By: Greg Eash, COO of equivant Corrections
When it comes to objective classification, ensuring that every decision your staff makes is logical – and more importantly, defensible – is the biggest piece of the puzzle. At equivant Corrections, we not only make this a reality through our comprehensive Classification Management solution featuring our validated tool, Decision Tree, but also through agency-specific Research & Validation Studies our team provides as well. Read on below to understand how research and validation studies benefit your agency.
Mitigates Risk of Litigation
While we all fear the possibility of litigation against our facility, knowing that your classification systems are backed by a proven, validated tool allows you to breathe a sigh of relief anytime a case is on the table. When the question of if best-in-class tools are in use within your agency is removed from the equation in court, your team can stand on firm ground and allow for any and all proceedings to flow quickly and smoothly from there.
Keeps You Compliant
Although requirements to implement and use an objective classification tool vary state by state, each agency must abide by a certain set of compliance standards. With the equivant Corrections research team and the resulting validation tools we can conduct for your facility – either at the beginning of your engagement, or down the line – you are set up for success and can provide tailored, accurate data to share if and when it is ever needed.
Offers Valuable Outside Perspective
The benefit of having a third-party provider able to come into your facility and assess your operations and processes against industry standards and benchmarks is invaluable in a correctional setting. Whether your team is looking for insights relating to overrides, fights or altercations, security level confirmations, or more, our team is able to objectively sift through all available data and draw key conclusions that your in-house team might not be able to achieve on their own. This information is key to highlighting blind spots, improvements, and setting next phase goals.
Take a look at past research studies we have conducted here to get an idea of the information we are able to provide to equivant Corrections customers. And if you’re ready to start a conversation today regarding your current classification practices and how to best augment them for future processes, we’re always here. Take the stress of relying on non-validated tools and/or building your own solution off your plate by reaching out to us today.
