Lesson Summaries
O V E R V I E W
ONLINE CORRECTIONS CASELAW TRAINING
Equip correctional officers with the knowledge and skills to make good decisions with Jail Pro online corrections caselaw training. Our comprehensive and interactive lessons are written to provide correctional officers nationwide with monthly updates on lawsuits filed by inmates against correctional officers, so officers can align their actions with the law to avoid similar legal exposure. Each one-hour lesson analyzes real cases filed in federal court. Our training fosters confident and effective decision-making in correctional facilities nationwide.
Jail Pro is exclusively designed for correctional officers at county and city correctional facilities, ensuring a focused and tailored learning experience.
KEY FEATURES
CORRECTIONS CASE LAW
Jail Pro training provides explanations of the relevant legal principles in each target case to assist officers in understanding how the court reached its decision and how they can comply with the law to avoid similar liability exposure.
NEW LESSONS EVERY MONTH
PLS releases new target cases every month to keep officers up to date.
INTERACTIVE Training
Engaging training platform to bring case law to life and provide a dynamic learning experience.
BENEFITS
Our lessons are strategically crafted to achieve the following objectives:
Understand actions, policies, and practices that create liability exposure and how to bring those practices into compliance with the law.
Minimize the number of inmate lawsuits and the size of settlements against correctional officers and counties.
Enhance confident and effective decision-making to reduce turnover through consistent corrections-focused case law training.
Reinforce classroom training that aligns with federal law for comprehensive education.
Develop a deep understanding of the latest court rulings about jail operations, ensuring conduct aligns with the law.
Strengthen critical thinking skills through dialogue, debate, and peer discussion, analyzing specific aspects of the target cases in PLS lessons.
Engage correctional officers with continuous and relevant training to help them advance in their careers.
Build respect and understanding for the law.
Explore how Jail Pro can empower correctional officers at your agency!
TRAINING TOPICS
Explore actual court cases where correctional officers were sued for:
- Opening “Legal” Mail
- Failing to Prevent a Suicide
- Confiscating an Inmate’s Personnel Property
- Retaliating Against an Inmate for Protected Speech
- Having an Overly Complicated Grievance Procedure
- Tasing an Inmate
- Failing to Provide Non-Pork Meals
- Subjecting Inmates to Unsanitary Conditions
- Inmate Voting Rights
- Transgender Inmate Policies
- Failing to Provide Inmates with Necessities to Live
- Not Complying with the ADA and the Needs of Wheelchair-Bound Inmate
- Failing to Address an Inmate’s Acute Medical Needs
- Subjecting an Inmate to Public Humiliation
- Excessive Use of Force
- Not Providing an Inmate Pain Relief
- Improper/Unconstitutional Strip Searches
- Inmate Starvation
- Assaults by Cellmates
To view a complete list of lessons, click Lesson Summaries.
LESSON PACKAGES
LESSON TYPES
Legal lessons
These lessons examine the legal and financial consequences of decisions made by jail officials. Lessons are based on actual lawsuits brought by county jail inmates.
Technical & Interpersonal Skills Lessons
These lessons provide technical and interpersonal skills training for jailers, jail supervisors, and correctional officers on topics such as:
- Arrest & Detention of Foreign Nationals
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Ethics
- Implicit Bias
- Confinement Sexual Abuse/Prison Rape Elimination Act - Part 1
- Confinement Sexual Abuse/Prison Rape Elimination Act - Part 2
- Mental Illness
- Sexual Harassment
