Leadership

Good training helps with morale, boosts employee self-confidence, improves job performance and improves staff retention

Guillermo Viera Rosa will join the Los Angeles Probation Department during a time of turmoil

Officials said the improvements will produce a "culture change" that will attract high-quality candidates to the jail

19-year-olds can join at a salary of up to $68K with a $2,500 signing bonus and become eligible for the state's 100% tuition reimbursement program

Maine's facilities have grown much of their own food in on-site organic gardens, baked all their own breads and bought discounted produce and grains

"His messaging has ... impaired some of the respect our staff get out in the jails from their DOC staff colleagues," Amanda Masters said

State officials said it's time to ban the detention of youths who are charged with minor status offenses and Class B misdemeanors

Exit interviews from COs cited mismanagement, disrespect and distrust as their main reasons for leaving

A series of assaults, escapes and riots occurred last year at juvenile justice facilities around the state

Security issues, low staffing and claims of civil rights violations marred the record of Ryan Thornell's predecessors

Corrections1 readers, as they did in 2021, believe that 21, not 18, is the appropriate minimum age for corrections officers

One of the country's leading correctional trainers provides thought-provoking "Roll Call" talks designed to build correctional officer competence, confidence and commitment

The 5-year contract for $45.7M is to feed 23,000 inmates in 20 state-operated prisons for $1.77 per meal

Fender was chosen for the CoreCivic award for his achievements in workforce development, improving conditions and reducing violence

Out of the nearly 700 correctional officers surveyed, approximately 6% indicated they had nefarious or disconcerting reasons for working in corrections