BECOMING A Safer Jail: Measurable Indicators.

Corrections Today | October 1, 2001| | Copyright

Measuring performance in a jail is a novel idea. However, relating what performance is and how it can be quantified to validate officer safety and wellness is a challenge. Rather than discuss the latest in less-lethal technologies or personal alarm systems, this article will offer guidelines on how to assess the extent of a jail's safety.

Because corrections professionals do not make widgets, there is no corporate measuring tool to indicate to a board of directors that 100,000 more widgets were manufactured successfully this fiscal year. Instead, correctional staff ...

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