"Prison Staffing Analysis: A Training Manual" (December 2008) developed by the NIC Prisons Division is now available as a download on the NIC website. The link is: http://nicic.org/Library/022667
This manual provides guidance that “will enable an agency staffing administrator to set up an agency staffing analysis unit and produce a staffing analysis report for an entire agency”. Chapters contained in this publication are: introduction -- correctional staffing issues; security staff deployment policy; two models for managing the security staffing function; agency staffing unit; basic tasks of a staffing analysis; orchestrating the staffing analysis; agency and facility characteristics that influence staffing; operations and activities schedules that influence staffing; developing the shift relief factor; security post planning; special guidelines for evaluating housing units; the impact of staff scheduling on staffing; staffing calculations; developing a staffing report; implementing recommendations and monitoring results; staffing considerations for women’s correctional facilities; and staffing considerations for medical and mental health units. Pertinent forms are also included. Accession Number: 022667
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