The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) recognizes that many local jails across the country are the responsibility of the elected county sheriff. With this in mind, NIC developed the Sheriff’s Guide to Effective Jail Operations to focus on jail issues from the perspective of the sheriff. This guide provides an overview of the sheriff’s roles and responsibilities with regard to the jail along with basic information on critical aspects of jail operations and management.
The guide highlights the types of support and leadership the sheriff should provide to enable jail administrators to effectively manage the jail and includes other information to help the sheriff address jail problems, manage liability issues, and improve operations. Review checklists are included throughout the guide to help the reader assess the status or performance of his/her own jail. The guide concludes with a chapter outlining the steps a new sheriff may take during the first few months in office to learn about his/her jail and identify potential problem areas.
The content of the guide is drawn in part from the NIC publication, Resource Guide for Jail Administrators (Martin and Rosazza, 2004), and is organized to serve as a companion document to the larger Resource Guide. Readers interested in additional information about specific aspects of jail operations should refer to the Resource Guide. We hope this document will assist new sheriffs who are learning about their responsibilities for the jail for the first time as well as veteran sheriffs seeking to improve the effectiveness of their operations.
We invite sheriffs and other readers to take advantage of the other resource documents NIC has developed specifically for jails and to contact the NIC Jails Division for additional assistance, if needed.
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