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Hostage Survival
This program gives the correction professional some insight into surviving a hostage crisis should inmates ever take them captive. Among the topics are reasons inmate take hostages, how inmates treat hostages, how hostages should behave in order to survive, mental survival exercises, what not to do in terms of negotiating your own release, what procedures to follow if you are rescued, and more.
Hostage Negotiations for Corrections
This program is intended to give an overview of the hostage negotiation process and is important for not only to those who are negotiators or aspire to be, but should be mandatory viewing for every Corrections Officer. The 15-minute segment "First Officer on the Scene" tells line officers what they should do if they ever come face to face with an inmate holding a staff member or civilian hostage in the correctional facility. Other topics include the different types of hostage situations, helpful words and phrases for negotiators, and a 20-minute segment on "Principles and Procedures of Hostage Negotiation."
Hostage Team Selection and Command Post Guidelines
This program looks at why specialized hostage teams are necessary whenever there is a hostage crisis in a correctional facility and how those teams are developed. The segments include hostage team development, team positions and responsibilities, the command post function, command post guidelines, and dealing with the news media during a hostage crisis.
Held Hostage: Surviving the Lucasville Riot
This program details the experiences of Corrections Officer Larry Dotson, who was held hostage for 11 days during the bloody Lucasville riot of 1993. This program marked the first time that C.O. Dotson gave a detailed interview about his harrowing experience as a hostage. It has been termed by many corrections professionals as the most moving interview they have ever seen, emotionally speaking. In the program, Dotson tells how he was treated and mistreated by his inmate captors and how he interacted with them. He also tells what he believed saved his life and how he dealt with the experience afterwards. There is no training guide with this program.
The Lucasville, Ohio, Disturbance: Lessons Learned
This program looks at the 11-day disturbance that took place at a large state facility in Ohio in which 11 inmates and one Corrections Officer were killed, and what valuable lessons the state of Ohio learned as a result. Topics addressed include developing a revised Critical Incident Management Plan, flexibility of response, managing resources, action plan components, keeping focused, and more.
Liability Issues for Corrections (Pt. 1)
The purpose of this program is to advise corrections professionals of the pitfalls that could lead to liability on the part of the officer or the agency. The program covers issues that inmates can file in federal court. Topics include deliberate indifference, negligence, suicide, liability with regard to the use of restraint devices, use of force, racial or religious discrimination, medical problems, liability issues as they apply to the supervisor, and more.
Liability Issues for Corrections (Pt. 2)
Part 2 explains the need for clearly defined policies in many different areas and the need for a pro-active stance by the agency to avoid liability. Topics include creating liability protection policies, liability issues regarding handicapped inmates, discriminating against inmates with AIDS, liability related to critical incidents (including fires, earthquakes and floods), sexual harassment issues, religious freedom, and more.
Gangs in the Lockup (Pt. 1)
The purpose of this program is to familiarize corrections professionals with the activities of inmates who are gang members and to show how these activities can be controlled.
Topics for discussion include the gang philosophy, why young men join gangs, identifying gang members, gang activities in the lockup, and ways to control gang-related activities.
Gangs in the Lockup (Pt. 2): Business Activities
This program takes a look at the business practices that gang members attempt to carry on even while they are locked up in jail or prison. Topics include local vs. national gangs, various gang business activities, such as drug dealing, recruiting new members, smuggling contraband, extortion, etc., and the program also stresses the need for increased vigilance on the part of the staff. 28:55
Dealing with Domestic Violence in Corrections
This program is more informational than straight-out training but important nonetheless. Its purpose is to make Corrections staff aware of the serious problems related to domestic violence and how it could affect their job and career. Those in more stressful occupations – and Corrections is certainly one of them – can tend to have more marital difficulties than someone in a less stressful job. With laws becoming stricter all the time in this area, this program is aimed at bringing awareness to this issue. There is no training guide with this program.
Dealing with Female Offenders
With the number of female inmates steadily on the rise, this program aims to spell out the differences in approach by the C.O. to female inmates. Topics here include: the female's desire for privacy, women as caretakers, female medical issues, differences in female inmates from males, communication skills with the female inmate, and ways to help females improve their self-esteem.
Female Issues in Corrections
This program contains more on dealing with the female offender with topics including: dealing with female offenders who have children, medical and psychological issues related to being incarcerated, profile of the typical female inmate, how females will relate to and communicate with staff, developing meaningful programs for the female inmate, and issues regarding release of the female inmate back into society.
Cross-gender Supervision
The purpose of this program is demonstrate to corrections professionals the complex issues and concerns related to supervising inmates of the opposite sex. Some of the topics covered include the need for staff professionalism at all times, cautions against overfamiliarity, male officers supervising females, female officers supervising males, "do's and don'ts" of communication with the opposite sex in the facility, warning signs of a possible inmate-officer romance, and other pitfalls of cross-gender supervision.
Coping with Communicable Diseases
This training program is designed to show officers and other staff the best ways of assuring that the facility is not exposed to communicable diseases through a solid understanding of how diseases are spread. The program examines different blood-borne pathogens such as HIV (AIDS) and Hepatitis B, food borne pathogens, such as Hepatitis A, and airborne pathogens, such as Tuberculosis. The program also stresses ways to take precautions against these diseases and looks at OSHA guidelines for an Exposure Control Plan in the correctional facility.
Emergency Response Teams (Pt. 1)
This program explores the benefits of using specially trained teams of Corrections Officers to handle emergency situations as they arise in the facility. The program includes an overview of ERTs, the types of equipment they use, different procedures, the use of pepper spray, setting up an ERT and more.
Emergency Response Teams (Pt. 2): The Expanded Role
This program takes a look at how highly trained Emergency Response Teams can be used for other purposes even outside the correctional facility. If your facility is located in an urban area with a courthouse or other public buildings nearby, these teams could be used as first responders in extreme emergencies (such as a courthouse shooting with a gunman still loose, judge held hostage, major disturbance outside the facility, etc.). The program also looks at equipment necessary to carry out this type of response.
Emergency Response Teams (Pt.
3) : Situation Specific
Part 3
of the ERT series stresses cohesion within the framework of the team
and takes a look at each individual member's role in specific
situations. The situations dealt with in this program include: a
disturbance in the housing unit, a fire drill in the facility,
inmates fighting and refusal to lock down.
The Inmate's Cookbook (Pt. 1)
This video looks at "recipes" for trouble inside the facility, focusing on weapons or contraband that inmates can fashion from everyday items found in a correctional institution. Segments include recipes for assault, recipes for escape, and recipes for nuisance contraband. It's "food" for thought! There is no training guide with this program.
The Inmate's Cookbook (Pt. 2)
More recipes for trouble inside the facility, including yet more items for assault and escape, toilet paper tricks, making "hooch," and a segment on officer awareness. There is no training guide.
Staff Communications/Relations
The purpose of this program is to explore the critical importance of communications and relationships among line officers, supervisors, and administrators to ensure a well-run correctional facility. The video demonstrates how any breakdown in this area can put the entire facility at risk. Topics include how to communicate effectively with fellow staff, where and where not to communicate, supervisors and disciplinary action, the perils of mis-communicating, staff relationships, and opposite-sex relationships.
Use of Pepper Spray and Stun Devices
This program explores the proper use of less-lethal weapons, such as pepper spray and various stun devices. It also stresses the need to follow procedures, policies, and guidelines on the proper use of these weapons. Topics include use of OC/pepper spray, use of hand-held stun devices, use of the stun shield, use of the stun belt, legal issues, and use of force guidelines.
The Use of Less-lethal Weapons in Corrections
In this program, we discuss the use of a multitude of less-lethal weapons and when it is appropriate to use them. The importance of training in these weapons is stressed, as are the guidelines for use of these weapons. No stun devices are used in this demonstration. This program is not intended to train officers in the use of these weapons, but rather is informational and contains a demonstration of some of them being used. There is no training guide.
Use of Force in the Correctional Facility
This program looks at when officers are allowed to use force against inmates, what type of force, and when force is not allowed. The program also looks at the main pitfalls in the area of use of force – such as use of excessive force – and what the repercussions can be. Other issues include avoiding the use of force, use of the Force Continuum, and documenting the use of force.
The Importance of Documentation for the Line Officer
This program enforces the adage that "if it's not written down, it didn't happen!" The program stresses the need for all officers to both formally and informally document daily occurrences. It shows when formal documentation is necessary and when informal documentation is permissible. There is also a segment regarding the role of the supervisor in documentation.
Property Control Procedures
Personal property of inmates must be taken care of properly by correctional agencies in order to minimize claims for loss of or damage to inmate property. This program explores some of the solutions to an effective property control system and examines some of the common mistakes, which can occur in the management of inmate property. Other issues include security concerns, money-control procedures, and the release or transfer of inmate property.
The Importance of In-Service Training
The purpose of this program is to stress to corrections staff the importance of keeping up on all aspects of training, no matter how experienced the officer may be. Many veteran officers look at in-service training as something they would rather avoid. This program helps to reinforce the importance of such training for all staff, from the rookie officer to the most seasoned veteran.
Conducting an Investigation in the Correctional Facility
Every facility, no matter how large or small, is going to have its share of occurrences that will require some type of investigation. This program looks at the different aspects of conducting investigations in the correctional facility including the different types of investigations, preparing for the investigation, selecting the investigator, the testimony of inmate witnesses, the role of informants, the importance of the housing officer, and more.
Larry Dotson (Lucasville Hostage) Unedited Interview (60 minutes)
This video is the entire 60-minute long interview with Larry Dotson, held hostage for 11 days by rioting inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in 1993. Excerpts from the interview are seen in the program "Held Hostage: Surviving the Lucasville Riot." Larry goes into more detail here about his harrowing, life-threatening experience and how it affected him afterwards. No training guide.
Sexual Misconduct Awareness
This program makes Corrections staff aware of the dangers of falling into a sexual relationship with an inmate and stresses the need for professionalism on the part of the staff at all times.
Segments include bringing sexual misconduct out in the open, it can happen to you, how it gets started, the effects of sexual misconduct, how it can be exposed, the ramifications for the guilty, and solutions to the problem.
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The Role
of the Supervisor
Supervisors carry a lot of responsibility in the correctional
environment. This program gives both new and experienced
supervisors valuable insight into their role of not only maintaining
security but also making sure the operation runs smoothly under
their watch. Topics include: getting through the transition from
line officer to supervisor, communication and people skills,
mediating disputes, dealing with challenges to authority and more.
Developing
Supervisory Management Skills
This
program is aimed mainly at the new supervisor but can also serve as
a refresher for veteran supervisors. The video looks primarily at
common mistakes made by new supervisors and how to avoid them,
building relationships with the staff and problem solving. It's a
must for the new supervisor.
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The Use of Restraint Devices in the Facility
There are
many types of restraint devices used in the correctional
environment and this video looks at the most common ones,
including the restraint chair. Besides running through the
various devices and the proper way to apply and remove them, the
program also looks at: use vs. abuse of restraints, restraining
a violent inmate,
the use of
protective equipment, safety precautions for officers and more.
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