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 judge said the Bureau of Prisons must also continue to provide them with hormone therapy treatment for gender dysphoria
Corrections Officer Corey Clark says Kelvin Vickers planned the attack in advance, vowing to harm the first CO to open his cell at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s hiring ban extends to local governments by temporarily suspending laws that would allow agencies to hire the COs; it also strips COs of their peace officer status
Six prison employees also were placed on paid administrative leave Friday for breaching security protocols
Marshals pulled more than 40 inmates from Portland’s jail in early September due to insufficient staffing
“This is not a retaliatory measure but logistically necessary to ensure that other critical services are being provided,” the department said in a statement
As of Wed., the Santa Fe County jail had 175 positions and a 44.57 percent vacancy rate with 78 unfilled positions
The state outlined a timetable in a memo Tues. for closing the California Correctional Center, which employed about 700 people and held about 2,300 prisoners as of June
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat is pushing back on the need to study the county’s jail population, the offenses for which detainees are booked, and the amount of time inmates are held
The mentally ill make up about 50% of the entire inmate population of roughly 15,000 people in county jails
County is only able to provide service for 22 out of 24 hours coverage in a day, and if the department loses another deputy, they may only be able to provide 20
The part-time hires would make the same starting hourly wage as regular MDC correctional officers — $20.34 per hour and $21.36 after probation — and qualify for a $2,500 hiring bonus
Prisoners including those who provide food, laundry and janitorial services refused to show up for work at major state prisons, leaving staff scrambling to keep the facilities running
Geiger Corrections Center staff are being pulled into service at the Spokane County Jail, as the jail reaches pre-COVID numbers in 2022
Union’s national vice president of women and fair practice said the abuses at the Victorville prison complex were among “the worst that I’ve seen.”
The 2019 state law would have phased out privately run immigration jails in California by 2028
The corrections worker is alleged to have shared information in violation of the department’s informational technology, confidentiality and ethics policies
Long hours, dangerous conditions and remote, rural locations have meant fewer officers and a system plagued with increased killings and violence
“We are concerned that the way he presents himself will drive away more employees in our already critically understaffed departments,” the letter read
“This serves as a reminder that individuals, no matter their status, will be held accountable,” an attorney said
An official designated a relative be hired as an intelligence officer even though that person hadn’t applied and someone else had already been chosen
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department is barred from holding a person in the jail system’s inmate reception center for more than 24 hours
A federal lawsuit alleged that county officers and supervisors shackled the woman’s wrists, ankles and waist during prenatal visits, and during labor and childbirth
The revised total is significantly steeper than the county’s previous estimate of $550 million
The guard will assist with perimeter security, entry and exit security and issuing supplies to inmates from secure stations, among other things
Matthew Tidman remains on life support and investigators are pursuing criminal charges
Deputy Toya Adams worked her way from the jail kitchen to a sheriff’s deputy
Sheriff Susan Hutson, who took office in May after campaigning as a progressive, terminated four captains after a violent and unruly summer at the New Orleans jail
The prison population is at a more than 30-year low at about 32,000 inmates, according to the department
Shortage of corrections officers also has forced the jail to stop accepting new arrestees except those charged with violent crimes, including domestic violence
A corrections officer, not a medical professional, received the newborn, hit him on the back to summon his first breaths and responded when he turned blue, an internal report says
Miles Michael Kenneth Bondley, awaiting trial for nearly a dozen felony charges. escaped from “a fully-enclosed, high security exercise yard”
Officials are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for James Theodore Highhouse
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