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Experts Identify Priority Needs for Addressing Correctional Agency Security Threats

Date Published

April 6, 2020

Understaffing, illicit drugs, contraband cellphones, and gangs were among top-of-mind issues for experts brought together to identify pervasive security problems facing corrections institutions — and new ways to address them.

Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools

Date Published

September 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Handbook

Guidelines for Conducting Meaningful Research in Local Jails

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Harnessing the Power of Technology in Institutional Corrections

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

November 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Case Study, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reflections on Colorado's Administrative Segregation Study

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

NIJ Journal Issue No. 278

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Caring for Those in Custody: Identifying High-Priority Needs to Reduce Mortality in Correctional Facilities (Article)

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

July 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Crime File: Inside Prisons

Date Published

1984

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Handbook

Examining Race and Gender Disparities in Restrictive Housing Placements

Date Published

August 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Security Crystals: NIR-To-NIR Upconverting Nanoparticles for Fingerprint Identification and DNA Extraction

2017-IJ-CX-0026

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$841,307

Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness - What We Learned From the Research Literature

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Literature Review

TECHBeat, June 2017

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness Literature Synthesis

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Literature Review, Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Contraband Detection Devices, What the Market Has to Offer

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Walk-Through Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection, NIJ Standard-0601.02

Date Published

January 2003

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Test/Measurement, Standard

Exploring the Use of Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions

Date Published

November 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

Eyes in the Skies: The Latest Threat to Correctional Institution Security

Journal

Corrections Today

Date Published

December 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

Baseline Specifications for Law Enforcement Service Pistols With Security Technology

Date Published

November 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Test/Measurement, Standard

Case Study of Mississippi State Penitentiary's Managed Access Technology

Date Published

August 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Case Study

Analysis of Managed Access Technology in an Urban Deployment: Baltimore City Jail Complex

Date Published

September 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

A Multi-Modal Neuro-Physiological Investigation of User-Centered Security

2016-R2-CX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$49,997

Situational Approaches to Making Communities and Correction Institutions Safer - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2010

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

What We Know - and Don't Know - About Restrictive Housing

Date Published

April 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Presentation, Literature Review, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Evaluating the Performance of Hand-held Cellphone Detectors in a Prison Setting

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Effect of Solitary Confinement on Institutional Misconduct: A Longitudinal Evaluation

Date Published

August 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation