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• Black August: A first-hand account of the day 3 COs were tragically lost

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  Russ Hamilton brings you the story of Black August as told by Associate Warden Dick Nelson

• How body scanning technology aids contraband detection

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  Here’s how to maximize detection using technology combined with physical searches

• Contraband control tips for Valentine’s Day

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  While contraband control is a year-round endeavor, facilities can see a spike in trading of illicit goods over the Valentine’s Day holiday

• CO training: Everyday items inmates use as weapons

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  Correctional officers wear items on their uniforms and bodies every day that inmates can use as weapons

• Grants for opioid-response initiatives

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  Funding is available for trace detection machines, Narcan kits and data-sharing technology to document problems in your jurisdiction

• How to fund drug detection and interdiction equipment for prisons and jails

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  Corrections agencies are often not aware of available grants for the purchase of critically needed drug detection and interdiction equipment

• The rising threat of drug exposure in correctional facilities

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  Fentanyl and K2 are on the rise in our prisons and jails

• 5 concepts for effective contraband control training

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  When teaching contraband control, how do you determine what your facility needs and which training styles benefit the learning capacities of your staff?

• Addressing corruption in corrections

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  Perhaps the most common form of corruption in prisons is the smuggling in of contraband

• How manipulative inmates fatigue staff

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  Mental fatigue can have dangerous consequences not just for the target, but for all in the facility

• Gang codes: Why mistakes don’t mean failure

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  When deciphering a gang or inmate-coded sample, sometimes your best teacher is your last mistake

• SC prison riot highlights universal problems facing corrections

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  Correctional facilities nationwide face the same challenges that led to the SC riots: understaffing, contraband cellphones and prison gangs

• Tier Talk: Conducting a pat and frisk on an unsecured inmate

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  In this episode of Tier Talk, defensive tactics instructors Michael Wolhfert and Andre Tosada demonstrate how to search an unsecured inmate

• Tier Talk: Responding to an inmate fight

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  Anthony Gangi discusses the dangers of blindly going to an area to break up an inmate fight

• How to set inmate expectations (and why you need to meet them)

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  Setting clear guidelines on what correctional officers expect inmates to do and following up is an effective way to maintain authority

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