Correctional facilities cannot find enough corrections officers to staff our nation’s prisons and jails. As older officers retire and experienced COs quit, hundreds of CO positions are waiting to be filled. This special coverage series provides recruitment strategies correctional facilities can deploy to tackle the staffing crisis head-on.
State DoC commissioner tells lawmakers having enough COs is the key to stopping violence and managing rehabilitation programs
Corrections1 readers, as they did in 2021, believe that 21, not 18, is the appropriate minimum age for corrections officers
Interim Somerset County sheriff says "we gotta do something about" $11.92 per hour starting pay which makes it difficult to recruit and retain deputies
The short staffing is forcing the jails to re-evaluate their operations as they shuffle inmates to other facilities
Conducting exit interviews to find out why people quit is key to addressing the issues that cause good employees to leave
Even the most robust recruitment program won’t solve correctional facility staffing challenges if there’s no plan to retain personnel
With understaffing in correctional facilities a nationwide problem, here are some best practices facilities can implement to improve recruitment
North Carolina researchers reviewed nationwide prison management practices to develop solutions to recruitment and retention challenges in corrections
The current climate has only added to long-standing recruitment challenges
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