Crisis Management: The Extraordinary and Unique: Prisons, Correctional Facilities, and Special Negotiation Incidents

These three incidents illustrate that many times negotiators are taken out of their comfort zone and asked to negotiate incidents outside the scope of their usual negotiation paradigm. This chapter will present some of those situations, along with some recommendations for negotiators when confronted by these situations. As will be discussed further in the chapter, two of those unique situations will be discussed by guest authors who have experience in these unique situations.