Testing Correctional Decisions

Hepatitis C Testing Strategies in a Correctional Setting

PT743. Mental Health status of Correctional Officers in Correctional Institutions

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between circadian types, temperament, and character. Methods: We analyze the data obtained from a total of 2910 students who undertook the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and the Composite Scale of MorningnessEveningness (CSM). According to the CSM score, the circadian types were classified as the morning type (MT), neith...

Better decisions through science: exercise testing scores.

Statistical tools can be used to create scores for assisting in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and assessing prognosis. General practitioners and internists frequently function as gatekeepers, deciding which patients must be referred to the cardiologist. Therefore, they need to use the basic tools they have available (ie, history, physical examination and the exercise test) in an opti...

Evaluating Correctional Programs

Large sums of money are spent on correctional programs, and as a result legislators, funding sources, policy makers, and the public are demanding more accountability. Rigorous evaluation is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. Programs and agencies are being asked, “Does it work?” and funding sources are not satisfied with anecdotal information and informal evaluations. Increasingly, evaluati...

South Bay Correctional Facility

In February 1997, South Bay Correctional Facility opened under a contract with the state through the Correctional Privatization Commission. South Bay Correctional Facility is located in southern Florida just south of Lake Okeechobee. South Bay is operated by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, which also operates Moore Haven Correctional Facility, which was the subject of a similar review by OPP...