Operations & Promising Practices
Identify strategies, guidelines, and practices that enhance daily prison management. This section provides practical tools for improving facility operations, implementing effective procedures, and adopting approaches that have demonstrated success in correctional environments. Resources include case studies, implementation guides, and tools for increasing institutional effectiveness.
Related Programs
Related Resources
The Collaborative Crisis Response Training Program funds the implementation of transdisciplinary crisis response training to educate, train, and prepare law enforcement and corrections officers so that they are equipped to appropriately interact with people who have behavioral health conditions (including mental health and substance use) and intellectual and developmental disabilities while completing their job responsibilities. The program supports states and local law enforcement, and correctional entities to plan and implement training, engage in organizational planning to deploy trained officers in times of crisis, and sustain a best practice crisis response program.
Criminal justice agencies use risk assessments to assist with the allocation of limited resources to manage and rehabilitate people at various stages of the criminal justice system. The Public Safety Risk Assessment Clearinghouse (PSRAC) provides evidence-based information about how to use risk assessments effectively and properly to build safe families and communities.
Improving Institutional Corrections Training Academies: Guiding Principles provides a concise overview of the foundational principles designed to ensure the highest standard of training for all correctional agencies.