The EcoSecurity Utensil (ESU) from EcoTensil is a disposable safety utensil designed for correctional, behavioral health, hospital, substance-use disorder treatment and other facilities where traditional utensils may pose a risk.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a roughly $1 billion, multiyear plan to modernize the county’s Main Jail and Elmwood Correctional Facility, with an emphasis on medical and behavioral health care, safer housing and more efficient intake.
Officials in Shawnee County, Kan., have opened a new 60-bed Behavioral Health Unit at the Shawnee County Jail in Topeka, creating dedicated space for individuals awaiting trial who need intensive mental health and substance-use services.
Designing correctional facilities as public health infrastructure requires more than improving conditions inside housing units.
For much of the 20th century, correctional facilities were designed as instruments of containment — hardened, inward-facing environments optimized for control, efficiency and separation from civic life.
In an industry that tends to be more reactive than proactive, the ability to foresee emerging trends and plan accordingly can help position correctional product suppliers to solve the most pressing issues for facility owners and operators.
Officials from Macon-Bibb County, Ga., and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office broke ground July 30 on the next phases of a $28.5 million to $31 million renovation and expansion of the county’s Law Enforcement Center, advancing work intended to improve security, capacity and healthcare space at the aging jail.
The Ryno® Dining Chair 2.0 from Pineapple is the next evolution of the company’s seating designed specifically for mental health environments.
The Ligature-Resistant Floor Drain (LRFD) from Willoughby Industries is designed to provide a solution for in-floor drain applications while maintaining ligature resistance in security and behavioral environments.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has posted more than $700 million in new funding opportunities aimed at expanding behavioral health treatment, recovery services, crisis response and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Recognizing longtime and emerging industry leaders.
Winners announced at annual Corrections Summit.
