MAJOR ARTICLE Implementing a Large-Scale Systematic Tuberculosis Screening Program in Correctional Facilities in South Africa Vincent Zishiri,1 Salome Charalambous,1,2 Maunank R. Shah,2 Violet Chihota,1 Liesl Page-Shipp,1 Gavin J. Churchyard,1,2 and Christopher J. Hoffmann1,3 1 The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and 3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Downloaded
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of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is to ensure the safety of our staff and the incarcerated offenders in our care. That we have been able to drive down department-wide serious assaults on our correctional officers by 60 percent since FY 2007 is evidence of that, as is the 53 percent drop in inmate serious assaults during that time. We've lowered total assaults on staff by 34 percent at North Branch Correctional Institution since 2009, its first full-year of operation
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Victimization Survey and The Bureau of Labor Statistic III WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE • Responsibility of Law Enforcement • The impact and ramification • The direction of Law Enforcement IV WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A CORRECTIONAL ISSUE • Correctional facilities a breathing ground for violence • Domestic violence to workplace violence • Introduction of a new program V WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A PRIVATE SECURITY ISSUE • The direction of Professional security • The scope of Professional
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different types of gangs in Canadian penitentiaries, and their unique contributions to prison misconduct. Gangs in the correctional system are one the biggest problems facing correctional staff and administrators. Does every gang pose the same threat towards the Canadian correctional system? This study is an attempt at comparing the various gang members admitted into the correctional system between January 1, 2006 and August 31, 2009. It examines the offence-related characteristics of 1,636 gang members
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Jeremy Ly CRJU 2300 Paper on Supermax Prisons Supermax correctional facilities are considered “extended control” facilities by correctional specialists and are the most secure prison type in the correctional system. This is mainly because supermax prisons specialize in solitary confinement, otherwise known as “time in the hole.” Inmates are not directly sentenced to serve time in the supermax, but rather are transferred there as a result of their extremely violent/deviant acts committed
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a Union California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) represents correctional officers of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation along with correctional officers of the California Youth Authority. Supervisors of both departments have the right to join CCPOA, for representation, under what is called the “Excluded Employees” Representation Act (ccpoa.org). They are dedicated to the profession, elected by membership were each member is a correctional officer who gives them
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a Union California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) represents correctional officers of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation along with correctional officers of the California Youth Authority. Supervisors of both departments have the right to join CCPOA, for representation, under what is called the “Excluded Employees” Representation Act (ccpoa.org). They are dedicated to the profession, elected by membership were each member is a correctional officer who gives them
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Department of Corrections the oath that an officer takes holds this as a guide to uphold some polices of corrections. The respect that an officer gets is earned both on and off the job. We as correctional officers cannot engage in bribery, corruption, or allow another officer to do such. A correctional officer cannot accept gifts, favors, or gratuities from inmates or their families. They cannot accept or give to any inmate. Each morning before beginning tour of duty, an officer is reminded
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Corrections is believed by many people that work in its field of correctional officers to be the most challenging and frustrating component of criminal justice. There is the challenge of managing the inmates daily as well as the frustrations of inevitable mismanagement at attempting to accomplish multiple goals. New challenges present themselves every day. In a very real sense, employees in a correctional system are doing time the same as the inmates are doing time. It's easy to conduct
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Dana Liebelson, she describes the horrific psychological damage solitary confinement has on youth in correctional facilities. “This is What Happens When We Lock Children in Solitary Confinement” brings to light the negative effects solitary confinement has on youth in juvenile correctional facilities. Liebelson writes about individual cases of children who have experienced isolation in correctional facilities. In each case, juveniles claimed isolation changed them for the worse. They emphasized not
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