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.
“It’s not a management issue,” the Ulster County Jail CO’s union said. “Honestly, the sheriff is phenomenal. Our supervisors are great. It’s a matter of getting people in here. It’s the job”
The warden was stabbed when Telfair State Prison COs were conducting a shakedown to remove contraband from one dorm, but those in the dorm refused to comply with the lockdown
Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams said his primary responsibility is to keep the Weld County Jail operational, and all other agency operations are secondary to this responsibility
Overtime costs had been decreasing every year since 2010 when the department spent $24.2 million
One officer reported a ratio of one officer to about 200 inmates, creating unsafe working conditions for prison staff
Commissioner says that staffing won’t get short changed
Kankakee County Sheriff Timothy Bukowski said that the Jerome Combs Detention Center has lost between 15 and 20 percent of staff
About 60 officers, wearing shirts that read ‘Equal Pay for Equal Risk,’ went to the offices of senators and representatives to state their cases for pay and staffing increases
It would take 857 additional correctional officers to fully staff state prisons
Eleven part-time employees who were laid off following the Jan. 14 county prison fire will return to work in a new location
Staff shortages and inmate overcrowding are jeopardizing the safety of prison workers and that many of them are leaving because of employee burnout
Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to hire Lorna Nichols as the cook supervisor for the jail
Wyoming, Michigan, Kansas, Texas, and other states are facing a shortfall of 20 percent or more
DOC paid over $320 million in employee over time and compensatory payments over a five-year period
Request for $1.2 million was denied over lack of data
Fully funding the community-based correctional budget, in this and every district, has a direct effect on community safety
Sheriff Tom McCool says the women don’t work because he doesn’t have enough staff to supervise the inmates
“It’s not an overcrowding issue. We are actually under capacity — but severely understaffed”
The county sheriff is in a financial crisis, and the ramifications are clear at the jail
Department asking governor to include $28.4M to hire 448 people and install an electronic medical records system
Oklahoma Corrections Professionals Executive Director Sean Wallace said the cutbacks are happening at almost every state facility
State correctional officers are being put at risk because of critical staffing shortages in state prisons
Consensus elusive among state employees in KPERS
Concerned about safety in their workplace, union reps for state correction officers are speaking up around New York
Have shrunk mandatory overtime hours from 24 to 12
Nearly 100 members of the union gathered after an officer at the facility was bludgeoned and stabbed by an inmate
Union is blaming the state for the attack, citing staffing cuts two years ago
Kevin Ott is in serious but stable condition at a local hospital
Security issues involving a food service contractor, a major escape in Lima and continued low staffing levels concern the union
Yearlong study says 100 additional officers are needed to fill vacant posts when correctional staff are on sick leave, training or off for other reasons
COs have been working mandatory overtime shifts for more than five months
Originally built as part of an $8.5 million project that also built the juvenile center and other renovations, it’s been empty ever since it was constructed
DOC officials are searching for creative ways to cover guard shifts at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge while trying to recruit candidates to fill 65 openings
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