Corrections Officers Roles
Roles of Corrections Officers
CRJ303: Corrections
January 12, 2015
The role of a correctional officers, also known as detention officers play a very vital role when it comes to their duties inside the penitentiary or in a detention home. The Department of Corrections is an agency of the United State government that have been around for many of centuries. The correctional officers and the prison administration are an essential piece to our Justice System. The correctional officers has the power of speech over the welfare of the prisoner’s in they care. The correctional officers and the prison administration makes sure that the community is safe as they provide for the care, custody, and maintenance of prisoners.
In order to …show more content…
The Federal and State and local department of the correction systems provide rigorous training for correctional officers and the prison administration to maintain their physical health capabilities in case of an attack amongst the prisoners. The training are based on the standards and guidelines of the constitutional laws of our Justice System. The correctional officers and the prison administration undergo many training for that can be able to understand and be aware of the prisoner’s verbal and nonverbal methods of communication; the culture, the colloquial language, the gang sign, to be aware of the prisoner emotional state of mind, and much more. For examples, if a prisoner do a gang sign or use colloquial language, it’s the correctional officers duties to notices and understand this action so they can remove the prisoner before a fight break out amongst the prisoners. The correctional officers …show more content…
“Correctional officers as change agents can involve three separate roles: providing goods and services to prisoners, acting as a referral agent or advocate for inmates, and helping inmates with institutional adjustment” Stojkovic, S., & Lovell, R., 5.6 Correctional Officers at Work 2013). The correctional officer’s work is done under the supervision of the Sergeant, Lieutenant, Warden, or the Captain. The correctional officers must keep a daily log of all activities that happen during their shift. The work of correctional officers is highly stressful. Correctional officers have to create a regular schedules of their daily routines as they have to go examining prison cells for weapons, contraband drugs, and other items that the prisoners should not have in their prison cell; this is done to protect the safety of the others correctional officers, the prison administration, and prisoners. The regular schedules of an correctional officers is going around counting the prisoners, locking down the prison cells, work call, and making sure the prisoner
CRJ303: Corrections
January 12, 2015
The role of a correctional officers, also known as detention officers play a very vital role when it comes to their duties inside the penitentiary or in a detention home. The Department of Corrections is an agency of the United State government that have been around for many of centuries. The correctional officers and the prison administration are an essential piece to our Justice System. The correctional officers has the power of speech over the welfare of the prisoner’s in they care. The correctional officers and the prison administration makes sure that the community is safe as they provide for the care, custody, and maintenance of prisoners.
In order to …show more content…
The Federal and State and local department of the correction systems provide rigorous training for correctional officers and the prison administration to maintain their physical health capabilities in case of an attack amongst the prisoners. The training are based on the standards and guidelines of the constitutional laws of our Justice System. The correctional officers and the prison administration undergo many training for that can be able to understand and be aware of the prisoner’s verbal and nonverbal methods of communication; the culture, the colloquial language, the gang sign, to be aware of the prisoner emotional state of mind, and much more. For examples, if a prisoner do a gang sign or use colloquial language, it’s the correctional officers duties to notices and understand this action so they can remove the prisoner before a fight break out amongst the prisoners. The correctional officers …show more content…
“Correctional officers as change agents can involve three separate roles: providing goods and services to prisoners, acting as a referral agent or advocate for inmates, and helping inmates with institutional adjustment” Stojkovic, S., & Lovell, R., 5.6 Correctional Officers at Work 2013). The correctional officer’s work is done under the supervision of the Sergeant, Lieutenant, Warden, or the Captain. The correctional officers must keep a daily log of all activities that happen during their shift. The work of correctional officers is highly stressful. Correctional officers have to create a regular schedules of their daily routines as they have to go examining prison cells for weapons, contraband drugs, and other items that the prisoners should not have in their prison cell; this is done to protect the safety of the others correctional officers, the prison administration, and prisoners. The regular schedules of an correctional officers is going around counting the prisoners, locking down the prison cells, work call, and making sure the prisoner