Correctional Officer Testing

RUSH took on an extensive project for the purpose of evaluating the fitness standards used in hiring of Correctional Officers. The study was at the point when hundreds of staff in the CO series, Officers and Sergeants, had to be tested, voluntarily, to evaluate and validate the testing criteria that had been presented by ION. ION was the outside company that was hired to evaluate and ensure that the fitness test was in compliance with best practice hiring processes as dictated by Federal EEO and ADA law. The testing covered 4 separate complexes, Lewis, Perryville, Florence and Eyman, and ended up with the testing of 183 staff members being administered the proposed testing criteria. To complete the study there were 770 letters sent to prospective