Jails

Public comments requested on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails

2024-03-18T04:09:18-05:00

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through May 13, 2024, on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the [...]

Public comments requested on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails2024-03-18T04:09:18-05:00

Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities Comments Requested

2024-03-12T15:02:12-05:00

Public comments requested on the reinstatement, with change, of BJS data collection: Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities   BJS encourages comments for 60 days through May 10, 2024, on the Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities. Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office [...]

Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities Comments Requested2024-03-12T15:02:12-05:00

Is Prison Really the Key to Combating Crime? Here’s What Cops Think.

2024-03-01T20:45:29-06:00

FROM CALIBRE PRESS Jim Glennon’s recent commentary, “Putting Criminals Behind Bars Just Doesn’t Work.” Is That Viewpoint True at All? drew heavy feedback from law enforcement officers across the country. Here’s some of what we heard: Det. Nik Havert with the Nappanee (IN) PD: According to the preliminary data [...]

Is Prison Really the Key to Combating Crime? Here’s What Cops Think.2024-03-01T20:45:29-06:00

Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Inmates in 2022 – Statistical Tables

2024-01-08T20:13:29-06:00

Local jails held 4% more people in 2022 than in 2021 This report is the 36th in a series that began in 1982. It describes the number of persons held in local jails, jail incarceration rates, inmate demographics, conviction status and most serious offense, number of admissions to jail, [...]

Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Inmates in 2022 – Statistical Tables2024-01-08T20:13:29-06:00

Stress in Corrections: The “Career Buster”

2023-11-30T03:41:17-06:00

Thursday, December 7, 2023 | Noon Central [60 minutes] Register Now Corrections is one of the most stressful professions today. Both sworn and non-sworn corrections professionals frequently manage offenders who often try to circumvent authority, are difficult to manage and resist rehabilitation efforts. This, in addition to short staffing [...]

Stress in Corrections: The “Career Buster”2023-11-30T03:41:17-06:00

Preliminary 2022 statistics from annual prison and jail data collections now available

2023-09-21T16:45:07-05:00

BJS published Prisons Report Series: Preliminary Data Release and Jails Report Series: Preliminary Data Release through a new, interactive web product. These online releases provide preliminary 2022 statistics on key items from BJS’s annual prison and jail data collections. The prison statistics include all prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional [...]

Preliminary 2022 statistics from annual prison and jail data collections now available2023-09-21T16:45:07-05:00

IS CORRECTIONS THE BEST TRAINING FOR THE STREET? What Officers Think.

2023-08-12T01:56:10-05:00

Pinellas County, FL Deputy Ian Rosado e-mailed us to share his opinion that the absolute best way to train for the risks and challenges of the street is to work in a correctional setting first. In our last Calibre Press newsletter we tossed this out to our readers and asked what they thought. [...]

IS CORRECTIONS THE BEST TRAINING FOR THE STREET? What Officers Think.2023-08-12T01:56:10-05:00

Justice Department Releases New Tool to Manage Substance Withdrawals in Jails

2023-06-23T16:59:44-05:00

The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), one of six program offices within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) today announced the release of Guidelines for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails: A Tool for Local Government Officials, Jail Administrators, Correctional Officers [...]

Justice Department Releases New Tool to Manage Substance Withdrawals in Jails2023-06-23T16:59:44-05:00

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