Improving Safety and Security Using New 'Jail Vulnerability Assessment' Tools
Sheriff › Vol. 61 Nbr. 1, January 2009
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Summary
The "jail vulnerability assessment" process builds on the earlier Correctional Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) resources that were developed by the American Correctional Association (ACA) with funding from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) over the past ten years. The jail vulnerability assessment process and its associated resources have the primary goals of: * Improving jail safety and security * Promoting the development and implementation of continuous safety and security improvement practices * Properly implemented, the JVA process will provide ongoing opportunities to identify risks and to find the best responses. Maintaining safety and security demands sufficient staff who are: * Qualified * Directed by policies and procedures * Properly trained * Effectively supervised * Properly deployed (at the right place, at the right time) The Jail Vulnerability Assessment (JVA) Process The JVA process is comprised of four phases of activity.
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Improving Safety and Security Using New 'Jail Vulnerability Assessment' Tools
Introduction
This article continues NSA's focus on jail staffing, using the National Institute of Corrections(NIC) staffing analysis methodologies as a foundation.1 NIC is in the process of finalizing the third edition of its Staffing Analysis Workbook for Jails.Another new NIC project provides new insights for several steps of the staffing analysis process. The "jail vulnerability assessment" process builds on the earlier Correctional Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) resources that wer...See the full content of this document
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