Prison Stat

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2018

Lancaster County Prison had for a long time faced serious and well documented challenges. In fact, it was an organization that has been challenged on almost every level – the physical plant, lack of maintenance, leadership, morale, transparency, and accountability. Before 2016, Lancaster County Prison was complacent with fear of real transparency with respect to conflicts within. Prison Stat is an active leadership strategy to achieve transparency, accountability, and efficiency at the Prison, drive real measurable results, and help turnaround the organization. A leadership model that uses an ongoing series of regular meetings during which the chief executive and/or leadership team uses current data to analyze aspects of an organization’s performance. This continuing analysis of predetermined metrics produces results by pushing the organization toward performance targets. It is essentially a four step process of improvement. 1.) Define productivity/effectiveness – i.e. what does success look like. 2.) Organize to create pressure to improve productivity/effectiveness. 3.) Identify the most effective drivers of productivity/effectiveness. 4.) Secure sustainable transformation of the organization – this ensures the organization does not slip backwards. The Warden and her team continually review areas for potential improvement which include a transparent focus on 1. Suicide Prevention, 2. Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse, 3. Reducing Recidivism, 4. staff training. Prison Stat is geared on statistical data. Continuing Prison Stat will not allow Lancaster County Prison to become complacent again. It is projected that Prison Stat will continue to provide transparency to the public and help drive performance in the right direction as data trends are identified and members of the Prison team are questioned and held accountable for the results. Metrics will change or be modified as new issues or problems are identified. We will continue to remain focus on the ultimate goal at hand and that is to be the best.