Automation, Integration and Performance-Based Management at the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office

• NCJ Number: 210668
• Journal: Corrections Today Volume: 67 Issue: 4 Dated: July 2005 Pages: 70-77
• Author(s): Michael R. Geerken; Bryan C. Peters
• Date Published: July 2005
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Special Edition on Security Technology.

Annotation

This article examines the principles used in the information technology of jail operations in the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office, such as automation, integration, and performance-based management.

Abstract

The Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office (OPCSO) in Louisiana is one of the nation’s 10 largest jail systems. The OPCSO is focused primarily on jail management, criminal court security, and service of process for both State and municipal courts. Due to the size and complexity of the jail operations and manpower constraints, management has sought to automate jail operations. OPCSO has applied four principles to its use of information technology in jail operations, resulting in a distinctive approach to IT-based jail management or information technology: (1) automate jail and court system processes; (2) integrate software applications with one another; (3) use these integrated applications for the reengineering of business processes; and (4) extract performance measures from operational databases. 1 Table, 4 notes