The Warden's Desk category

Focus on: Corrections Officers

by an anonymous Warden

Corrections officers aren’t the swearing, callous, violent thugs that television and movies make them out to be. The vast majority of prison guards and correctional officers would never dream of abusing an inmate, and those who do are themselves criminal. There is no excuse for abuse of power or authority in any [...]

New Technology in Private Prisons

We found this interesting video on YouTube, its a brief synopsis of whats to come in technology for private prisons. Enjoy!

Senator James Webb Keeps on Fighting

A few weeks ago, I noted how Senator Jim Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, had taken up a heretofore not-so-popular issue to the general public: prison reform. In general, when legislators of both parties get involved in criminal justice and the penal system, it is primarily to write tougher laws.  In other words, prison reform [...]

Electronic Email for Inmates

By Deputy Warden Patrick Branson

Technology Overview
The term technology today is so widely accepted that we actually have divisions intended to separate one form from another. We have high tech, low tech, green technology, brown technology, space technology, hypertechnology, nanotechnology and finally, we even have the term “tech factor” to describe the level of technology. In [...]