To provide the right solutions when it comes to security electronics, technology design and detention equipment selection, it is important to examine the built environment, staffing ratio and long-term staff numbers.
Many newly hired sheriff’s department staff members begin their tenures with assignments in county jails. | Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Pinellas County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office By David McRoberts In…
If you lead a jail today, you already understand the pressure.
As the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office prepares to rebuild its Vista Detention Facility — the oldest of the county’s seven jails — the project scope covers far more than just building and infrastructure modifications, including intentionally conceived transformations of programs and spaces that the county hopes will contribute to a systemwide culture change.
In the previous article in this series, The Detention Owner’s Fork in the Road, we explored the primary exit paths available to owners in the correctional construction and detention equipment industry.
Last week, Correctional News recapped the first two sessions of the Evolving Spaces: Creating Spaces that Work Symposium, presented Feb. 8 during the American Correctional Association’s 2026 Winter Conference in Long Beach, Calif.
On Feb. 8, during the final day of the American Correctional Association’s 2026 Winter Conference in Long Beach, Calif., attendees gathered for the annual Evolving Spaces: Creating Spaces that Work Symposium.
Merci Wood was named the Deputy Division Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Rehabilitation and Reentry Division in October of 2025.
Across the country, sheriffs, wardens and jail administrators are actively redefining what effective corrections looks like. Today’s leading facilities are prioritizing safety, accountability and preparation for reentry, recognizing that jails are not just places of custody, but critical environments for intervention, structure and long-term community impact.
Last month, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Monarch Society announced their partnership on the new Pathways for Pollinators and People initiative, which seeks to engage the incarcerated population in monarch conservation, education and art.
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
