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Direct Supervision Jails: The Role of the Administrator [1]

Accession Number: 024192
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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 leadership role; recruiting, hiring, and promoting staff; training staff; supervising staff; determining the number of inmates one officer can supervise effectively; rotating housing unit staff assignments; ensuring that officers interact with inmates; addressing the isolation of the housing unit officer; decisionmaking using the principles of direct supervision; assessing direct supervision operations and outcomes; annotated principles of direct supervision; and strategies for managing a direct supervision housing unit.

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Direct Supervision Jails: The Role of the Administrator [2]

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Publication Year: 
2010
Length: 
84 p.
Tags: 
  • Direct supervision [3]
  • Jails [4]
Author(s): 
Bogard, David [5]
Hutchinson, Virginia [6]
Persons, Vicci [7]
Source(s): 
National Institute of Corrections (NIC) (Washington, DC) [8]
Part of the following Packages: 
Inmate Behavior Management - NIC Resources [9]

Source URL: https://nicic.gov/direct-supervision-jails-role-administrator

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[1] https://nicic.gov/direct-supervision-jails-role-administrator
[2] https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.nicic.gov/Library/024192.pdf
[3] https://nicic.gov/tags/direct-supervision
[4] https://nicic.gov/tags/jails
[5] https://nicic.gov/authors/bogard-david
[6] https://nicic.gov/authors/hutchinson-virginia
[7] https://nicic.gov/authors/persons-vicci
[8] https://nicic.gov/sources/national-institute-corrections-nic-washington-dc-1
[9] https://nicic.gov/assign-library-item-package-accordion/inmate-behavior-management-nic-resources