Cell Out: Renting Out the Responsibility for the Criminally Confined

In a society in which organizations compete...   

Cel Phones Often Seized as Cell Phones

Common Ground

by Jess Maghan

Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth. -- Giambattista Vico (1688-1744)

In the previous three years I have had the opportunity to visit the prison systems of eight countries in diverse regions of the world:... 

Why US Prisons Should Keep the Barbells and TV

by Jess Maghan

STG

Security Threat Groups

Jess Maghan, Ph.D.

Ironic as it may seem, it is now safe to say that prison gang oversight is becoming as sophisticated as the gangs themselves. The national (and international) intelligence sharing, technological surveillance, officer training programs, emergency preparedness, interagency cooperation, research and evaluation of Security Threat Groups* (gangs) in the prison environment has emerged as a priority custodial operations and security component of modern correctional services. Current security and custody jargon refers to the prison gang problem as Security Threat Groups (STGs)...

Use of Force in the Correctional Environment

We must start with the premise that 95 percent of use-of-force incidents can be anticipated and avoided An impending force incident is always...always, "telegraphed!" A well trained correctional officer, deputy sheriff or police officer is skilled at observing factors communicating potentially violent situations. Those factors include verbal epithets, eye contact and overt staring, body language, outright provocation, aggression, and physical, violent contact...

The Unsung Heroes of the Front Line

Jess Maghan, Editor

The Keepers' Voice

The International Association of Correctional Officers (IACO)

With approximately 1.9 million people behind bars, the United States now incarcerates (per capita) more of its own citizens than any other nation in the world…including Russia and the Republic of South Africa. Why is America, the world's greatest experiment with constitutional democracy, caught in this bind?...