Anabolic steroids are synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones, called androgens. They have a number of physiological effects, most notably an anabolic effect that promotes the growth of skeletal muscle and androgenic effects that foster the development of male sexual characteristics. 0 2009-12-22T15:42:11-05:00 23089 The National Institute on Drug Abuse 2010-02-08 00:04:00

MCI Concord is a medium security facility which had been designated by the Department as the state’s Reception and Diagnostic Center until June 2009. 0 2010-01-14T15:42:17-05:00 23255 Mass. Department of Correction 2010-02-08 00:03:00

You should always attempt to gain voluntary compliance through selected verbal strategies. However, your personal safety is the highest priority. Your initial verbalization to an aggressive individual should be to slow down the conflict event. 35 2010-02-05T09:30:10-05:00 23510 2010-02-08 00:02:00

In our last article (part I), we discussed that ethical leadership is needed at all levels of an organization, and that the responsibility for leadership is placed not only on those in designated leadership positions, but that all staff are leaders and share the responsibility for ethical leadership and the ethical climate of their organization. 95 2010-01-21T15:52:28-05:00 23352 2010-02-08 00:01:00

Have you recently visited the correctional officer forums? If you have, you may have noticed a troubling trend. 0 2010-01-29T15:04:37-05:00 23447 A. Allen-Jones 2010-02-01 00:04:00

Decisions and pranks are similar: No two are exactly alike. Every practical joke has the potential to evoke many different reactions. Much of this is due to the multitude of circumstances. 29 2010-02-05T09:00:01-05:00 23509 2010-02-01 00:03:00

Establishing and maintaining a healthy organizational culture in corrections is a multifaceted process, involving wise personnel selection, comprehensive ethics training, appropriate employee discipline and, the focus of this article, ethical leadership. 95 2010-01-21T15:45:40-05:00 23351 2010-02-01 00:02:00

During my many years involved in law enforcement I have responded to thousands of domestic related incidents and been involved in countless family and live in partner medications. 35 2010-01-29T13:45:03-05:00 23446 2010-02-01 00:01:00

Imagine that you have a long, gravel drive way. Twice each day, you dodge a large hole that has formed. 85 2009-12-04T13:12:00-05:00 22949 2010-01-30 00:03:00

The findings reported in the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) report, Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-2009, bring into focus the dire circumstances that too many youth in juvenile correctional facilities have to endure 0 2010-01-19T14:58:23-05:00 23316 Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs 2010-01-25 00:04:00

“The housing function is the hub”, he said. “It is where the offenders live. It is central to everything”. 29 2010-01-26T13:06:29-05:00 23401 2010-01-25 00:03:00

Professional and college sports teams clothing worn by street gangs. 35 2010-01-19T15:08:20-05:00 23317 2010-01-25 00:02:00

As long as there have been prisons, there have been prison tattoos and the offenders who use whatever means necessary to shoot them. 0 2010-01-22T15:18:19-05:00 23369 Mag Wright, Mental Health Secretary, (SCI) Lancaster OH 2010-01-25 00:01:00

Incarcerated women leaving the prison system face a number of challenges as they attempt to reintegrate into the community. 0 2010-01-14T14:22:52-05:00 23254 Janice Perez 2010-01-23 00:03:00

Indicators of School Crime and Safety presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, and principals. 0 2010-01-07T11:47:14-05:00 23161 Bureau of Justice Statistics 2010-01-18 00:04:00

Coaxing is to persuasion as coercion is to bullying. 29 2010-01-14T13:53:38-05:00 23252 2010-01-18 00:03:00

I got a lot of response to my initial article on criminal thinking errors requesting more information of the errors as defined. Well here are the criminal thinking errors defined and I hope they will assist you in understanding the personalities of the inmates you work with. 35 2010-01-13T10:57:32-05:00 23237 2010-01-18 00:02:00

I knew he was a veteran who had seen it all during his 13-year corrections career—inmate murders, drug overdoses, beatings, stabbings, and staff assaults. 30 2010-01-15T15:42:02-05:00 23274 2010-01-18 00:01:00

We created our federal social media site three years ago; we were one of the early adopters. We try to incorporate social media in virtually every media outreach effort. We believe that the site has provided concrete benefits to the agency. At this writing, we are averaging 230,000 requests a month. 34 2010-01-08T09:54:25-05:00 23186 and Timothy Barnes 2010-01-16 00:02:00

H1N1 viruses are not spread by food. 0 2010-01-06T15:40:25-05:00 23159 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-01-11 00:04:00

Little rumors are like an acorn. Before you know it, they grow into a huge tree with tangled roots. Like Frankenstein’s Monster, conspiracy theories come to life and rampage. 29 2009-12-15T13:31:57-05:00 23028 2010-01-11 00:03:00

Remember that one little question on your application process that stated, “Are you able to work mandatory overtime” and you marked yes because you were excited to get into the system and started on your chosen career? 35 2010-01-08T11:36:18-05:00 23187 2010-01-11 00:02:00

Claims of Sexual Misconduct in prison have more than doubled in eight years. A Deputy Warden I used to work with once asked me the following question, “Fann, all I want to know is, what are these inmates telling staff members to make them want to have any kind of relationship with them?” 94 2009-12-22T13:03:12-05:00 23088 2010-01-11 00:01:00

She had been called to duty. She sat in the front row of the jury box. Never before had she faced such weighty decisions. 29 2009-12-15T13:48:32-05:00 23031 2010-01-09 00:03:00

Bill looked at me with a totally serious expression. “For this to happen, you have to think like a weed.” 29 2009-12-14T13:36:35-05:00 23016 2010-01-04 00:04:00