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Jail Administration

Jail administrators have significant responsibility and liability in ensuring that jail operations are conducted safely, securely, legally, and humanely. This 36-hour program focuses on the basic skills and competencies jail administrators need to effectively meet this responsibility.

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This program covers ten key elements in jail administration:
  1. Managing risk
  2. Using jail standards to establish and assess operations
  3. Developing and assessing policy and procedure
  4. Determining staffing needs
  5. Managing the workforce
  6. Managing inmate behavior
  7. Managing the budget
  8. Developing a fire, safety, and sanitation plan
  9. Assessing operations
  10. Working with key stakeholders external to the jail

Audience

Only the top-level administrator of jails with fewer than 1,000 beds may apply. If space allows, teams composed of the jail administrator and the agency’s chief executive officer, such as the sheriff, will be considered for acceptance.







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Dec. 01, 2009
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This guide “will be broadly useful to U.S. jails in planning for crises, emergencies, and natural disasters and in developing the appropriate response capacities to cope with these events where they ... Accession Number: 023494.
Oct. 31, 2006
Since jail crowding is often called the most pressing problem facing criminal justice systems in the U.S., this 3-hour videoconference aims to help jurisdictions develop effective strategies and ... Accession Number: 016975.
Oct. 31, 2006
This resource provides a foundation for the efforts of sheriffs and jail administrators to provide the public information about jails generally, their jails specifically, and the need for community ... Accession Number: 018696.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Designed for jail administrators, this guide discusses the elements of an effective process for budgeting both capital and operational jail expenses. This document contains the following sections: an ... Accession Number: 017626.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Designed for jail administrators, this guide provides an overview of jail budget management, along with relevant responsibilities and strategies. Key aspects of jail budget management examined ... Accession Number: 017628.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Designed for jail administrators, this guide describes strategies for identifying, securing, and coordinating jai resources from multiple sources, both internally and externally. Three sections ... Accession Number: 017627.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Assists local detention administrators in the development and/or revision of their policy and procedures manuals. Includes discussion of concepts such as direct supervision, objective jail ... Accession Number: 013551.
Mar. 08, 2010
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This guide provides jail administrators the necessary information they need to effectively perform their jobs. Chapters comprising this publication are: introduction; the jail administrator’s ... Accession Number: 024192.
Oct. 31, 2006
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The development, implementation, and operation of a local criminal justice coordinating committee (CJCC) are described. In particular, this guide provides a look at how a CJCC can alleviate jail ... Accession Number: 017232.
Aug. 09, 2007
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Anyone who needs to gather and analyze data concerning various jail-related issues will find this manual useful. This document provides guidance on how information can fuel policy decision making. ... Accession Number: 021826.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Steps involved in developing an understanding of jail population dynamics and factors behind jail crowding are delineated. Sections of this report include: executive summary; how can factors behind ... Accession Number: 017209.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Basic information about jail operations is provided to contribute to a better understanding of the funding authority's roles and responsibilities regarding the jail. This report contains the ... Accession Number: 017372.
Oct. 02, 2007
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This publication "reviews the history of correctional law and summarizes the results and effects of major court decisions" (p. 4). Sections comprising this document include: introduction; history of ... Accession Number: 022570.
Apr. 29, 2008
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"This manual will help jails both to understand risk and its implication for jails and to develop a formal, effective risk management program that uses all of the jail's basic resources (i.e., human, ... Accession Number: 022666.
Oct. 31, 2006
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An explanation on how to use the jail population analysis formula is offered. This paper looks at: the sources of jail crowding; the dynamics that create changes in jail occupancy levels; swings in ... Accession Number: 016720.
Oct. 31, 2006
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One of the more serious problems jail administrators face is the need to attract and retain high-quality correctional officers. This document provides information on successful staffing practices in ... Accession Number: 015885.
Oct. 31, 2006
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A guide "developed to enhance the leadership skills, knowledge, and capabilities of jail administrators on issues of basic jail administration" is presented (p. v). Fourteen chapters comprise this ... Accession Number: 020030.
Jan. 09, 2007
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"This guide provides an overview of the sheriff's roles and responsibilities with regard to the jail along with basic information on critical aspects of jail operations and management" (p. v). This ... Accession Number: 021925.
Oct. 31, 2006
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"The purpose of this paper is to explain why it is so difficult to get to the desired 'bottom line' on the issue of staffing ratios....It is meant to raise awareness about the range of decisions ... Accession Number: 007105.
Oct. 31, 2006
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An integrated series of steps that result in a comprehensive and innovative staffing plan is presented. The staffing analysis process involves: jail profiling; net annual work hours calculation; ... Accession Number: 016827.
Oct. 31, 2006
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Developed to assist jail administrators, this document reviews the major legal issues concerning female inmates, including those arising under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, ... Accession Number: 013770.
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