Definition: A state or federal confinement facility having custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement of more than a year, or awaiting execution of a death sentence.
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Active tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat in correctional environments, where delayed recognition and response can have severe consequences for both incarcerated individuals and staff.
ID: 033722
Exercises play a critical role in emergency preparedness and response by giving the whole emergency management community an opportunity to shape plans, validate capabilities, and identify areas for improvement.
ID: 033705
This paper is the fourth in the National Institute of Corrections justice-involved veteran compendium project. It illuminates programs in prisons across the country whose goal is to prevent recidivism by justice-involved veterans, and by so doing improve the safety of law enforcement officers, correctional officers, inmates, and the public. It illustrates the design/development, implementation, and sustainment of initiatives taken by corrections officials who have set up specialized housing-in pods, dorms, units, wings, or floors-and programming for military veterans.
ID: 033092