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Check out the Prison rape Elemanation Act.

No bans here in Arkansas. If your department has a contract with the hospital for medical care of inmates, then you might want to review your contract and see if it mentions anything about officers being armed when escorting inmates or staying with inmates who are hospitilized. If that is in your contract then it looks like the hospital could ...

After 24 years in the field of adult corrections here in Arkansas, I have found that only those who have neglected their duty receive discipline. For example; if an inmate is on suicide watch (15 minute observation) and it is determined that the staff member did not follow the 15 minute observation schedule, then that staff member would be ...

I tried to send an e-mail but it was returned with a failure notice and said "unable to deliver the message"/ So, looks like a bad e-mail address.

Wackenhut opened a private prison in Arkansas a couple of years ago. I was assigned to monitor them. Although I thought it was a bad idea, they put microwaves in the housing units. The first incident was when an inmate broke the glass plate and used a piece to stab another inmate. Not long after that an inmate placed honey along with a couple of ...

Arkansas Department of Community Correction has 6 Trainers at our Academy and one Trainer at each of our 5 units.