wellness

A virtual meeting to discuss challenges facing women in law enforcement. The CoP will convene additional times in future reporting periods.

A virtual meeting to discuss challenges facing women in law enforcement. The CoP will convene additional times in future reporting periods.

Overview: Employees are the biggest valuable assets in corrections, especially when managed, trained, and appropriately utilized for success. Corrections rely on well-trained, experienced, and devoted workforces to provide their community with the most cost-effective required security service and stay on track with the larger mission of public safety. The physically and mentally demanding work conditions in correctional settings are associated with numerous health and performance outcomes like exhaustion, psychological distress, dissatisfaction, and impaired work ability.

The American Correctional Association (ACA), under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, visited Davidson County Sheriff’s Staff Wellness program. Our goal is to study and learn more about the exemplary practices of staff wellness programs in correctional agencies that have developed and offered wellness programs to their staff. The team interviewed appropriate agency staff of the agency's preference, such as human resource administrators, wellness providers,
wellness program administrators, and other related employees.

The American Correctional Association (ACA) is intensively working to identify best practices and programs related to correctional staff wellness programs and policies to increase the volume of staff wellness resources in corrections. As part of this effort developed this resource center intending to share exemplary wellness practices in correction and create resources to enhance wellness programs in corrections.

The article covers the challenges in employee recruitment and retention in correctional agencies. It points out the strategies and trends that correctional agencies should follow to improve their staff recruitment and process. It also discusses how staff wellness programs can help to attract and retain workforces in corrections.

The American Correctional Association (ACA), under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, would like to visit your staff wellness program. Our goal is to study and learn more about the exemplary practices on staff wellness programs in correctional agencies who has developed and offered to wellness programs to their staff. The team interviewed appropriate agency staff of the agency's preference, such as human resource administrators, wellness providers, wellness program administrators, and other related staff.

A chaplain for the Bedford County Sheriff's Office is in search of resources to enhance education on suicide prevention to better assist his agency and help other area chaplains improve their knowledge base as well.

Join the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for their webinar “Wellness Program Implementation Series (Part 2): Introduction to your Options and Assessing your Team’s Needs” on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 3:00–4:30 p.m. ET. This webinar is part two of the six-part series focused on how to implement a wellness program at your agency.

Most officers know the expression “get off the X,” the idea that remaining in one spot during a gunfight cannot only be dangerous, it can be deadly. This webinar will assist participants in addressing the after-effects of job exposure to violence. “Getting off the emotional X” (a phrase coined by Dr. Olivia Johnson) is the idea that staying in a place of emotional conflict and turmoil can increase the likelihood of negative outcomes. Operating in this emotionally turbulent state can become habitual.