"Cell phones are a continuous threat inside correctional facilities; here’s how you can find and stop this type of contraband before it becomes a problem in your prison or jail"

"A widespread technology that allows people to connect with anyone, anywhere, has created concerns for corrections officials. The use of inexpensive, disposable cell phones has changed the age-old cat-and-mouse game of controlling whom inmates communicate with in the outside world and is creating serious problems for public safety officials."

"An inmate escaped from a Kansas prison allegedly with the aid of a phone smuggled in by an accomplice.1 In Texas, a death row inmate charged with killing four persons, including two teenage girls, allegedly used a wireless phone from within the prison to threaten a prominent state senator and his family.2 These incidents serve as just two examples where individuals used cell phones to facilitate criminal acts from within a correctional institution."

"PUTTING AN END TO ILLEGAL CELL PHONE USE IN PRISONS
The FCC has made it a top priority to put an end to illegal cell phone use by inmates in prisons. Contraband cell phones have been used by inmates to arrange the murder of witnesses and public safety officers, traffic in drugs, and manage criminal enterprises. This illegal practice jeopardizes the safety of America’s communities and public safety officials."

"A Market Survey on Body-Worn Camera Technologies provides a landscape view of the claimed key attributes of 66 commercially available body-worn camera models offered by 38 vendors and four stand-alone body-worn camera video management software systems. APL developed the information contained in this survey primarily through an Internet search, supplemented by a request for information published in the Federal Register and outreach to vendors.

"A Primer on Body-Worn Camera Technology provides information to agency policymakers concerning considerations - including policy and training considerations— for integrating body-worn cameras into current systems and the legal implications associated with adoption of body-worn cameras. It also provides a summary of the information found in A Market Survey on Body-Worn Camera Technologies."

This issue paper does not recommend specific caseload standards, but recommends that probation and parole agencies adopt a workload strategy to determine staffing needs and caseload size on an individual agency basis.

The National Juvenile Court Data Archive generated the national estimates based on data contributed from juvenile courts in more than 2,300 jurisdictions containing 82% of the U.S. juvenile population (youth age 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each state).

This report presents the findings from the workload analysis performed by the NCSC for Alabama Juvenile Probation Officers.