Public Perceptions
The Public Perceptions topic page gives corrections spokespeople the tools and techniques to increase effective communications with various media entities and help shape the public’s perception of the prison system.
Jail staff will show visitors the booking area, administration offices, housing units and the jail kitchen
We asked Americans if they prefer COs to serve in a more “traditional” punitive and custody-focused manner or to take a more “progressive” rehabilitative approach
We polled 1,000 Americans about their views of corrections officers. The results may surprise you
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“I wanted to uplift them and give them some classical inspiration with a little bit of the free world,” said the director of the women’s prison seminary.
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Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier said she made the decision “due to the court having received repeated threats”
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