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.
The union alleges the department is bypassing bargaining obligations and operating prisons with dangerously low staffing levels
All men’s Level III and Level IV correctional facilities are on the CDCR’s “modified program” after multiple inmate deaths and a recent attempted homicide of a correctional officer
Inmates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center took over a control room and released nearly 100 others before the situation was contained
The financial burden of the calls will shift from inmates and their families to a pot of money known as the Inmate Welfare Fund
The unit that houses the Jail Dogs program will be reallocated to some inmates who need treatment for long-term medical conditions
The inmate allegedly punched and kicked a man and slammed his head against a toilet because of “the color of his skin,” according to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office
Equipping Florida correctional institutions with a proper HVAC system could take up to 20 years to complete and would require the state spend $582 million
The union said COs at four state prisons are having trouble managing high-risk prisoners who are benefiting from a new law enacted in 2022 that provides inmates with more recreation time
The Waupun, Green Bay and Stanley prisons have been under lockdown for months as the state grapples with deteriorating buildings and a worker shortage
The auditing firm recommends the DOC build three new prisons and two new hospitals over the next 20 years, and close four aging prisons
Inmates are being transferred to the Penitentiary of New Mexico even though PNM’s staff vacancy rate is more than 40%
Multiple inmates started a fire by igniting bed sheets; the situation then turned into a riot as the inmates also armed themselves with blunt objects, Richland County deputies said
The arrest was made nearly a month after the four inmates escaped through a broken window and a cut fence at the Bibb County jail
“It’s the same things that I’ve been discussing over the past however many years now, it’s the safety, it’s the staffing, and it’s the facility, and the things that are not being done to progress,” Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner said
CO Steve Durham was most surprised by the relaxed, happy demeanor of the officers and their casual interactions with inmates during his recent visit to Halden
In the latest incident, a group of six juveniles attacked a staff member, creating an opening for a young man to take the staff member’s keys and then scale a fence
The revised policy includes step-down procedures to ensure there is mitigated risk over a longer period of time before inmates are returned to general population
Advocate Alex Mann, aiming to visit 500 police departments to discuss autism communication, made his first correctional facility visit at stop number 424
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In October 2022, there was a daily average of 835 total people in jail; it has increased 32% this year
Correctional staff at the Livingston County Jail found the tools needed for the job had expanded to include crayons and children’s books
“The more people, the more tensions, the more risk for individuals to fight, to create other issues in our facility,” Ada County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Shem McCulloch said
The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, a five-story jail barge with 800 beds, opened as a temporary measure in 1982 to relieve crowding on Rikers Island
The Santa Fe County Jail also saw “immediate results” from ramped-up recruitment efforts that included flyers and weekly rapid hire events this summer
“The study on RICMS’ impact proves that community-based services improve public safety,” said Venessa Martin, director of reentry at LA County’s JCOD
Why fostering mental wellness in correctional officers is paramount for a safer society
As three COs were subduing the inmate, he managed to escape their grasp and punched an officer in the eye
To avoid similar instances from happening, UDOC now requires written notifications to jails if there is any change in the release status of an individual
A judge ruled the Somerset County Jail violated labor laws by failing to pay its COs an OT premium under a contract with the United States Marshal’s Service
One union called the potential action a “slap in the face for the heroes who put their lives on the line every day”
By lowering the age requirement to age 18 for COs, the J. Reuben Long Detention Center has under 20 openings; last year, the jail was facing 50 open positions.
Mike Reese, former Multnomah County sheriff and Portland Police Bureau chief, said he will make a commitment to rehabilitating the state’s inmates
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