Contractors can reduce costs and enhance service delivery, but administrators must be aware of the policy and procedural implications.
Using Contractors in Correctional Facilities: Key Policy Considerations
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Category: Corrections
Four-Hour Unreasonable Detention of Witness Violated Fourth Amendment
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Lincoln v. Scott, (5th Cir. 2018) Officers were dispatched to a report that John Lincoln was armed and intended to shoot his mother. When officers arrived, only John and...
Real Risk Management: Getting to the Root of the Problem
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series. Click here for the previous article. Gordon Graham here—thanks for tuning back in. First, a quick recap. After some...
Seeing the Future: How Strategic Risk Management Can Improve Your Operations
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series. Click here for the previous article. Gordon Graham here. Thanks for taking the time to read more about real risk...
Lack of Compliance Creates Instant Liability
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Gordon Graham here. Thanks for taking the time to read this piece. This is the fourth piece in an ongoing series to expand your knowledge and understanding on the breadth...
Prisoner Mail Policy Proper
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Simpson v. County of Cape Girardeau, 879 F.3d 273 (8th Cir. 2018) Trey Simpson was a prisoner at the county jail and each week, his mother wrote him several lengthy...
Lexipol’s Corrections Officer Training Program Focuses on Inmate Management, Administration in 2017
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Use of Force, Management of Weapons and Control Devices, and Searches topped the list of topics covered in Lexipol’s Daily Training Bulletin (DTB) program for corrections...
Top Public Safety Articles from Lexipol in 2017
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]From new threats such as synthetic opioids to tried-and-true challenges involving social media and use of force...
Parolee Did Not Have Expectation of Privacy in Halfway House
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]United States v. Jackson, 2017 WL 3429837 (8th Cir. 2017) Richard Jackson was convicted of failure to register as a sex...
Policy vs. Procedure: In Public Safety, What’s the Difference?
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Policies. General Orders. Standard Operating Guidelines. Standard Operating Procedures. Directives. In public safety, we use a lot of different words...
Who’s Really in Your Jail? Why We Need to Treat All Inmates with Caution
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]The technological advances of the past 20 years make it instantly possible to know who is in our jail. We need only open our jail management software and start pointing and...
Law Enforcement Accreditation: It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated!
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Take any moment in time in my life and you might find me playing the role of policy author, directive writer, supervisor, investigator, file organizer, proof-of-compliance...