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.
“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 study analyzed data on the number of COs and the number of prisoners in each state to determine the states with the least staffed prisons
Secretary Jeffrey Macomber called the class “a stride toward fulfilling the ’30×30' pledge to increase the proportion of women in correctional cadet roles to 30 percent by 2030”
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
That’s the second time in as many years that the ongoing manpower shortage in the Illinois Department of Corrections has led to a $60 million-plus payout
Needed 9 more staff members for a new facility, did not receive the budget for them
Councilman stated that the jail has never been at full capacity for staffing, so how do they know how many officers they really need?
Overtime at the jail annex decreased from $68,000 to $6,000
Seeking to fill 60 jail staff vacancies swiftly
To date, only 27 of the 83 promised staff members have been hired
Minister Ronald Massey said he’s been coming to the jail to preach for nearly 20 years and said that he’s never been turned away so often until recently
Much of what makes corrections so dangerous can be easily fixed, if only society understood the importance of incarceration
Jail is short 12 detention officers and one booking officer
Bill adds increase of $6.6 million compared to the current budget Read more: http://thegazette.com/2014/04/01/iowa-house-justice-systems-budget-adds-troopers-not-prison-guards/#ixzz2xk1PobuJ
Union president: “Corrections officers are getting hurt because of the understaffing, and some are getting hurt badly”
Robert Patton started out his roughly three decades in corrections work as a CO, something that comes across when he talks about how prisons should run
Ongoing COs calling in sick appears to have consequences for everyone except those who abuse leave
$53.5 million would be included to hire corrections and parole officers and expand community corrections programs
Rank among the top 10 earners across Northampton County, including wages, overtime, bonuses and unused sick or vacation time
About $41 million of the money sought would be used to hire 87 employees at prisons
Renville County is adding two full-time correctional officer positions to its jail staff, but will need to add an assistant jail administrator as well
Working for 33 years as Berks County Prison warden was like living in a pressure cooker that George A. Wagner just couldn’t take anymore
Approved legislation that would move new state employees away from the state’s traditional defined benefit pension plan to a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan
Inmate: “As soon as (COs) turned their back a little bit, I dove in the snow and crawled to the path I had in mind”
Allocated more than $360 million for 2015
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