Corrections Community

In a recent discussion of Workforce Transformation topic, the role of technology in corrections was brought up. It seems like corrections struggles with taking advantage of technology. My questions to the group are...What are the perceived and actual barriers to adopting new technology? What technologies...

This topic seems to be getting more attention as the recession continues and Corrections takes a serious look at maximizing effectiveness while reducing costs. The recent PEW Charitable Trusts report (03/02/2009 - One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections ), presents another look at the 'scale...

As I read Bob Trestman's post on the Successful Corrections Worker Recruitment Strategies 'thread', I was struck by his mention of training staff in 6 Sigma methodology. This quality improvement process, originally developed for manufacturing environments, focuses on finding and dealing with...

I was quite excited to read your comments Nancy, and wanted to share what we are doing here in Connecticut. We have multiple projects in process as the result of an ever growing public-academic partnership between the CT Department of Correction and the University of Connecticut School of Nursing. ...