by babs4104 | Feb 25, 2022 | Article
American Jails: Correctional Career Survival Skills, Part 1 Staff turnover is a major concern for corrections leadership in both prisons and jails. In many states, it is at crisis levels. Some institutions have vacancy rates more than 40% and turnover rates of more...
by babs4104 | Feb 25, 2022 | Article
American Jails: Correctional Career Survival Skills, Part 2 Staff turnover is a major concern for corrections leadership in both prisons and jails. If it is to be reduced, the work culture needs to become less toxic and the effects of unhealed trauma and chronic...
by babs4104 | Jul 31, 2021 | Article
IACTP The Correctional Trainer: Emotional Intelligence Training Many in the field of corrections realize the importance of emotional intelligence. It is what is missing in traditional staff training programs. Without it, we experience high staff turnover, low morale...
by babs4104 | Jun 13, 2020 | Article
American Jails: Are We Training Our Staff to Fail? Staff orientation and in-service training have greatly improved in recent years; e-learning and cognitive behavior intervention training have been an important part of this. Yet, we are still experiencing a crippling...
by babs4104 | Apr 6, 2020 | Resource
“Man, not another inservice! What a drag! And it’s on conflict resolution? I’ll show them how I resolve conflicts!” If this is how your inservice training is received, read on. “As you could tell, I was not excited about being ordered to come to this training. But...
