What Kind of Technical Support Does GUARDIAN RFID Provide?

What Kind of Technical Support Does GUARDIAN RFID Provide?

A strong IT or Support department in any software company is essential to ensure seamless customer experience and efficient resolution of technical is...

How Can Correctional Officers Best Manage Keep Separates?

How Can Correctional Officers Best Manage Keep Separates?

Officers have dozens, if not hundreds, of inmates in their custody to keep track of. As if remembering all of their names isn’t difficult enough, offi...

How to Test Your SPARTAN and Hard Tags

How to Test Your SPARTAN and Hard Tags

Correctional officers regularly monitor inmates' whereabouts, actions, behaviors, meals, supplies, and other tasks as part of their daily responsibili...

How to Build an Inmate Identification Wristband

How to Build an Inmate Identification Wristband

Implementing an inmate identification method helps officers track inmate movement, activities, and interactions accurately. Whether it’s a name tag, I...

You Can Bend the Rules This One Time, Right CO?

You Can Bend the Rules This One Time, Right CO?

“I promise I won’t snitch.” “Everyone stretches the truth a bit.” “Can’t you cut me some slack?” “One favor won’t hurt anybody.” “You can bend the rul...

Hard Tags: Purpose, Placement, Installation

Hard Tags: Purpose, Placement, Installation

“If it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen.” This is a statement that every corrections professional has heard at some point during their tenure. Show...

The More Robust the Reporting, the More Accountable the Officer

The More Robust the Reporting, the More Accountable the Officer

“How on Earth did we miss that?” This question has likely crossed the mind of every corrections professional at one point or another, especially when ...

How Does Facility WiFi Bandwidth Impact GUARDIAN RFID Technology?

How Does Facility WiFi Bandwidth Impact GUARDIAN RFID Technology?

When an agency is starting to expand its technology landscape, it’s natural to have questions about what the process will look like and what the futur...

Prison Guard vs. Corrections Officer: What’s the Difference?

Prison Guard vs. Corrections Officer: What’s the Difference?

Over the years, we have increasingly become more aware of the power of terminology. Whether to describe someone's education level, job title, or perso...

Mitigating Mental Burnout: Self-Care Strategies for Correctional Officers

Mitigating Mental Burnout: Self-Care Strategies for Correctional Officers

Since 2020, most industries have undergone record-breaking numbers of turnover. Studies found that the most significant reason behind these sky-high s...

Building Confidence in New Officers: It’s a Team Sport

Building Confidence in New Officers: It’s a Team Sport

Whether they come from a family with a corrections history or are a first-generation correctional officer, walking through the front doors on Day 1 ca...

Juveniles in Corrections: Is Age Really Just a Number?

Juveniles in Corrections: Is Age Really Just a Number?

A common misconception is that correctional officers only work in jails and prisons with many overlook that COs also work in a variety of other enviro...

How to Remind Disrespectful Inmates of Your Authority

How to Remind Disrespectful Inmates of Your Authority

We know that corrections officers have all experienced an inmate act out of pocket. Screaming. Kicking. Cursing. Self-harming. You name it, they’ve se...

How to Recognize Quality Applicants and Help Them Grow Into Quality Officers

How to Recognize Quality Applicants and Help Them Grow Into Quality Officers

Demanding work hours, overcrowding, occupational danger, noncompetitive compensation., staffing shortages, and burnout are only a few of the reasons w...

3 Selling Points That Will Help Your Staff Accept New Technology

3 Selling Points That Will Help Your Staff Accept New Technology

Let’s start off with complete transparency, we know technology hasn’t always been a knight in shining armor. We have all had our fair share of tech fa...

Should Inmates Be Allowed to Handle Nail Clippers?

Should Inmates Be Allowed to Handle Nail Clippers?

The debate over what items an inmate can have is a tale as old as time. However, this debate becomes a little more heated regarding basic hygiene mate...

An Inmate Claims They Weren’t Offered a Meal - How to Prove Them Wrong

An Inmate Claims They Weren’t Offered a Meal - How to Prove Them Wrong

The clock is ticking down to chow time. You know the drill. As you start to make your way toward the housing units to dispense meals, you realize it’s...

3 Quick Tips to Become More Proactive on Shift

3 Quick Tips to Become More Proactive on Shift

If you've used GUARDIAN RFID’s SPARTAN, you're likely familiar with the “purge siren” that sounds when a round is overdue. That blaring alarm can trig...

What Kind of Technical Support Does GUARDIAN RFID Provide?

What Kind of Technical Support Does GUARDIAN RFID Provide?

Kenzie Koch

A strong IT or Support department in any software company is essential to ensure seamless customer experience and efficient resolution of technical is...

How Can Correctional Officers Best Manage Keep Separates?

How Can Correctional Officers Best Manage Keep Separates?

Kenzie Koch

Officers have dozens, if not hundreds, of inmates in their custody to keep track of. As if remembering all of their names isn’t difficult enough, offi...

How to Test Your SPARTAN and Hard Tags

How to Test Your SPARTAN and Hard Tags

Kenzie Koch

Correctional officers regularly monitor inmates' whereabouts, actions, behaviors, meals, supplies, and other tasks as part of their daily responsibili...

How to Build an Inmate Identification Wristband

How to Build an Inmate Identification Wristband

Kenzie Koch

Implementing an inmate identification method helps officers track inmate movement, activities, and interactions accurately. Whether it’s a name tag, I...

You Can Bend the Rules This One Time, Right CO?

You Can Bend the Rules This One Time, Right CO?

Kenzie Koch

“I promise I won’t snitch.” “Everyone stretches the truth a bit.” “Can’t you cut me some slack?” “One favor won’t hurt anybody.” “You can bend the rul...

Hard Tags: Purpose, Placement, Installation

Hard Tags: Purpose, Placement, Installation

Kenzie Koch

“If it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen.” This is a statement that every corrections professional has heard at some point during their tenure. Show...

The More Robust the Reporting, the More Accountable the Officer

The More Robust the Reporting, the More Accountable the Officer

Kenzie Koch

“How on Earth did we miss that?” This question has likely crossed the mind of every corrections professional at one point or another, especially when ...

How Does Facility WiFi Bandwidth Impact GUARDIAN RFID Technology?

How Does Facility WiFi Bandwidth Impact GUARDIAN RFID Technology?

Kenzie Koch

When an agency is starting to expand its technology landscape, it’s natural to have questions about what the process will look like and what the futur...

Prison Guard vs. Corrections Officer: What’s the Difference?

Prison Guard vs. Corrections Officer: What’s the Difference?

Kenzie Koch

Over the years, we have increasingly become more aware of the power of terminology. Whether to describe someone's education level, job title, or perso...

Mitigating Mental Burnout: Self-Care Strategies for Correctional Officers

Mitigating Mental Burnout: Self-Care Strategies for Correctional Officers

Kenzie Koch

Since 2020, most industries have undergone record-breaking numbers of turnover. Studies found that the most significant reason behind these sky-high s...

Building Confidence in New Officers: It’s a Team Sport

Building Confidence in New Officers: It’s a Team Sport

Kenzie Koch

Whether they come from a family with a corrections history or are a first-generation correctional officer, walking through the front doors on Day 1 ca...

Juveniles in Corrections: Is Age Really Just a Number?

Juveniles in Corrections: Is Age Really Just a Number?

Kenzie Koch

A common misconception is that correctional officers only work in jails and prisons with many overlook that COs also work in a variety of other enviro...

How to Remind Disrespectful Inmates of Your Authority

How to Remind Disrespectful Inmates of Your Authority

Kenzie Koch

We know that corrections officers have all experienced an inmate act out of pocket. Screaming. Kicking. Cursing. Self-harming. You name it, they’ve se...

How to Recognize Quality Applicants and Help Them Grow Into Quality Officers

How to Recognize Quality Applicants and Help Them Grow Into Quality Officers

Kenzie Koch

Demanding work hours, overcrowding, occupational danger, noncompetitive compensation., staffing shortages, and burnout are only a few of the reasons w...

3 Selling Points That Will Help Your Staff Accept New Technology

3 Selling Points That Will Help Your Staff Accept New Technology

Kenzie Koch

Let’s start off with complete transparency, we know technology hasn’t always been a knight in shining armor. We have all had our fair share of tech fa...

Should Inmates Be Allowed to Handle Nail Clippers?

Should Inmates Be Allowed to Handle Nail Clippers?

Kenzie Koch

The debate over what items an inmate can have is a tale as old as time. However, this debate becomes a little more heated regarding basic hygiene mate...

An Inmate Claims They Weren’t Offered a Meal - How to Prove Them Wrong

An Inmate Claims They Weren’t Offered a Meal - How to Prove Them Wrong

Kenzie Koch

The clock is ticking down to chow time. You know the drill. As you start to make your way toward the housing units to dispense meals, you realize it’s...

3 Quick Tips to Become More Proactive on Shift

3 Quick Tips to Become More Proactive on Shift

Kenzie Koch

If you've used GUARDIAN RFID’s SPARTAN, you're likely familiar with the “purge siren” that sounds when a round is overdue. That blaring alarm can trig...