CJS/230 - INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTIONS
Instructor: JASON SKEENS
By: Dawn Jeanmarie
November 29, 2014
Corrections accreditation according to our text (Corrections: The Fundamentals), is a system of verification that correctional agencies go by to comply with national standards set by the American Correctional Association, it uses many different forums to attain its goals through reviews, evaluations, audits, and hearings. If an organization wants accreditation, they have to follow a series of steps. The steps are a pre-accreditation assessment, correspondent status, application status, standards compliance audit, accredited status, accreditation hearing, and reaccreditation. There