Managing Our Facilities: A Participatory Approach (From State of Corrections: Proceedings of ACA Annual Conferences, 1989, P 190-194, 1990, Ann Dargis, ed. - See NCJ-122583)

• NCJ Number: 122613
• Author(s): S F Saxton
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 5 pages
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Participatory management of corrections is not a democratic process in the sense that the majority rules, but it ensures that everyone receives the opportunity to be heard before a decision is made.

Abstract

Areas in which participatory management can be useful include planning for additional inmate beds, managing inmate populations, developing a training program, and establishing an employee assistance program. Involving staff in these decisions not only makes staff feel that they are a part of the decisionmaking process, but also presents management with a variety of possible solutions to a problem. Corrections administrators should never underestimate the expertise of their staff, since the staff run the facilities 24 hours a day.