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.
All men’s Level III and Level IV correctional facilities are on the CDCR’s “modified program” after multiple inmate deaths and a recent attempted homicide of a correctional officer
Inmates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center took over a control room and released nearly 100 others before the situation was contained
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Inmates claim imprisonment during the pandemic puts their health at risk and violates their constitutional rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment
The review comes as the federal prison system struggles with COVID-19 cases and complaints from COs and inmates
Systemwide, there are 78 confirmed cases among prison staff and healthcare employees
Advocates say there’s not enough protective gear, cleaning supplies or space in immigration detention centers to allow for social distancing
The ACLU urged a judge to release vulnerable inmates at FCC Oakdale to home confinement, calling the facility a tinderbox “ready to explode”
Department officials said they are taking every reasonable precaution to keep COVID-19 from infiltrating the jails
There are currently 254 Cook County Jail inmates with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms
Two prisons that reported positive cases were selected by the Michigan DOC as the location of stand-alone housing units for inmates diagnosed with COVID-19
Albuquerque Police Chief Michael Geier wrote a letter to state and local leaders asking for an adjustment to procedures that led to the suspect being released
Officer Brian Miller, who has worked at the Marion Correctional Institution for 20 years, said he doesn’t know “how this thing got out of control”
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly mandated that Chicago’s Cook County Jail test all inmates as soon as they show signs of COVID-19
“We can’t incarcerate our way out of this pandemic, but governors, sheriffs, prosecutors, and the president have the power, and responsibility, to save lives,” an ACLU official said
The NSA has formed an industry action group in order to better coordinate with and assist sheriffs’ offices in getting vital supplies
A 30-year Philadelphia Department of Prisons veteran has developed a system after her shifts in one of the city’s largest jails to protect her family from COVID-19
The state launched a 14-day statewide soft lockdown and told nurses they must work 16-hour shifts or face reprisal
Inmates at Cambria County Prison are required to wear masks at all items, except when they’re in their cells
Isolation vs. quarantine, staff PPE guidelines and COVID screening were key considerations addressed during two recent webinars
The judge also ordered Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation to explain what steps are being taken to protect already sick inmates from COVID-19
With more than 42,000 inmates, Arizona has the highest incarceration rate in the western United States and the fifth-highest in the nation
Officials fear that an outbreak of the swift-spreading and contagious disease could overwhelm prison staff and local hospitals in the mostly rural area
Officers are wearing masks and gloves, but have been cautioned to save them for longer periods as shortages loom
The lawsuit says conditions at FCC Oakdale “run afoul of the prisoners’ Eighth Amendment protection from cruel and unusual punishment”
From a lack of medical screening to PPE deficits, the response to COVID-19 is testing correctional facilities nationwide
Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members who are on the frontline pandemic response
COs and union leaders are demanding PPE, hazard pay, sick leave and temporary suspension of transfers and admittance of non-security or non-medical personnel
Officers and inmates across the state prison system described conditions ripe for an outbreak, with a shortage of sanitizing products and lax policies at some prisons
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has repeatedly denied allegations that conditions at the facility are unsanitary or inadequate
The three-judge court said they do not have authority under a 2009 order limiting the state’s prison population levels
A 263-page document says the design of the state’s prisons, overcrowding and understaffing make it “impossible” to keep COs and inmates safe from COVID-19
Highest priority was given to inmates who are being held at FCC Oakdale, a prison complex in Louisiana where five inmates have died
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