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 duty to intervene in an excessive force situation is your legal and moral responsibility
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
Inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility say they live in unsanitary and excessively violent conditions
At least a quarter of the people in U.S. prisons and jails are addicted to opioids
State employees, including those who work for the Oklahoma DOC, said they’re hurting as much as the teachers
Can rehab programs reduce non-violent drug offender recidivism?
Punitive segregation is both a preventive and a reactive measure
A Michigan prisoner who got shortchanged on his lunch serving can proceed with his lawsuit against a CO
The changes come after an employee said the previous “flawed” policy resulted in the rise of attacks on COs in the state’s prisons
The situation is so dire that the county lock-up may soon have to begin turning away arrestees
The proposed change would limit face-to-face visitation to a minimum of two per month, for two hours at a time on alternating weekends
The suit marks the latest event in a long-running scandal that has rocked the county’s criminal justice system
A federal appeals panel ordered a district judge to determine whether the South Dakota prison system policy barring pornography is constitutional
A former CO is among nine defendants named in a new lawsuit related to the ongoing prison sex abuse investigation
Correctional facilities do not have the proper staffing, training, healthcare programs, funding, or general resources to adequately deal with mentally ill inmates
Auditors touring the lockup noted a number of troubling practices that could lead to sexual abuse
The nature of the job can be challenging, but some words of wisdom from those who’ve walked the path can be key to success
A federal judge has ruled Connecticut officials were wrong to keep more than half of a prison inmate’s $300,000 lawsuit award to help pay the costs of his incarceration
What’s the best course of action when an inmate is breaking the rules?
A cloud-based HR solution can improve employee efficiency and oversight
The bill will provide an $8,000 pay raise for COs over the next three years, bumping starting pay to $32,000 a year
The judge wrote that prison officials failed to justify treating humanism differently from those religions that are recognized behind bars
Radicalization is a complex and widespread problem in prisons and early intervention is critical
Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh also said he isn’t planning to make the cuts “on the backs of our employees”
Alexander Phillips, who was sentenced for killing a former schoolmate, said he wants early release because he has a terminal illness
Rashad Williams said officials basically used a state law on recouping imprisonment costs from inmates to reduce the penalty for violating his civil rights
The change comes in response to a complaint about two women whose names were not released
A lawmaker is asking state officials to investigate allegations that inmates younger than 18 were abused and neglected in an adult prison on the Gulf Coast
A group of inmates is tending to 200 roosters at an Arkansas sheriff’s office pending their use as evidence against 137 people arrested at a cockfight
At issue is a mandate capping the amount of time judges can send offenders to prison for violations like missing counseling appointments or committing misdemeanors
Orlando Wright said his re-arrest three years later to serve the remaining time was illegal
The Stepping Up Initiative puts law enforcement in contact with local resources that can assist in the education and rehabilitation of inmates with mental health illnesses
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