Corrections Products News & Articles

By Associated Press LONDON — London will be the first city in England to test electronic monitoring to force persistent alcohol offenders to stop drinking, Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday. Johnson ...

By Erin HicksIf you still use rubber or plastic shanks in your training classes, you are missing a very important element that's never absent in a real-life tactical situation: stress.When you're being ...

Founder: "In seven years we've had people try and no one can get out of our cuffs" ...

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorHaving difficulty with prisoner compliance? Myers Enterprises' Stun-Cuff Magnum is usually just what the prison warden ordered. While the device has been around ...

Associated PressDES MOINES, Iowa — A Baltimore inmate who bluffed his way out of prison probably wouldn't have tricked guards if they had eye-scanners such as those being installed at dozens of jails ...

By Mark Niesse Associated PressHONOLULU — Mug shots of drunken driving suspects are landing on the Honolulu Police Department's Web site, creating a virtual wall of shame long before suspects get ...

The Mock Prison Riot, held in May each year, serves as a venue for technologists that want to showcase new or improved law enforcement- and corrections-specific products and seek valuable feedback from end users. ...

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A felon who allegedly put a gun to a police officer's head and narrowly missed killing him has been spared a possible life sentence because of missing court records.Federal ...

By Julie Bykowicz The Baltimore SunBALTIMORE — Police were still searching today for a 16-year-old Baltimore boy who, along with a 14-year-old, escaped Monday night from Victor Cullen Center, a secure ...

In the past, most correctional administrators had to spend a great deal of time wading through a variety of paper reports, cross-checking and analyzing data in their heads, trying to identify the warning signs that operational problems may be imminent. As the computer age takes an ever-firmer hold on U.S. society, correctional systems have joined in, looking for ways to automate and make this process simpler. The Florida Department of Corrections, through an award from the Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice, is developing the Correctional Operations Trend Analysis System (COTAS), an automated way of predicting inmate disruption and helping administrators find ways to minimize it. ...

Former fugitive drawing sympathy The Associated PressSANTEE, Calif. — Marie Walsh kept a low profile for 32 years, trying to escape her past life as Susan LeFevre.She raised three children with her ...

The Associated PressMIAMI, Fla. — A jail in northwest Miami-Dade County was evacuated Monday when winds began blowing a nearby brush fire in the facility's direction.The blaze was about half a mile ...

Provided by John E. Reid & Associates The topic of electronically recording interviews and interrogations comes up frequently during our seminars. Clearly, there is a national trend in which through ...

Provided by John E. Reid & Associates Two conditions must be satisfied before a person decides to commit a crime. The first is that the individual must believe that he or she will not be punished for ...