The National Institute of Corrections has published Inmate Behavior Management: The Key to a Safe and Secure Jail by Virginia Hutchinson, Kristin Keller, and Thomas Reid, Ph.D.  The six elements of the inmate behavior management plan are:

1. Assessing Risk and Needs
2. Assigning Inmates to Housing
3. Meeting Inmates' Basic Needs
4. Defining and Conveying Expectations for Inmate Behavior
5. Supervising Inmates
6. Keeping Inmates Productively Occupied

A 42-hour training program on Inmate Behavior Management will also be offered by the Jails Division at the National Corrections Academy in Aurora, Colorado.  If you are interested in developing a formal plan to better manage inmate behavior in your jail read more about this program and the application process.