges of managing complex correctional systems.
Officers seized weapons, tattoo devices and synthetic marijuana in a coordinated contraband operation at Charles B. Webster Detention Center
A Cook County sheriff’s report cites longer case timelines and policy shifts under the state’s attorney as factors in 12% population growth
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the state will be deliberate on nitrogen executions and said prison expansion has broad support
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Dr. Anjali Niyogi, founder of the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Clinic, knows the information about overdoses could save a life once the inmates reenter society
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the closures of Great Meadow Correctional and Sullivan Correctional are primarily due to staffing challenges
The order suspends parts of the law that limit holding inmates in “de-escalation confinement” to four hours and restricts the use of restraints during transport
As parents are going through the Hampden County jail’s rehabilitation programs, the camp helps the children who are the unintended victims, the mayor said
A St. Louis City Jail CO sent out a distress call about a disturbance in one of the jail pods which eventually escalated into a stabbing
The new rules cap the costs of phone calls and video calls in prisons, allowing easier access for people in custody to contact people on the outside
A lawsuit filed by the man’s family claims that, contrary to policy, the Garfield County courthouse jail is monitored by dispatchers instead of COs, violating state law
The closure process for Great Meadow Correctional and Sullivan Correctional begins immediately with both facilities officially closing by November 6
While California State Prison, Solano, was without power, CDCR said the prison was operating on emergency generator power and security was never compromised
USP Canaan is staffed at 95% while Allenwood’s staffing level is at 71% which impacts the safety of its COs and requires many to work double shifts, the union said
The Missouri DOC is launching a $1 million special investigations unit designed to further staunch the flow of illegal material to inmates
Two COs at the Pima County Adult Detention Center were taken to the hospital for medical assessments, and others were treated by on-scene paramedics
The magnetometers will be employed on a random and spot-check basis at unspecified jail facilities, Sheriff Kelly A. Martinez said
The judge acknowledged the city’s good faith efforts to fix understaffing by recruiting more COs with better pay and incentives but emphasized that more needs to be done
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The mobile welding trailer has six welding stations for inmates within the mobile learning center; the trailer is also equipped with six virtual reality welding simulators
The CO said he injured his knee during a struggle with an inmate; upon his return to work, his supervisor assigned him a dangerous task, despite restrictions on detainee contact
The union’s president said in a letter that COs are being forced to work mandatory 16-hour overtime shifts and, at times, with “far less than the required numbers of officers”
The judge called on the state to revise heat policies, citing issues like insufficient shade, lack of work breaks and failure to provide prisoners with sunscreen
The Lima Symphony Orchestra performed at Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution to support rehabilitation through their “Healing Through Music” program
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The agreement also calls for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to conduct new training for deputies and jail medical staff
The findings are the latest in a series of independent investigations that have blamed the sheriff’s department and its staff for contributing to San Diego County jail deaths
The DA said a social media photo showing three inmates with a homemade shank and making gang gestures highlights security failures in the Georgia DOC
The cards, which will be given to inmates statewide, will feature the faces of crime victims and information on how to report anonymous tips to Florida Crime Stoppers
After receiving an infraction, the inmate hired another inmate to murder a State Farm Correctional Center employee and a Victim Services Unit investigator
While one CO was seated and writing a report at the Saginaw County Jail, his colleague drew her TASER and used it to deliver a drive-stun under the CO’s arm
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