Perf-Based Stds, Transportation of Inmates, 1st Ed_Jan 2025

Foreword Transportation of inmates is one of the most dangerous tasks corrections and law enforcement officers perform. This Performance-Based Standards and Expected Practices for Transportation of Inmates manual, First Edition will play a pivotal role in enhancing the safety and efficiency of transportation operations. American Correctional Association (ACA) President Denise Robinson estab lished a Blue-Ribbon Committee to quickly develop inmate transportation expect ed practices. The Committee was tasked to review current policies and practices, identify core actions and equipment and develop comprehensive guidelines and expected practices. The Committee collected transportation policy and procedures from 17 counties, state and military adult and juvenile facilities and agencies. They received two after action reports from agencies that had a transportation in cident and received two presentations on transportation incidents, the results of the investigations and the actions taken by those agencies due to the incidents. Using this information and their experience they developed these expected practices that were approved by the ACA Standards Committee. The Performance-Based Standards and Expected Practices for Transportation of Inmates manual establishes expected practices for adult and juvenile facilities and law enforcement officers. When followed it will improve the safety and se curity of transporting inmates. It addresses one of the most dangerous tasks cor rections and law enforcement officers perform. ACA will always be committed to promoting and improving the field of corrections while providing correctional professionals with the support they need to face their day-to-day challenges.

Robert L. Green Executive Director American Correctional Association

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