Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have experienced negative consequences of that behavior,or have been trained to extinguish it. Recidivism is also used to refer to the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County,California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and thirteen contract cities in the county:Aliso Viejo,Dana Point,Laguna Hills,Laguna Niguel,Laguna Woods,Lake Forest,Mission Viejo,Rancho Santa Margarita,San Clemente,San Juan Capistrano,Stanton,Villa Park,and Yorba Linda.
Andrea J. Cabral is an American lawyer and former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and sheriff of Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) is the government agency responsible for community corrections and operating prisons and correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association and is one of the oldest functioning correctional agencies in the United States. Its headquarters is located in the state capital of Richmond.
California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison,Corcoran (SATF) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Corcoran,in Kings County,California,specifically designed to house inmates who have substance use disorder. It is sometimes referred to as California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility,and Corcoran II.
A prison nursery is a section of a prison that houses incarcerated mothers and their very young children. Prison nurseries are not common in correctional facilities in the United States,although prior to the 1950s many states had them and they are widespread throughout the rest of the world.
The Massachusetts Department of Correction is the government agency responsible for operating the prison system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for the custody of about 8,292 prisoners throughout 16 correctional facilities and is the 5th largest state agency in the state of Massachusetts,employing over 4,800 people. The Massachusetts Department of Correction also has a fugitive apprehension unit,a gang intelligence unit,a K9 Unit,a Special Reaction Team (SRT),and a Tactical Response Team (TRT). Both of these tactical units are highly trained and are paramilitary in nature. The agency is headquartered in Milford,Massachusetts and currently headed by Commissioner Carol Mici.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a local law enforcement agency serving the over four million citizens of Harris County,Texas,United States. It is headquartered on the first and second floors in the 1200 Baker Street Jail in Downtown Houston.
In the United States,a sheriff is the chief of law enforcement of a county. Sheriffs are usually either elected by the populace or appointed by an elected body.
The Denver Sheriff Department is a criminal justice agency based in Denver,Colorado,United States.
The Cook County Jail,located on 96 acres in South Lawndale,Chicago,Illinois,is operated by the Sheriff of Cook County. It is sometimes referred to as California or Hotel California,as its address is on California Street. A city jail has existed on this site since after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871,but major County prisoners were not generally collocated here until closure of the old Hubbard Street Criminal Court Building and jail in 1929. Since then,a 1920s neoclassical and art deco courthouse for the criminal division of the Cook County Circuit Court has operated at the South Lawndale complex.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD),officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department,is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County,California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the third largest local police agency in the United States,following the New York Police Department,and the Chicago Police Department. LASD has approximately 18,000 employees,9,915 sworn deputies and 9,244 unsworn members. It is sometimes confused with the unrelated Los Angeles Police Department which provides law enforcement service within the city of Los Angeles,which is the county seat of Los Angeles County.
The Nassau County Sheriff's Department is the law enforcement agency of Nassau County,New York.
The Deer Island Prison in Suffolk County,Massachusetts was located on Deer Island in Boston Harbor. Once known as the Deer Island House of Industry and later,House of Correction, it held people convicted of drunkenness,illegal possession of drugs,disorderly conduct,larceny,and other crimes subject to relatively short-term sentencing. When it closed in 1991,some 1,500 inmates were being held at Deer Island.
Purgatory Correctional Facility is the county jail of Washington County,Utah. Also known as the Washington County Jail,it is located near St. George,Utah,at Purgatory Flats,hence its unusual name.
Community Education Centers,Inc. was a private corrections company based in West Caldwell,New Jersey that operated residential reentry facilities,jails,and in-prison drug treatment programs in seventeen American states and Bermuda.
The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC),known locally as Metro Corrections,is a local corrections agency/jail system responsible for the booking and incarceration of inmates and arrestees in Louisville,Kentucky. The agency was previously known as the Jefferson County Corrections Department,but the name was changed with the merger of city and county governments in 2003.
The government of Harris County,Texas maintains its main jail complex in Downtown Houston,Texas. The complex,operated by the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO),lies in the peninsula formed by the Buffalo Bayou in northern Downtown. While most of the complex is based on county jails serving Harris County,Joe Kegans State Jail is also located within the complex. The Harris County District Court is located just next to the jail complex.
Formed in 1875,the Pinal County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) is the 3rd largest sheriff's office in Arizona,serving unincorporated areas of Pinal County,Arizona. PCSO provides patrol services,criminal investigation,search and rescue services,and operates the county jail. PCSO's annual budget is nearly 40 million dollars annually,which covers all aspects of the Sheriff’s Office,including the Detention Center. There are nearly 500 employees within the department,220 are patrol deputies. PCSO is headquartered in Florence,AZ. The current Sheriff is Mark Lamb,elected in November,2016.
Steven W. Tompkins is an American law enforcement official who has served as the Sheriff of Suffolk County,MA since 2013.
