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 AWOL designation used during the strike violated FMLA and harmed correctional officers and their families, Rep. Elise Stefanik said in a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor
A national lack of prison climate control is testing Eighth Amendment protections and correctional workforce resilience
Capt. John Briel, a 30-year corrections veteran, is helping train a wave of new staff as Cambria County Prison approaches full staffing for the first time in a decade
The indictment charges two former corrections officers and an ex-deputy with misdemeanor counts of battery and simple battery as well as a felony count
Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the teen’s disappearance, will be extradited to the U.S. to face charges he extorted thousands from Holloway’s mother
The report outlines the steps the Penobscot County sheriff and staff need to take to comply with PREA. It also said a new jail would allow for better surveillance
Girls Scouts Beyond Bars is a unique program in dozens of women’s prisons, jails and juvenile-detention centers across the country
The man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of the Ala. teen in Aruba is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for a 2010 murder
In the wake of a staffing crisis and reports of increased violence and drug use, a state agency report called for Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls to be closed
The week was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan to acknowledge the courage and heroism it takes to dedicate your life and career to such a role
The men were gone for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center
Ameen Hurst, 18, and Nasir Grant, 24, escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard
“The important work of correctional officers often does not receive the recognition from the public it deserves,” President Reagan said in 1984
Penobscot County is looking to hire a marketing firm that would present educational details to the public about the need for a new jail, which would have to be approved by the voters
An inmate charged in the death of a CO who helped him escape pleaded guilty to escape in exchange for having the murder case dismissed
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%
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