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• Understanding inmate discipline and limited due process

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  Forget everything you have heard about how inmate discipline was handled 'back in the day'

• How to make emergency preparedness a priority

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  Steps correctional facilities can take to ensure staff are prepared for when the next emergency hits

• The value of crisis intervention training for corrections officers

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  With the number of people with mental health issues booked into jails increasing each year, crisis intervention training is becoming increasingly important

• How not to fall prey to inmate con games

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  Officers should always control the time and place of any interactions with inmates

• Situational awareness during inmate escorts

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  Avoid being complacent during this routine task

• Excessive force: Correctional officers must intercede and report

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  When you see another CO using force you know is unreasonable, you are required to intercede

• Planning for the mass movement of inmates

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  Evacuating a correctional facility is a worst-case scenario for correctional leaders – here's what to consider ahead of time

• How to be a contraband detective

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  Just as there is no such thing as an escape-proof jail, there is no such thing as a contraband-proof jail

• Complacency kills! Here's how to prevent it

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  Challenge yourself to defeat daily routines that lead to complacency in correctional facility operations

• Personalizing communications in corrections

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  Communicating with inmates as if they are objects will lead to negative interactions

• 4 causes of critical stress in corrections

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  With the proper support, mindset, policies and training, critical stress can be identified and handled efficiently and effectively

• Personal safety in the jail

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  Every new booking comes with a potential biohazard

• Grow your profession: 4 resources for correctional officer training

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  Jail administrators should provide consistent, topical correctional officer training, but you are also responsible for your own professional growth

• Strategies for writing effective probation reports

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  Dedication to your work is important, but you also must be OK with cutting the cord, filing the report and moving on

• Women in jail: How to secure successful outcomes

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  Jail policies and classification systems have been largely developed based on the male population

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