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
COs described medical staff limitations, haphazard hygiene procedures and confusion over COVID-19 tests and temperature checks in many facilities
More than 600 employees systemwide have tested positive, along with more than 4,500 inmates
Roughly half of the detainees that were transferred from the Krome Detention Center to Broward Transitional Center tested positive for COVID-19
Sheriff Alex Villanueva didn’t show up to a meeting, despite a subpoena demanding he answer questions about the spread of COVID-19 behind bars
A union representing corrections officers has repeatedly pressed for more PPE and testing in the facilities
Burl Cain stepped down from Angola in 2016 following reporting that investigated private real estate deals he entered into with relatives and friends of inmates
“Barracks Behind Bars II: In veteran-specific housing units, veterans help veterans help themselves” illuminates specialized housing unit programs that are trying to prevent recidivism
A total of 373 staff members and 684 inmates within the Department of Correction have tested positive for COVID-19
Lexipol’s Senior Grants Consultants Samantha Dorm and Jerry Brant answer questions about available funds for public safety agencies
Prince George’s County’s Corrections Department must ensure that its electronic monitoring criteria and other procedures are met before an inmate can be released
Leaders in our nation’s jails and prisons should follow these six steps to address the crisis, reduce the risk and provide much-needed support
Incoming inmates will be tested for COVID-19 at intake and will be held for at least 35 days before being transferred to a more permanent facility
So far, the state has tested about 4% of inmates — well below the national average for state prisons
COs say they don’t have adequate PPE and are forced to go to a W.Va. drive-through facility to be tested themselves
The lawsuit claims officials failed to provide clean environments, basic sanitary supplies and PPE to prisoners and staff
The lawsuit accuses Gov. Mike DeWine and the state’s prison director of violating their constitutional rights by failing to do more to prevent an outbreak
Officials are calling for facilities to stick to federal guidelines regarding COVID-19 like social distancing, quarantining, isolation and handwashing
The decision comes as the CDCR says 619 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19
“We’re essential staff that come in every day working through this pandemic. I think our staff deserves hazardous duty pay,” a corrections officer said
The judge also asked for a daily report, including how many inmates and staff tested positive and have recovered
The additional staff members would not be brought to the jail unless a large portion of the existing jail staff had to stay home
Sen. Joe Manchin received assurances from Attorney General William Barr that no more new, out-of-state inmates will be transferred to FCI Gilmer or FCC Hazelton
The inmates were removed from the prison and are in isolation; others who had close contact with the three have also been quarantined
The commission is using its voter-provided direct authority to use subpoenas to investigate conduct within the department
Anthony Gangi and his panel of experts discuss the difference between chain of command and open-door policy
“This mistaken release or any release of an inmate with a pending COVID-19 test is unacceptable,” Gov. Andy Beshear’s spokeswoman said
“If you look at how it’s tracked across the globe, you’ll see that this thing runs through a correctional facility like a brush fire,” a CO union rep said
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said a judge overstepped when she ruled Metro West Detention Center inmates get the supplies and be tested for COVID-19
COs said a lack of preparation, like temperature checks, testing and proper PPE, left them unnecessarily exposed
The addition of the asymptomatic positives more than doubles the number of inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility testing positive for COVID-19
