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.
First responders need to prioritize mental health and seek help when needed
A 20% drop in prison staffing nationwide has left safety, rehabilitation and lives at risk — and leaders scrambling for solutions
The 2.5x pay will help backfill shifts and support parole and recruitment efforts following the mass firing of 2,000 corrections officers and sergeants
Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo, who was being held at Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Va., escaped with another inmate
Chandler Craig’s federal complaint claims she lost her job based on a “fabricated incident report” ordered by the sheriff
The federal monitor that oversees the city’s compliance with the decree has expressed concern about the Emergency Services Unit’s propensity for violence
They can be a threat to the prison environment – could they be an asset too?
The payout over Holly Barlow-Austin’s death after being held at a jail operated by LaSalle Corrections is among the largest public settlements of its kind
Inmates who were in single and double cells were moved to a communal setting and about 20 “ringleaders” decided to “stir the pot” in protest
Robert Sylvester Kelly was transferred from the Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago to the federal correctional institution in Butner, N.C.
Making prisons more “normal and humane” will also create better work environments for correctional officers, the Bureau of Prisons director said
Sheriff: “He inflicted that kind of terror after escaping from jail, killing people and shooting law enforcement. But that guy won’t be killing anyone else”
An investigation is underway into how a suspect involved in the shooting of three officers was released from jail
Former CO Asia Love attested in a 2019 affidavit that Jeroid Price, then an inmate at Lieber Correctional Institution, saved her co-worker’s life
The deal marks one of the most expensive wrongful death settlements in recent history for the state prison system
Eliminating the post-high school education requirement was approved in an effort to grow the department’s applicant pool to counter a staffing decline
Potter was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee and will be on supervised release until December
“The staff shortage is extreme and creates a dangerous cycle,” as officers are often forced to work overtime, which leads to burnout and high turnover, the union says
The officers pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty and were sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $1,000
The injunction prohibited inmates from being chained to a front bench for more than four hours and required that the center be kept sanitary
During the first year when the proposition was in effect, the proportion of people who reentered their communities successfully increased to 55.4%
The HOME Act would apply to non-citizens who fall under certain categories, including people who are sick and dying and some people who received convictions as youth
The escape unfolded after a CO at the county jail in Washington went to fetch a man who was being released
Morgan County Jail Capt. Richard Moat said he believes the jail is a place where lives can be changed daily
Good training helps with morale, boosts employee self-confidence, improves job performance and improves staff retention
The current class of roughly 89 recruits in the Correction Department Academy will graduate May 19 under the reduced timeline
Sarasota County Jail staff attempted to revive the wounded inmate, but he was pronounced dead
The Fulton County sheriff said the three members of his executive team had more than 65 years of collective experience in law enforcement and running a jail
CO staffing is running at 80% of its full complement to protect and secure the 500 or more inmates at Westmoreland County Prison
The announcement came after the family of Lashawn Thompson, 35, who was found covered in bed bugs after he died inside the jail last year, called for an investigation
Officials want the St. Louis County Council to approve $1.6 million from the general fund to hire an additional 27 correctional officers
The DOJ wants a judge to intervene because the county hasn’t complied with a court judgment for two years
Holmes lost battle to delay her incarceration when judge ruled she must surrender to serve her 11-year sentence
