Corrections Community

Hello Connie G. We are a direct supervison style jail with a population of 1200 inmates. We have an officer in each Pod with 60 to 90 inmates. We use a blunt-nosed EMS type of scissor with a red handle as the cut-down tool. The scissor is stored at each officer's work station inside the First Aid...

At Montana State Prison, the Labor-Management Committee would like to know what type of cut-down tool other correctional facilities are using when they need to cut down a hanging inmate. Is it a scissor type or knife-blade type? How effective is it? Also, are custody staff members required to wear them...