The Shakedown by National Institute for Jail Operations (NIJO)

Updated: 13 Nov 2024 • 76 episodes
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The Shakedown is a podcast for corrections professionals by corrections professionals. Join us weekly as Warden Aaron Dawson and his guests cover hot topics in jail operations with positivity and passion, sharing tools, tactics and tricks that listeners can use to better themselves and their detention facility.

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Pulling topics fresh from the news, host Aaron Dawson discusses body cameras, proposed legislation, and whether or not pay increases help with retention.  We all have our opinions, but what does the data say? Copyright 2024.  National Institute for Jail Operations (NIJO), Aaron Dawson, The Shakedown Podcast.  All Right

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Sometimes when we look back, some things are clearly obvious.  In this interview, we have a conversation with Captain Tammy Waddell the Jail Administrator of the Limestone County Jail.  She shares with us her path to a position of leadership, some things she’s learned along the way, some things she wished she would hav

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In this episode host Aaron Dawson shares some headlines of current events within the corrections world.  We take a look at these topics, some of which are informative, some of which are strange, some of which are instructive, and others are just plain humorous.  We look at a wild event requiring 12 people to go to the

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In this episode host Aaron Dawson shares some headlines of current events within the corrections world.  We take a look at these topics, some of which are informative, some of which are strange, some of which are instructive, and others are just plain humorous.  We look at how quickly things can spin out of control, ho

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In this episode host Aaron Dawson shares some headlines of current events within the corrections world.  We take a look at these topics, some of which are informative, some of which are strange, some of which are instructive, and others are just plain humorous.  We look at staffing shortages and some ideas to combat th

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Corrections is a career field in which advancement can come quickly at times.  The result of this is someone being given a responsibility that are not completely prepared for.  Even in those times when we feel prepared, there is always more that we didn’t know, and sometimes we wish we had before we took the position. 

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