CJC-5050J - Managing Jail Records

Course Description

Are you pushing lots of paper? Printing records and creating files? In this class you will learn how to modernize and manage a correctional agency's records in a legally compliant and efficient manner. Determine how long records must be kept, in what format, when they can be destroyed and what the legal requirements are for releasing information to the public. Learn how to create digital records and processes, including electronic signatures, forms, routing, and submission electronically.

• The latest public records law
• What can/cannot be released to the public
• Can originals be destroyed when digitized
• Developing records retention schedules and procedures
• Keeping track of what was destroyed and when
• Digital signatures and forms
• Booking, inmate, medical, classification, personnel, training, and standards records management