Even good prisons are terrible pressure cookers. Inmates have to live with this every day. Staff have to come into it every day. Could meditation help? This video describes some staff and inmate experiences with meditation. Do you think it is a good idea? [youtube=http://youtu.be/OwG77NXbJkE] ... Read More about Featured Video: Can Meditation Help Inmates and Correctional Staff?
The Correctional Nurse
The Murky Past of Medical Research in Prisons
My clinical experience in a variety of settings always involved participation and application of clinical research. When I entered the correctional setting in the early 2000’s I was surprised at how closed the specialty was to research. Many departments of corrections have a hard and fast rule – no ... Read More about The Murky Past of Medical Research in Prisons
Featured Video: Jail Tattoos
I'm not sure why someone would want to know how to make a jail tattoo....except maybe some of our inmate patients, I guess. However, correctional nurses need to know that these procedures go on in jail and prison cells all over the country. The process is crude and the instruments are often unclean. ... Read More about Featured Video: Jail Tattoos
Professional boundaries in corrections: How to set and keep them
ACA session told boundaries allow COs to screen input from the world and know what input to ward against By Erin Hicks CorrectionsOne Associate Editor(Reprinted with permission)KISSIMMEE, Fla. — You probably set boundaries in your personal life, but did you know how important boundaries are ... Read More about Professional boundaries in corrections: How to set and keep them
Are You Emotionally Intelligent?
I was challenged by this question at a session of the Summer American Correctional Association (ACA) Conference in Orlando. Joyce Conley, PhD of G4S Americas and Dana Clark, PhD of Organizational Talent Solutions presented the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) and the implications for ... Read More about Are You Emotionally Intelligent?