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 Garden State Youth Correctional Facility’s inspection score rose from 72.9% to 85% after the DOC made key repairs and sanitation upgrades benefiting staff and inmates
The 10-week program at Saginaw County Jail, led by a therapist and ex-offender, helps inmates confront trauma to reduce recidivism and violent behavior
The Michigan Department of Corrections will step away from managing the 200-inmate facility, prompting the Detroit Police Department to recruit over 60 civilian staff
The women alleged multiple incidents, including an attempted rape, touching their breasts and buttocks and masturbating in front of them
Six boys used furniture to barricade themselves into a room, tore some of the classroom apart to make weapons and threatened violence
Correctional officers are outnumbered; two officers are sometimes responsible for almost 250 inmates
The Corrections Department says increased violence is due to efforts to reduce use of solitary confinement
The classes will “keep youth engaged” and the new windows will “limit distractions during class”
The new initiative fills a gap in the services now offered to inmates and those on probation, and comes at no cost to the county
Downed communications lines and spotty cellphone towers plagued the Panhandle, affecting several prisons
Officials say the cost would be offset by safer prisons, fewer drug-smuggling gangs, and fewer addicted inmates cycling back to communities
The prison has faced previous criticism and lawsuits related to alleged overcrowding and unhealthy conditions
U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott will form a team of investigators to probe issues at the Cuyahoga County Jail at the request of county officials after six jail inmates died in less than three months
A paraplegic inmate testified that conditions were so foul in one of the infirmaries at Louisiana State Penitentiary that he couldn’t wait to return to the prison’s general population
Officials hope an oversight commission will help inspect and monitor facilities, investigate complaints and report findings to the public
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Investigators’ report described finding nooses made from sheets and detainees who reported waiting weeks or months to see a doctor
The hiring of nearly 20 new officers will help address the longstanding understaffing issues at the jail
Six inmates have died at the Cuyahoga County Jail over three months
As a young correctional officer, you will face many obstacles, but never give up as you will develop the skills you need to succeed
Attorneys filed a motion accusing sheriff’s officials of conspiring with jail phone vendor to breach calls between inmates and their attorneys
Cleveland Municipal Judge Michael Nelson said he won’t send people to the Cuyahoga County Jail because he believes it is no longer safe
Several healthcare officials at the jail raised concern that the facility does not provided enough medical personnel to treat inmates
When federal officials arrived in May for a surprise inspection of the detention facility, they found nooses made from bedsheets in 15 of 20 cells
Jurors ruled the inmate’s rights were not violated when he was never taken outdoors during permanent stays at the infirmary in three state prisons from 2011 to 2016
“The practices they’ve implemented are ... prohibiting a lot of lawyers from being able to use the mail to communicate with their clients,” an ACLU official said
The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition also goes inside jails to help register inmates to vote
Nearly 1,700 calls have been improperly recorded by a Sheriff’s Department contractor since 2015
About a dozen University of Colorado students gathered to protest the prison labor that provides university furniture
States cannot withhold potentially life-saving but expensive medications from prison inmates who have chronic hepatitis C, a judge ruled
The provider, Correct Care Solutions, has faced criticism over its staffing levels and quality of care
The officers shot the inmate with a dozen pepper balls when he tried to escape after flooding his cell
The convicted sex offender is demanding release from prison, removal from the sex-offender program and $850,000
Utah authorities said they had miscalculated her sentence and she would be freed about six years earlier than expected
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