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Occupational safety

  • New Approaches to Staff Safety

    Key staff safety training issues for community corrections agencies are discussed. This manual addresses:
  • Personal Safety inside Prison

    This article should be necessary reading for all correctional staff and administration.
  • Instilling Holistic Safety: How We Can Reimagine Our Approach Toward Safety in Corrections (2023)

    Correctional safety has historically pitted both correctional staff against people incarcerated and security procedures against the resources and opportunities needed to help people to thrive. This paradigm has resulted in missed opportunities to support sustainable rehabilitation and commitment to community safety. We can be leaders in reimagining and building toward a holistic vision of safety that brings people incarcerated and correctional staff together to produce the changes they want, need, and deserve—changes rooted in health, value, personal agency, connectedness, and trust.