Jail Management Development (JMD) - Course Description

NSA has partnered with AARMS and Columbia Southern University to provide jail administrators and supervisors with interactive and engaging online jail training. The JMD curriculum is based on case law, with videos and real-life scenarios, and is unlike any training ever created specifically for corrections. Courses are selectively taught by the most recognized and established jail instructors in the country, totaling over 75 online hours and 25 live hours. Individual courses may be 1-5 credit hours, which can be applied as part of an officer’s required annual training hours. In addition, these courses can be taken to receive certification through NSA. To enroll in any of the courses, click on the title of the course to be directed to the JMD enrollment form.

LIABILITY MANAGEMENT MODULE:

Proactive Approach to Protect Against Administrative and Supervisory Liability. Presented by Gary DeLand
Sheriffs and jail administrators are responsible for incarcerating, managing, and supervising the most difficult and litigious segment of the U. S. population. Many sheriffs and administrators across the U.S. have limited knowledge of the key elements of civil liability for jails and do not have a practical guide to reduce their potential liability to prisoner litigation. This course provides sheriffs and administrators tools and knowledge to proactively protect them against supervisor/administrator liability. Core areas of focus in the course include hiring and retention of staff, delegation of supervisory responsibilities, policy and procedure construction and development, and training and supervisory issues.

CORRECTIONAL LAW MODULE:

Inmate Discipline. Presented by Gary DeLand
This course provides an overview of the inmate disciplinary process and the foundation for a constitutional inmate discipline system. It also provides the tools and training for correctional staff to initiate disciplinary action. Additionally provides training for hearing officers; due process requirements, evidence and testimony, standards of proof and written findings, appeals and reprimands, and disciplinary punishments.

Inmate Access to Religion and RLUIPA. Presented by Carrie Hill, esq.
This course provides an overview of Religious Rights in today’s jails. The training discusses and reviews issues relevant to First Amendment, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Additionally, it provides information related to religious access involving services, visits and meals.

Introduction To Inmate Rights and Litigation. Presented by Gary DeLand
This course provides an overview of the evolution of Corrections Law and Inmate Rights. It provides tools to assist in the developing and understanding of the requirements for constitutional policies, procedures and practices. Providing an overview of the fundamental rights under the US Constitution and reviews rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth amendments to the constitution.

Inmate Communication: Mail, Visitation, Telephone, Media. Presented by Carrie Hill, Esq.
This course provides an overview of First Amendment issues involving all forms of inmate communication. It identifies types of inmates communication and addresses ways to manage those communications in an effective manner consistent with legal requirements.

Inmate Searches. Presented by Gary DeLand
This course provides an overview of Constitutional Limits on Searches. The presentation reviews the searching of inmate clothing, personal property, and cells. Instruction includes personal searches, justification and scope of intrusion, searches of arrestees at admission and the manner of searches. The subject of a variety of visitor searches is also presented. In addition, a brief review of Cross-Gender Searches and Supervision is presented, as a preview to the Cross Gender online course.

Inmate Access to Courts and Counsel. Presented by Gary DeLand
Inmates have a right to access the courts. Corrections officials have a duty to provide access for inmates and assist where deemed appropriate. This course addresses legal requirements for inmate access to courts and counsel.

PLANNING AND PREPARATION MODULE:

Contingency Planning. Presented by Mike Haley,PhD.
Jails must plan and prepare for a variety of emergencies. This course reviews issues administrators face from disease to catastrophe. Learn proactive administrative strategies to prepare for the unexpected and the unwanted.

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT MODULE:

Ethics. Presented by Mike Haley,PhD.
This course reviews and presents the special features of ethics and its role in jail management. It provides a review and discussion of ethics in constant and situational circumstances. Also an overview of ethics involving the critical nature of legal and moral issues.

Code of Conduct. Presented by Mike Haley,PhD.
Sheriffs and jail administrators face difficult and challenging employee issues on a daily basis. A code of conduct formalizes the ethics of any organization. This course will provide an overview of what a code of conduct is, why jails should develop a code of conduct and what should be included in it.

JAIL OPERATIONS MODULE:

Inmate Classification. Presented by Gary DeLand
Managing inmates in a safe, secure, orderly and constitutional manner is a primary function of a jail and its administrators. Accomplishing that mission requires a defined, structured, and comprehensive approach. This course addresses classification as one of the cornerstones of inmate management. Core subjects of instruction include classification-related liability, due process, and classification-based case law.

Inmate Grievances. Presented by Gary DeLand
Handling prisoner grievances is one of the chief cornerstones of prisoner management. It requires a defined, structured, and comprehensive approach in order to maintain the safety, security and order of the jail in a constitutional manner. The course provides sample policy for review and discussion.

Gangs in a Pre-Trial Setting. Presented by Lt. Sean Stewart.
Sheriffs and Jail Administrators have a responsibility to be aware of gang members in their facilities to closely monitor their activities. Many prison and street gangs continue their criminal activity and manage a criminal enterprise within jails in a pre-trial setting. Unfortunately staff occasionally falls into the traps set by these individuals. This course provides information in combating gang activities and the security risks involved.

Inmate Disturbances. Presented by Lt. Sean Stewart.
An inmate disturbance is an event or a series of events by one or more inmates which disrupts normal activities. This course will provide an overview of contributing factors, identify indicators of pending inmate disturbances and identify methods for controlling disturbances.