As operational costs continue to climb across public agencies, departmental administrators are constantly looking for ways to minimize budget expenditures and increase taxpayer savings.
In addition to the perspectives provided in the SEC and DEC List and Trends Report, Correctional News posed questions to leaders on both the security electronics and detention equipment sides of the table to get further insights on the latest market shifts, project requests from owners and operators, and ongoing labor and supply challenges.
Last month, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) and nonprofit partner Proximity for Justice hosted “The Journey,” a TEDx event featuring more than 40 speakers at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy, Va.
The importance of rehabilitation and reentry efforts to improve the outcomes and quality of life for formerly incarcerated individuals is well understood across the justice spectrum.
When Correctional News assessed the security electronics and detention equipment landscape in 2025, innovation drove the conversation.
Nowadays, most correctional facility owners, operators and designers understand, on some level, how the built environment can affect outcomes.
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.
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
