A camera with pan, tilt and zoom features will be installed within the month. Lights in the recreation yard should be refocused to ensure light provided complements camera coverage area. When the new camera is installed, the lights will be refocused. The department will upgrade to provide new monitoring and recording capability that is compatible with new camera. Emergency response equipment should be augmented.
Correctional officers use equipment to control and defuse situations.
The inventory of shields and helmets will be assessed and increased as necessary. Scheduled media briefings and written statements should be used during high-profile incidents. It is vital that staff be accessible to media during incidents of this nature. The internal review conducted by staff at the institution mirrored the findings of the review conducted by the Police and Public Safety Division of the Department of Justice. Recommendations stemming from that report called for the removal of weight equipment from the exercise yards, the installation of new cameras, the restriction of numbers permitted to use the recreation yards at any given time, an additional fence, and the updating of the critical response protocols.