Adequate, well-trained personnel vital at prisons
Friday, March 29, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
New York State Department of Correctional Services learned many lessons from the Attica riot in 1971. They learned the value of providing new recruits with rigorous training which continues throughout an officer's career. They learned to pay officers a good salary to prevent high turnover rates.
And most important, DOCS learned to keep the inmate-to-staff ratio low. These rational solutions to prison problems are what makes New York's prison system, with more than 69,000 inmates, one of the safest and best run in the country.
Because of our 50-to-1 inmate-to-staff ratio and direct inmate contact, correction officers are able to monitor and manage behavior more closely, thus giving us the opportunity to detect and resolve potential problems before they occur.
SDCC training officer Travis Ashley has the right philosophy about dealing with inmates: When security treats inmates in a firm, fair and consistent manner, potential problems are averted. However, when security is understaffed, overworked and stressed out, major problems are inevitable.
New York state has learned the lessons taught in Attica -- will SDCC?
Scott A. Renshaw
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Wynns agree on ‘amicable’ split of assets in divorce
- Report details events leading to officer’s fatal shooting
- 3 arrested in shooting of Metro officer appear in court
- Golden Nugget opens $150 million, 500-room tower
- Could the game be partly to blame for addiction?
- Former Gov. List: Health care bill ‘so liberal,’ will cost Reid
- Sluggish starts plague Rebels in early games this season
- Hundreds mourn slain Metro officer, denounce violence
- Ex-Marine arraigned in ‘Cathouse’ brothel star’s killing
- Report: LV home prices fall despite increases nationwide
Blogs
Miech Again
Kruger contract altered in September
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Photo Gallery: Donny Osmond brings DWTS trophy to Las Vegas
High School Sports Scene
Prep Football: State Semifinals Picks (1 Comment)
Shark Bytes
Sharing some Thanksgiving traditions (1 Comment)
The Kats Report
Oscar Goodman sounds like a man not running for governor (2 Comments)
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
And the Season 9 winner of Dancing With the Stars is …
Elsewhere
Sen. Steven Horsford parked in handicap spot for hours (30 Comments)
Calendar »
- 25 Wed
- 26 Thu
- 27 Fri
- 28 Sat
- 29 Sun
-
Food drive at LAX
LAX Nightclub | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Judge Jules at Godskitchen
Body English | 10:30 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Univision TV hosts at Blush
Blush Boutique Nightclub | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Mischieve Wednesdays at T&T
Tacos and Tequila
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Technorati












