Corrections Community

Hello, I am a Korean university professor /researcher who have studied corrections, prisons and punishment. you all may be suprised when you see this post from the other side of pacific..... I desperately need your help for my work. I am now working on a paper about how american prisons...

How do you treat an interstate inmate who finishes 5 yrs and 7 months of a six year sentence, but does so on an interstate agreement. He finished early due to good time which is given in NJ. Upon his release PA picks him up via a detainer issued by a CO at a county correctional facility-again, what steps...

Handcuffed individuals are not under complete control my any means. The administrators who terminated those officers are wrong to do so and jeopardize the safety of other officers by sending a message to the inmates that once cuffed, they can do anything they want without getting sprayed.

Hello All, I am interested in learning how many other departments provide additional pay for performing work as a disciplinary hearing officer. I work with Electronic Home Detention and Work Release inmates. When conducting disciplinary hearings with this population the sanctions can have severe consequences...

When the Department of Corrections allows an inmate the priviledge of restoring good time lost, is it usually a good answer, meaning do they normally approve an inmate's request for their good time back.

What type of sanctions have other states found useful to encourage improved offender behavior? Have any jurisdictions found that immediate sanctions are more effective than delayed sanctions, such as loss of good time credit? Do various categories of offenders (males or females, long-timers/lifers or...