Being a correctional officer in a juvenile center is more than taking care of them but you get to fulfill many other roles in the facility. Those roles consist of parents‚ counselor‚ and caretaker. The inmates may consider you as the enemy and others may see you as a father/mother figure. The inmates spent most of their time with the correctional officer and by virtue they will be comfortable sharing their struggles with you. The correctional officers are expected to follow all policies and procedural
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Introduction Criminologist and politicians have debated the effectiveness of correctional rehabilitation programs since the 1970’s when criminal justice scholars and policy makers throughout the United States embraced Robert Martinson’s credo of “nothing works” (Shrum‚ 2004). Recidivism‚ the rate at which released offenders return to jail or prison‚ has become the most accepted outcome measure in corrections. The public’s desire to reduce the economic and social costs associated with crime and incarceration
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corrections and they think of correctional officers. They usually think of them as the candidates that failed to make it onto the police force or as people who barely made it out of high school and needed a job. While this analysis of the job may be true in some instances‚ there a lot of people that go into corrections for better reasons. They are people who want to be able to help others turn their lives around and become a functioning piece of society. A correctional officer is one way someone could
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recidivism and young minority offenders are rearrested more often. Most new crime is normally nonviolent‚ less serious felonies and misdemeanors with violent offenders being the least likely to recommit another violent crime. The Department of Correctional Education offers academic‚ vocational and transition programs to those persons who enter the Department of Corrections. Academic programs include instruction in literacy (Literacy Incentive Program)‚ which is mandated by state law for those inmates
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College Online September 28‚ 2013 Correctional officers Correctional officers are involved in the day-in and day-out operations of correctional facilities. These officers are there to oversee and in charge of maintaining the care and custody of inmates. Along with those duties they must maintain the control of the detainees‚ of which must correspond with them enforcing rules‚ the regulations‚ policies and procedures of the facility itself. Correctional Officers‚ also‚ usually take in and process
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Labor Market Research: Correctional Officers There has been an ongoing shortage of corrections officers around the nation. There are several factors that influence the supply and demand for correctional officers. The first factor for the shortage is recruitment‚ meaning that it is hard to find qualified personnel to fill vacant positions. Along with unqualified personnel‚ you have training issues‚ where there is not enough training facilities or funding to train new officers. Other factors deal
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References: 1. Roberts‚ A.‚ 2008‚ Correctional Counseling and Treatment‚ Pearson Education‚ Prentice Hall.
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PROBLEM IN CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA INTRODUCTION The Union of India is a Federal Polity consisting of 28 States and 7 Union Territories directly administered by the Union Government. Under this federal system the States have their own Governments‚ and Legislatures‚ with powers and functions which are clearly defined under a written Constitution. Under such devolution of executive and legislative power the
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Academy. Since joining the Academy I have learned more in depths and details about numerous aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication‚ and the importance of daily roles when interacting with inmates. I am learning about the extremes of correctional officer job duties and how the situation can go from typical to life-threatening in a split of a second. In addition‚ I am learning the importance of staying in control and maintain order when responding to emergency situations. From the moment
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environment such as a prison without suffering some form of ill effects. (Carlson & Garrett‚ 2008) Correctional officers oversee inmate of Federal‚ State‚ and local prisons or jail systems. They are responsible for enforcing the rules of their confinement. (Carlson & Garrett‚ 2008) This is why corrections work is one of the most stressful jobs in law enforcement. (Carlson & Garrett‚ 2008) Correctional officers are required to remain continually alert during their entire shift which can be between
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