Corrections Products Articles

• Managing risk associated with video in today’s jails

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  While video is key in enhancing facility security, it also carries risks that must be addressed to reduce liability for the agency and its officers

• Spotlight: TextBehind enables families and friends to communicate with incarcerated loved ones conveniently and affordably

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  The company's main focus is to have a digital experience for the family and friends of the incarcerated

• Confronting COVID-19 requires strong leadership, honest assessments, communication and education

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  Leaders in our nation's jails and prisons should follow these six steps to address the crisis, reduce the risk and provide much-needed support

• How to buy less lethal products (eBook)

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  Download this Corrections1 less lethal product buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Why you need to be a control freak during prisoner transport

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  Vigilance at every step helps officers avoid complacency and ward off prisoner escapes or assaults

• 7 face mask purchasing and policy considerations for police, fire, EMS and corrections

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  With unscrupulous manufacturers selling defective masks and citizens donating ‘homemade’ efforts, public safety agencies must establish face mask guidelines

• On-Demand Webinar: Tracking cases in real time for critical insights that save lives

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  Learn how Juvare can be a resource for tracking COVID-19 cases in real time

• Keep COVID-19 out of the jail!

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  Many arrestees think that if they say they have COVID-19, they will not go to jail, but that's not how the system works

• Best practices for disinfecting correctional facilities during COVID-19

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  While many facilities use outside cleaning businesses, here's what to do if those services are not available

• On-Demand Webinar: Managing probation and parole, engaging with vulnerable citizens via smartphone check-ins from Acivilate

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  Learn how an app can make oversight from a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic easier

• Why an infectious disease response team belongs in your correctional facility

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  Correctional institutions are uniquely susceptible to the rapid spread of disease

• Case Study: Public safety organization integrates complex workforce scheduling requirements with human capital management and payroll

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  The East Fork Fire Protection District is one of Nevada’s largest combination fire and EMS agencies. Hear how their Battalion Chief led the department to integrate complex crew scheduling with human capital management and payroll in a unified cloud platform.

• Is your facility’s disinfectant up to the task when it comes to COVID-19?

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  Decon7 Systems provides a disinfectant that effectively neutralizes the novel coronavirus and a variety of other biological threats

• LEOSA now includes Florida correctional officers

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  Florida corrections officers are now permitted to carry concealed firearms nationwide, just as sworn law enforcement officers

• CO union calls for immediate inspection of NJ county jail

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  The union filed complaints after COs were required to wear masks for two, 12-hour shifts in a row despite "an ample supply of surgical masks in the county's stockpile"

• Va. DOC to increase COVID-19 testing of staff, inmates

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  The department has also begun point prevalence testing, which involves testing asymptomatic individuals

• Kan. DOC hires new prison medical provider amid COVID-19 pandemic

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  Officials claim the ousted medical provider was responsible for a one-week doubling of the number of infected employees and inmates at Lansing Correctional Facility

• NJ county jail screening all inmates for COVID-19 using new testing method

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  All inmates and detainees at the Essex County Correctional Facility will be tested for COVID-19 using an antibody blood test that can deliver results in 15 minutes

• Calif. inmates using video, phones to seek release over COVID-19

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  If an inmate chooses to appear in a courtroom jail cell, they must first wait for deputies wearing masks to sanitize and wipe down the cell bars

• Shortages of masks, cleaning supplies persist at Conn. prisons

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  DOC officials said 139 staff members and 199 inmates statewide had been confirmed to have COVID-19

• How can I protect my family from COVID-19?

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  When working from home isn’t an option: a checklist for reducing the risk of transmitting exposure after returning from a shift

• Inmates decry lack of clean masks, testing, conditions in San Diego jails

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  Department officials said they are taking every reasonable precaution to keep COVID-19 from infiltrating the jails

• At least 2 nurses, doctor leave jobs at Tenn. prison over mask policies

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  "To not allow the mitigation of risk with proven methods is unconscionable," a Bledsoe County Correctional Complex doctor said

• How the National Sheriffs' Association is working to assist agencies in the COVID-19 crisis

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  The NSA has formed an industry action group in order to better coordinate with and assist sheriffs' offices in getting vital supplies

• 'It's terrifying': Philly COs claim jails aren't doing enough to slow spread of COVID-19

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  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

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