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.
A contraband device helped plan the escape of a violent inmate, injuring corrections officers and triggering a multi-day manhunt
While declining to mandate immediate air conditioning, the judge warned the state it will likely lose at trial over unsafe prison heat conditions
Middlesex Jail & House of Correction officers assigned to the unit received specialized training in working with an older inmate population
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
The proposal would restrict the use of confinement to no more than 15 consecutive days and a total of 45 days in a six-month span
About 6,400 officers were available to work at the city’s jails in July
Suit alleges Associate Warden Antonio Pires, 48, used his position to “manipulate and coerce” her into a brief sexual relationship and then gave her unfavorable assignments when she ended it
Emails between Sheriff Greg Countryman and Police Chief Freddie Blackmon discussed jail overcrowding and poor communications related to special police operations
A mid-July Muscogee County Jail crisis provoked a standoff between sheriff’s deputies and Columbus police officers so tense, a supervisor feared a fight would break out
Ray Garcia, 55, former warden at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., already faces federal charges alleging he sexually abused inmates and forced them to pose nude for him
Union head claims social media posts complaining about ACJ staffing levels drew “undue reprimands” from jail leadership, resulting in a 3-day suspension order
The first step for prison officials is to have a clear view of the mail security vulnerabilities in their particular facility
Tracking supplies given can save lives, no matter the size of the object
Supervisors complained about the current design for the jail, which they say do not offer enough space for mental healthcare and re-entry services
On Aug. 2, Hunt County Jail held 299 inmates - 156 of whom (52%) had been flagged with some form of mental illness
To entice applicants and get current correctional officers to stay, the Otero County Commission recently approved raises from $15 to $19 an hour
$18.9 million shortfall is primarily due to increased operating costs at Hidalgo County jail due to overcrowding
The California Correctional Center in Susanville was supposed to be shut down in June, but has remained open as state studies impact on surrounding town
The loss of the federal contract to hold the detainees likely will create a $6 million hole in the county budget that will have to be filled, according to officials
The show features multiple people each season voluntarily opting to be incarcerated for 60 days to understand what life is like inside the prison system
In the “kids-for-cash” scandal, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan shut down county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from co-owner of two for-profit lockups
Alabama is building two “supersize” prisons using $400 million from the American Rescue Plan - 20% of what it was given by the federal government
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