Leading in the Jails

Send us a textIn the United States there are 3,116 local jails, 1,566 State Prisons, and 98 Federal Prisons. But let’s not forget the 1,323 Juvenile Corrections Facilities, 142 Immigration detention facilities, and 80 Tribal jails. These facilities house a little over 1.2 million prisoners.These facilities are staffed with approximately 393,000 corrections officers.At first glance that might seem like a lot.A lot of facilities,A lot of prisoners, A lot of jailers,But it isn’t.Let’s take ...