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4 Ways to Improve Jail Policies and Procedures
An agency’s policies and procedures are the rules and guidelines developed and adopted by the agency, and are the framework for guiding staff for all major actions, activities, and decisions. Legal rulings are constantly in a state of change. New issues are litigated; existing rulings are clarified, or reinterpreted by the courts. In this article,…
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Litigation in Corrections and an Overview of Correctional Law
Each year, municipalities just like yours spend millions and millions of dollars fighting and settling lawsuits involving alleged misconduct, injuries, and a range of other legal challenges. Headlines like this exemplify the issue: In February 2021, an inmate committed suicide after guards failed to properly complete the required safety checks; the lawsuit brought by the inmate’s…
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Avoiding a Claim of Deliberate Indifference
What is Deliberate Indifference? The concept of “deliberate indifference” has been a legal concept for over forty five years, and the subject of two major Supreme Court decisions. A case in 1976 (Estelle v. Gamble) established deliberate indifference as a standard for alleging Eight Amendment violations for cruel and unusual punishment. A second case in…
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How to Avoid a Jeffrey Epstein Incident in your Jail
What happened with Jeffrey Epstein? On August 10, 2019, in one of the most notorious cases of recent years, financier Jeffrey Epstein was found hanged in a New York jail cell. The Metropolitan Correctional Center, where the suicide occurred, is a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in lower Manhattan. The incident caused an uproar in…
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A Complete Overview of the Sandra Bland Act: History, Requirements, and Compliance
Sandra Bland Act History What is the Sandra Bland Act? Known as the Sandra Bland Act, Texas Senate Bill 1849 became effective in 2017, when it was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott. It has impacted jail procedures in Texas, and serves as a model for jail reform and jail procedures in other states. Sandra…
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BetaGov Study Finds 100% Cell Check Accuracy with Guard1
The BetaGov Electronic Cell Check System Study found that cell checks at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) improved from just 56% cell-check accuracy with video and paper logs to 100% accuracy with an electronic cell check system. The study is based on a 3-month trial with two adjacent pairs of housing unit blocks. It examines the differences in using an electronic cell check system compared to a system that cross-checks paper logs with video camera footage.
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Comparing Guard1 vs Cheaper Guard Tour Systems
If you’re considering a guard tour system, maybe you’ve noticed that there are a lot of systems available online from China and other 3rd party resellers that are cheaper than most Guard1 guard tour systems.
As with all things, you get what you pay for. In this post, we’ll compare Guard1 VS cheaper guard tour systems. The systems from China and other 3rd party resellers are with metal checkpoints that use third party “knockoff” buttons that may not meet the iButton specification – and they are not unique. Ours come from Maxim, the originators of the iButton, and they are guaranteed unique.
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Suicide and Incident Prevention for Corrections and Behavioral Healthcare
How many seconds does it take for you to know there is a problem? In corrections, or healthcare, if something goes wrong, you need to know about it so that you can take action quickly. It may be the personal safety of officers or staff, or missed checks, or another task – critical or just important – that just didn’t get finished.
That’s what Guard1 Real Time does. With Guard1, the answer to the headline is “as long as it takes to automatically send a text message or an e-mail.” Let’s face it – your staff has lots to do. They are working hard and trying to do everything they are supposed to. If your organization – like most – deals with understaffing or turnover, your officers or staff may be covering for others or simply new at the job. And yet, you depend on them for the proper operation of your facility.
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