http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/tags/Officer+Safety/default.aspxTags: Officer SafetyenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://community.nicic.org/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/2007/11/14/what-are-the-most-dangerous-everyday-objects-in-your-facility.aspxWed, 14 Nov 2007 15:41:00 GMT26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:5889Eileen Conway0<p>Correctional officers in prisons and jails face an environment in which they are surrounded by potentially dangerous inmates with access to ordinary items that can be converted into weapons.&nbsp; In a new NIJ-funded report, <a class="" title="NIJ safety report" href="http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/220485.pdf">Improving Correctional Officer Safety</a>: Reducing Inmate Weapons, a panel of practitioners from the correctional community, along with researchers from Johns Hopkins University, looks at which everyday objects pose the greatest&nbsp;threat to correctional officers in the real world environment.</p><img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5889" width="1" height="1">ResearchOfficer SafetyContraband