National BWC Program:
Corrections
Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. works with correctional agencies across the nation on projects such as the national body-worn camera implementation program.
January, 2025
Body-Worn Cameras in State Correctional
Agencies: 2025 Survey Results
By: Grace Henry, M.S., Edmund F. McGarrell, Ph.D., Heather Perez, M.S.
The Correctional Leaders
Association (CLA) administered a
survey of state corrections
departments in Fall 2023 to assess
their level of body-worn camera
(BWC) adoption, which highlighted
the type of direct support needed by corrections agencies.
In Summer 2025, a follow-up survey
was conducted to examine how
BWC activation, privacy, and public
release are managed in state
correctional institutions and to
explore the lessons learned by
agencies with established BWC Programs
Reports
August, 2025
Body-Worn Cameras in State Corrections
Agencies: 2023 Survey Results
By: Grace Henry, M.S., Edmund F. McGarrell, Ph.D., Heather Perez, M.S.
In the fall of 2023, the Correctional
Leaders Association (CLA)
conducted a survey of state
corrections departments to assess
their level of adoption of body-worn
cameras. The survey also
gathered information about the type
of direct support needed by
corrections agencies. A total of 32
state departments of corrections
responded to the survey.
CORRECTIONS
& JAIL INSIGHTS
NEWSLETTERS
Read:
Corrections
Agencies’
Increasing
their Use of
BWCs
Read:
Body-Worn Camera Adoption Grows in State Corrections Agencies
Corrections Policy Wizard
Welcome to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Administrative Policy Wizard. This tool is designed for any local or state agencies performing corrections or jail functions. The tool is funded through BJA’s National BWC Policy Implementation Program.
The purpose of the Policy Wizard is to help correctional agencies by offering a quick and easy tool that can be used to create draft BWC policy. The tool allows the agency to select specific policy options across a range of important BWC policy areas. Those areas include: activation, deactivation, citizen notification, footage download, footage review, training, and policy review. The end result is a draft policy that agencies can modify as needed.
Esther Farmer
Senior Police Advisor
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Esther Farmer
Senior Police Advisor
Aubrie Entwood, MS
Research Associate II
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