Corrections Security

Focus on Corrections Security

A Cascading Crisis: U.S. Federal Prisons Grapple with Decades of Unsafe Understaffing

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has struggled to recruit and retain corrections officers for over a decade. Its ongoing staffing crisis is creating a variety of safety and security concerns for staff and incarcerated individuals alike.

Overlapping Factors Lead to Overcrowding, Safety Condition Challenges in European Prisons

A European organization for prison and correctional services identified overcrowding as one of the most persistent and systemic challenges prison administrators face.

Fast Facts: The Most Common Contraband in U.S. Federal Prisons

An analysis from the U.S. Sentencing Commission identified the top forms of contraband in federal prison facilities between 2019 and 2023.

A Small but Mighty Problem: Tracking Down Mini Cellphones in Prisons

Miniature cellphone use by incarcerated individuals poses a problem for correctional facilities. Here are a few tactics that prisons in Europe are using to detect and remove them.