Recruitment
The Recruitment section is dedicated to strategies and best practices for attracting and hiring qualified candidates in the correctional field. This directory offers articles and resources on effective recruitment techniques, workforce diversity, and the challenges of staffing correctional facilities. Understanding the recruitment process is essential for building a strong, capable team that meets the demands of the correctional environment. For more on career development, explore our section on Corrections1 Career Resources.
The union’s president said in a letter that COs are being forced to work mandatory 16-hour overtime shifts and, at times, with “far less than the required numbers of officers”
Ala. DOC partners with college to help future COs meet physical, educational requirements at no cost
Participants who complete the ACTIVATE program may earn up to nine free college credit hours, as well as gain preparation for the academy and a career with the ADOC
“We have recruitment and retention incentives across the country. We have direct hire authority. The bottom line [...] we need to pay them more,” the BOP director said
The surge led to a staffing shortage so dire that officials brought in employees from other prisons
Staffers who have potentially been exposed may be permitted to continue working if they display no symptoms
Recommendations include that officials screen inmates daily, increase medical staffing and investigate instances of retaliation and threats over inmate concerns
The Florida Department of Corrections is moving forward with the switch from 12-hour to 8.5-hour shifts at 17 prisons
Officials said they do not have a timeline on how long the guardsmen will stay to help operate the Miami Correctional Facility
The relationship between any field trainer and a recruit should start by them building a rapport with each other based on mutual respect
The Alabama Department of Corrections will not release data revealing how many staffers are in self-quarantine
The Department of Justice said a severe staffing shortage helped create what the DOJ alleged last year were unconstitutional conditions in Alabama’s men’s prisons
Staffing problems, limited PPE and a lack of compliance with state directives by management has created a “perfect storm” for COs at Lansing Correctional Facility
A corrections officer said a lack of PPE and inadequate staffing is taking a toll as the COVID-19 crisis enters May
Report calls for new strategies for reducing sexual harassment by inmates against female staff
A well-produced and thoughtful video can become an important multipurpose tool for every agency
Correctional staff are greatly under-utilized with performance expectations diminished to an abhorrently low level
Recruiting best practices correctional leaders should implement this year
Legislators are attempting to pass bills that would raise CO overtime pay and address staff safety
The department created a new position with reduced qualifications and training in an effort to address understaffing
Mandatory overtime is destructive for the physical and emotional health of COs, as well as the safety of facilities
Highlighting the positive aspects of the work of correctional officers is key to improving officer recruitment
From staff shortages to high-tech contraband, correctional officers faced many threats this year
The survey found that trust and morale remain low among correctional officers at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
Officials raised concerns about the reopening since the state already has more than 1,300 vacant CO positions
Oregon agency leaders, chiefs shared their public safety recruiting successes, innovations and resources at IACP
Officials: Officers have found hundreds of contraband items, sweeps do not deter contraband smuggling
Almost 60% of the staff at the Daviess County Detention Center have three years or less experience
Officials are concerned Morgan County is a training ground for jailers who leave for bigger paychecks and more desirable working conditions
The correctional officers assigned to monitor Jeffrey Epstein were working in an understaffed facility that put them and the inmates at risk of harm
The ADOC is under a federal court order to add about 2,000 officers over the next few years
Retaining and recruiting correctional officers is one of several long-term issues the department has targeted
Starting July 1, the minimum hiring age will be lowered from 19 to 18
Claire DeMatteis will replace Department of Correction Commissioner Perry Phelps, who plans to retire July 15
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