Detention, Jails & Corrections

OSS expert witness consultants specialize in detention, jail and corrections operations. We provide expert witness consulting and expert services to attorneys, the insurance industry and facilities involved in litigation.  Jail, Detention and Corrections expert witness services include issues such as conditions of confinement, assault, suicide, murder, access to medical care, failure to protect, training and supervision.

OSS expert witness consultants are called upon to analyze cases from both the defense and plaintiff perspectives with public entity experience including, but not limited to:
•    Correctional malpractice
•    Detention center safety lighting & illumination
•    Detention, jails and corrections standards & practices
•    Failure to supervise
•    Failure to train
•    In custody deaths
•    Jail or detention center policies and procedures
•    Personnel selection
•    Standards of conduct
•    Suicide prevention
•    Suicides
•    Use of Force & Deadly Force
•    Violations of US Code §1983 Civil Rights