Corrections Community

The Corrections Technology Association (CTA) is a public, nonprofit network of professionals actively involved in leveraging technology in the field of corrections. Members of our organization consist primarily of Chief Informational Officers, IT Directors, and operational and administrative staff from...

We at SIMCo specialize in the creation and development of innovative systems to enhance and improve the gathering and sharing of information and intelligence in a correctional setting. We also develop our product so it may be integrated into any correctional data system or intranet server, depending...

Is there a national standard for alphanumeric coding of inmate (prisoner) incidents? Something like a base 10 two-digit numerical code that bins incidents so codes 10-19 signify something like violent act against another prisoner, codes 20-29 indicate act against a facility employee, etc... I am trying...

Does anyone have any examples of Welcome Books for there facility? I am looking at creating one for when we have VIP's and auditors to help orient them to our facility and highlight our best practices.

The systems is really called Offender Management Systems. The company is Digital Solutions/Inmate Telephone Inc.and the website is www.dsicdi.com . This program is ran through Citrix and uses crystal reports. I personally preferred the ACIS(Army Correctional Information Systems) which was built by ACER...

We are looking at creating an inmate orientation video. The video will be made by the local college and I am trying to get a few examples to give them some ideas. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I am the Operations Manager and will soon be developing policies around our new DVR /CCTV system. My question is what are the pros and cons of archiving? Or do you just let the DVR rewrite? If you do archive DVR footage how long do you save it 6 months, 1 year???

I am the Operations Manager and will soon be developing policies around our new DVR /CCTV system. My question is what are the pros and cons of archiving? Or do you just let the DVR rewrite? If you do archive DVR footage how long do you save it 6 months, 1 year???

I am the Operations Manager and will soon be developing policies around our new DVR /CCTV system. My question is what are the pros and cons of archiving? Or do you just let the DVR rewrite? If you do archive DVR footage how long do you save it 6 months, 1 year???

You might want to contact the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) at 800.248.2742. The website is http://www.nlectc.org/ Another website is http://www.scitechresources.gov/Results/show_result.php?rec=1912 Sandy Schilling, NIC Information Center