Corrections Policy Management News & Articles

• 6 ways investing in leadership provides benefits behind bars

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  The corrections world is changing – have you equipped your people to change with it? What can happen if you don’t? Investing in stronger leaders can save facilities big in the long run. Learn how Excelerated Leadership Partners’ unique approach can benefit your system

• Why every correctional facility needs a COOP plan

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  Continuity of operations and disaster recovery planning were challenging enough for jails and prisons – and then COVID-19 happened

• Cruel and unusual punishment from secondhand smoke?

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  An inmate diagnosed with asthma sued prison officials, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to the secondhand smoke’s impact on his health

• When should medical clearance be done?

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  Many people who are arrested need urgent medical attention before they are booked into jail

• Using contractors in correctional facilities: Key policy considerations

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  Even if you’re using a contractor to provide a service, you’ll likely still need a policy in your facility’s manual that addresses the basics

• Correctional officer mental health: Surviving on the inside

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  Correctional officer mortality studies have shown that for every officer killed in the line of duty, 10 will take their own lives

• Court: Prisoner mail policy is proper

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  Prisoner mail policy helps reduce the risk of contraband entering the jail and cuts staff time required to check incoming mail

• Tips for better correctional officer report writing

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  Reports have a far longer life than the shift, the month or even the year in which they are written

• Who’s really in your jail? Why we need to treat all inmates with caution

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  We must resist the temptation to let our guard down based upon someone’s custody level, job assignment or even their behavior while incarcerated

• 5 PREA audit trouble spots

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  Facilities should consider using official PREA standards for compliance as a guideline for best practice to mitigate risk, regardless of their certification status

• Failure to provide sex change is not cruel and unusual punishment

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  Vanessa Lynn Gibson asserted that sexual reassignment surgery is essential medical care and denying the surgery violates the Eighth Amendment

• The go bag: 3 essential elements for successful law enforcement family life

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  Just as officers have go-bags with essential gear, a family go bag contains the essential skills to create a successful home life

• Why you should be managing your agency’s accreditation electronically

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  Software solutions exist to properly organize your accreditation documents and simplify the accreditation process

• Responding to jail deaths: Initial steps

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  Recent legislation underscores the necessity of responding quickly, thoroughly and professionally to all deaths that happen in your jail

• Our weakest members: Developmentally disabled people in the criminal justice system

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  Incarcerating certain groups of individuals has caused heated debate about whether our practices are just, effective and humane

• Warning signs a corrections officer may be compromised

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  If we can predict that some staff may fall victim to manipulation or corruption, then we can put measures in place to help to prevent it

• Proceed with caution: Using risk and needs assessments in probation

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  Like any tool, you’ll be able to use RNAs more effectively when you understand their limitations

• 10 warning signs of suicidal inmates

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  Nearly a quarter of jail suicides occur within the first 24 hours of incarceration

• Writing probation reports: 3 roles probation officers play and how they impact reports

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  Making file notes that clearly and effectively detail what a probation officer saw and did is essential to limiting risk to officers and agencies

• Was electronic control device use proper? You decide!

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  Consider a roundtable discussion of these two cases during roll call training