Modernizing Corrections Means Investing in the People Responsible for its Success
January 10, 2005, is a day that changed my career in corrections.
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Lake County Adult Detention Center Earns National Innovation Award for Security, Programming Upgrades
The Lake County Adult Correctional Facility in Illinois has received the National Institute for Jail Operations’ Detention Facility Innovation Award for a coordinated series of security, operational, training and programming improvements.
New Behavioral Health Unit Opens at Shawnee County Jail
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.
From Containment to Continuity, Part II: How Care, Reintegration and Workforce Resilience Turn Correctional Design Into a Public Health Strategy
Designing correctional facilities as public health infrastructure requires more than improving conditions inside housing units.
New Mexico Corrections Department Tops Adult Education Target for Fourth Consecutive Year
The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) recently announced that 272 incarcerated students earned high school equivalency credentials in fiscal year 2026, the highest annual total in agency history and the fourth consecutive year the department exceeded the Legislative Finance Committee’s performance target.
Accessibility Is Helping Define the Future of Modern Corrections
Correctional leaders today are balancing a familiar challenge: delivering more services, supporting increasingly diverse populations, managing staffing pressures and improving outcomes while operating within finite resources.
South Dakota Opens New Women’s Prison in Rapid City
On July 10, South Dakota officials marked the completion of the state’s new women’s correctional facility in Rapid City, a project intended to expand treatment, programming and reentry capacity for women in custody while consolidating operations now based in Pierre.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Awards Tablet Contract as Part of Broader Modernization Push
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a new inmate tablet services contract that the agency says will expand access to communication, education and rehabilitative programming while helping modernize daily operations across its institutions.
How Should Corrections Think About TV? Advice for Administrators, Architects and Builders
For prisons and jails, TV has been a dependable utility for decades: a simple system of coaxial cables, splitters, amplifiers and an antiquated head-end device tucked behind a locked door.
Santa Barbara County Approves $138.65 Million Jail Expansion Contract with Sletten
Santa Barbara County, Calif., will move ahead with a major expansion of the Northern Branch Jail after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $138.65 million design-build contract with Sletten Construction Co. for the Santa Maria facility.