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.
Staff training on manipulation and improper relationships is key and must be constant and clear for all sworn and non-sworn staff
How leadership failures, unchecked behavior and inadequate training contribute to toxic correctional environments — and what it takes to change the culture
These are the skills high-performing employees use every day to make them stand apart from others
COs also warned of deteriorating building conditions, inadequate staffing, scant protections against COVID-19 and a lack of contact tracing
The state has struggled in recent years to attract and retain COs and its facilities remain chronically understaffed
The jail has been on a downward spiral despite reform attempts by jail management, state legislators and the DOJ
Claims include ignoring an active suicide attempt, forcing a child to drink from a toilet and slamming a teen’s head into a window so hard it cracked the glass
The judge made her ruling after reviewing dozens of declarations submitted on behalf of disabled inmates
A longtime racial justice advocate said the creation of an oversight board is an “urgent priority”
The department’s announcement came days after an advisory panel determined that inoculating inmates would result in “lots of media inquiries”
Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association president Benny Boscio called the move “a recipe for disaster”
Twenty-six employees have died and the virus has torpedoed morale, according to corrections data and employee interviews
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie will spearhead policymaking efforts for the agency’s Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises programs
The resistance comes even though medical experts have argued that inmates were at extremely high risk for infection
As Nebraska is seeking to expand its prison capacity, other states are taking a different approach
“Given the extreme supply of vaccine, I can’t, for example, say that somebody (in prison) who is 70 and above right now can get a vaccine,” a CDC official said
The lawsuit alleges multiple MDOC staff members ignored the inmate’s pleas for help, accused her of lying, and mocked and laughed at her
Leadership involves techniques that direct the energies and abilities of a group toward the common accomplishments and planned objectives of the organization
A report that found wardens referred just 541 complaints out of more than 50,000 to the new internal affairs unit during a five month period
The lawsuit comes several months after the DOJ opened a statewide civil investigation into release practices at DOC facilities
The California Prison Industry Authority was fined $24,300 for three “serious” violations
Any legal mail sent from the courts to Pennsylvania state prison inmates must contain a control number that senders can obtain through the department
The order is the first of its kind in the country, according to the organization that initiated the case
An inmate said it was freezing cold, “pitch black,” and water pressure was also lost, leading to “feces and urine backing up in the commodes”
MIOSHA assessed a $6,300 fine against Gus Harrison Correctional Facility for violations deemed “serious”
The letters could be broken down into smaller pieces and ingested or distributed to other inmates
A review found local jails lack authority, don’t have clear goals and need to diversify their leadership
About $181.7 million was expensed by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for direct “labor costs” such as payroll and benefits
The thwarting of inmate plans for escape, drug trafficking, gang activity or assaults does not occur by chance
A review found that wardens “largely avoided referring staff misconduct grievances to the new unit”
Officials have yet to release a cost estimate for repairing the damage, but it is “way into the thousands of dollars”
“There is a strong culture of silence in the prison system,” an attorney representing two women said
The report calls on the department to use isolation “only if absolutely necessary” to protect the safety of prisoners and staff