General operational and educational information for corrections professionals. Not legal, medical, or compliance advice, and not a certification of compliance with any law or standard. Policies and standards vary by agency and jurisdiction; follow your facility's policy and your own legal, medical, and professional advisors. The library is reviewed and updated monthly; see the changelog.
Preventing in-custody harm is not a single control; it is a stack of them. Each layer catches what the one before it missed, and a gap anywhere lets an incident through.
Risk is identified at intake, medical, mental-health, suicide, detox, before it reaches a cell. VPT's free JANUS™ tool supports this layer.
The facility is watched continuously, not just recorded, so developing risk can be seen at all.
The behaviors that precede a crisis are flagged as they start, not discovered afterward.
The right officer is reached with context, and acts, closing the gap between onset and intervention.
Every event and response is captured, timestamped, and reviewable, a reviewable record.
Performance is measured and sustained through the Safety Intelligence Score and Gold Seal™.
Screening and staffing are strong in most facilities; the middle of the stack, continuous observation, detection, and fast response, is where the gaps are. That is exactly where Virtual Patrol™ strengthens the stack, on existing cameras.
