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Prison Lighting & Your Facility’s Legal Responsibility

Providing adequate prison lighting is covered under conditions of refinement pertaining to incarcerated individuals in the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Under the 8th Amendment, correctional facility officials must ensure that those housed in their facilities receive adequate food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. They must also take reasonable measures to ensure the safety…

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Premises Liability: 4 Common Types

If you’re  a business owner or facility manager, most state laws say you’re responsible for the safety of visitors, employees, customers, vendors, and in rare cases, even trespassers, while they’re on your property – this is known as premises liability. And it typically holds true whether you own or rent the premises where you do…

Inmate Gamesmanship – Part 4: How the Inmate Benefits

In this final article in our series on inmate gamesmanship, we’ll explain the various ways that the inmate benefits from the evolving relationship between themselves and correctional staff. Unaware of the growing scheme into which an employee is being drawn, the manipulation continues. By no means is this a quick or easy process; however, alert…

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Inmate Gamesmanship – Part 1

Inmate gamesmanship is the topic of our new multi-part blog series. This series is intended to provide valuable insights into the complex relationship – and subtle games at play – between inmates and staff at correctional facilities. We’ve all heard the old saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt,” but nowhere is this more evident than within an…

Wayland Cothron

POLICY DEVELOPMENT | … Recently, a Deputy was accused of a serious crime. This allegation is under investigation by the State. However, we were required to conducted a departmental investigation. Following the “ICE” policy guidelines, we navigated the incident observing the Deputy’s rights and protecting the Department’s interest. The internal investigation resulted in an employment…

Neal O. Wade III

RISK MANAGEMENT | As an outside consultant, OSS has been a tremendous resource to us in the areas of design, leasing, construction, management, and legal. OSS has helped us address premise liability issues and has helped us be a better, more proactive real estate company. I have recommended OSS to other peers in the retail…

Wayne Cole

RISK MANAGEMENT | We commend OSS for their effort in improving the risk management practices for the Cleveland Police Department. As a result of our association with OSS, it is our goal to transform the Cleveland Police Department into a model for the rest of the police departments in the state of Mississippi to emulate.…

John Paul Watson

RISK MANAGEMENT | Our school district is very pleased with the professional services provided by OSS. Several years ago, Magnolia ISD decided to reassess the law enforcement and security services provided to our students, parents, and staff. OSS conducted the audit, and provided practical recommendations that we continue to update as we expand. Crime has…

Rich Coleman

RISK MANAGEMENT | Your process for selecting a security contractor combined with the quality performance checks and performance penalties you recommended has proven to be a very successful formula. … This contractor has taken complete ownership of security – they’ve developed their own SOPs customized to our needs, communicate extremely well from shift to shift,…