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Finding a specific contraband item in any facility can be difficult. As a matter of fact, it is not unlike finding a specific tree in a forest. Often, we are sometimes faced with the task of locating a very specialized, elusive item.  

Juvenile correction facility administrators were finding that the control systems they have been using for years, were not addressing the needs of their staff personnel when dealing with larger and more violent clients.  What was happening when staff were not trained with proper techniques for controlling those type of individuals, were injuries or death to clients.  The "pile on" technique creates ...

I work in the field of corrections. I get the opportunity to work in the "worst jurisdiction" in my county day in and day out. My everyday dealings with "Bad" people (not everyone) can get a little stressful, repetitive, and open many doors into the world of agrivative and just had enough of it. Recently I have watched a reality television show that is based solely on the field of corrections especially jail staff. I have ...

There are very few who would argue in favor of the merits of the practice of micro-managing. Unnecessary and relentless attention to detail frustrates competent staff, provides fodder for division, and allows a foothold for manipulative prisoners. It is a nearly universal sentiment that micro-managing is absolutely wrong in all instances. In fact, there is a time and place for this ...

Allow me to point out your flaws: By Joe Bouchard Published: 03/23/2009 Editor's note: Regular columnist Joe Bouchard is a Librarian at Baraga Maximum Correctional Facility within the Michigan Department of Corrections. He is also a member of the Board of Experts for The Corrections Professional and an instructor of Corrections for Gogebic Community College. You can reach him at ...

  Have you ever stopped and wondered what  the difference is between an officer that just gets by and an officer that goes above and beyond? It's training. When you graduate the academy, your training doesn't stop. However with the economy the way it is today, more and more government offices are starting to pinch pennies. One of the first things ...

 Books previously published on the Vice Lords provided no clue to the existence of written constitutions and by-laws as evidence of the formal organizational development of the gang. How, then, do we account for the formalization of this kind of organization? There are at least four different rival hypotheses that may account for the formalization of gangs like the Vice Lords. ...

 The Black Disciples (BDs) are the Chicago "folks" gang that gained international notoriety in 1994 by executing its eleven-year-old member "Yummy". It is also unique in its comparison with another African-American gang, the Gangster Disciples (GDs). While the GDs are structured like a corporate enterprise, the BDs are structured more like a religion where gang leaders are called "ministers". The BDs ...

This gang, the Black P. Stone Nation (BPSN), has been shouting "Stones Run It" for over three decades. This gang is also unique in that several books have been written about it. However, as this gang profile will show, it has significantly changed over the years. For example, it now has a strong Islamic influence which pervades the various branches of ...

When we read about a corrections officer gunned down while supervising an inmate who is receiving medical treatment, we try to analyze how that could have happened. Where is the breach of security when an inmate is taken to a hospital for medical treatment? What series of events occur before the officer is in the fight of their life?   ...

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The contraband search: Art or science? By Joe Bouchard Published: 01/18/2009 Regular Corrections.com columnist Joe Bouchard is a librarian at Baraga Maximum Correctional Facility within the Michigan Department of Corrections. He also is a member of the Board of Experts for “The Corrections Professional” and an instructor of Corrections and Psychology for Gogebic Community College. You can reach him at ...

                FIVE PERCENTERS               WHAT THEY TEACH                   1. That black people are the original people of the planet earth. 2. That black people are the fathers and mothers of civilization. 3. That the science of Supreme Mathematics is ...

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The FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division chief recently did some intelligence gathering of his own on MS-13, a violent gang that is sowing fear and crime in communities in 33 states. James &ldq

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Do we need more training or are we getting enough?

A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail. The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence - had been making stationery with oth