Recruitment
This topic provides essential information on hiring practices, strategies, and trends in the corrections field. This resource is ideal for corrections administrators looking to attract, hire, and retain the best talent in a challenging and essential industry.
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
During the escape attempt, 100 staff members were scheduled — the minimum needed to run Los Padrinos — for the shift, but only 40 showed up
The NYC DOC said 160 officers retired in 2023, 368 in 2022 and 403 in 2021 — a total of 931 over three years
One union called the potential action a “slap in the face for the heroes who put their lives on the line every day”
An Ohio chef is renowned for training inmates. Could he fix the Cuyahoga County jail’s food problem?
The chef said he’s been trying to help the county fix its jail food problem, which is so severe correctional officers have worried it could spark a riot
When the facility lost two of four correctional officers in September, it was no longer able to operate
Two Delaware Department of Corrections and Parole Officers visited the students to explain training requirements and career opportunities
Lack of staff and training impedes policy adherence in the facility, according to 162-page report by federal monitors
A report two years into Mayor Adams’ administration reveals surging incidents of stabbings, slashings amid pervasive, imminent risk of harm at NYC jails
Federal authorities seek witness, victim reports of physical assault and employee misconduct at West Virginia correctional complex
The California state prison system aims to increase the female workforce from 17% to 30% by expanding recruitment efforts
The $170,000 of unearned pay, including filing for overtime from Aruba, is alleged to have happened from July 2021 to January 2023
Officer Robert Clark, 42, was escorting two prisoners at Smith State Prison when the inmate assaulted him from behind with a homemade weapon
6 people, employed by the Sacramento County Jail’s healthcare contractor, have been arrested for smuggling drugs into the jail
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Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center wants to add 26 detention officers and increase pay to combat overtime expenses and reduce officer burnout
State DoC commissioner tells lawmakers having enough COs is the key to stopping violence and managing rehabilitation programs
MTC failed to provide enough staff, including 12,000 unfilled mandatory shifts from 2017 to 2020, to ensure the safety of prison employees and inmates
The plan includes $5K retention and signing bonuses for personnel in the jail that has 14 of its 36 positions vacant
There is bi-partisan agreement that the BoP “needs significantly more funding” for staffing and addressing a $2 billion maintenance backlog
Jail staff will show visitors the booking area, administration offices, housing units and the jail kitchen
Recent escapes in county jails have representatives increasingly concerned about security and punishing escapees
According to the report, “in addition to any potential human failures, staffing shortages and pressures, policy deficiencies and ambiguities, and historical internal practices were chief contributing factors”
COs, inmate activists ask for better conditions amid concerns over reduced social time, extreme heat and retaliation fears
Corrections can be a rewarding career. You will never stop learning and every day is different
Union president for COs jokes that “everything runs off duct tape and band-aids” in the understaffed prison with failing infrastructure
The new contract, which requires union and legislature approval, also includes a $1,200 health and wellness stiped in 2023 and 2024
If training academies can facilitate and promote commitment to the occupation, it could be possible to slow the surge of correctional officers leaving the occupation each year
Lieutenant (Ret.) Gary Cornelius discusses steps you can take to maintain officer morale while providing quality supervision of inmates and enhancing the careers of staff.
Read this report to better understand the factors that affect staffing in the corrections environment and what steps you can take to address the challenges.
Even after $100M in recent funding more is needed to increase pay to reduce chronic staffing shortages and make overdue repairs
Officials asked for more staff after a High Desert State inmate was fatally stabbed with a prison-made shank by another prisoner who escaped his separation cage
Officials said Billings has outgrown its jail throughout the past decade; that issue has been exacerbated by a chronic lack of detention officers to staff
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