Life of a Correctional Officer
Life of a Correctional Officer
Nancy Booker
CRJ:303 Corrections
Instructor Name: Yolanda Tilley
August 31, 2012
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2
Life of a Correctional Officer
Correctional Officers are very important people and they perform very important duties. An correctional officer job can become very demanding and on top of that it can be very stressful. Just like police officer. Correctional Officers takes a change each day they are at work and they never know what happen that’s why they have to be point each day they arrive to work.
Correctional Officers play a very vital role in the criminal justice field. Their jobs are very dangerous when dealing with inmates that are in jail and prisons. ”The role they take in is very different from other law enforcement jobs within prions and jails.” (Seiter, 2011). The function of correctional officer is to help aid prisons by gaining power and control over regulations throughout the prisons and jails. They also are responsible for criminals who have committed a crime and been arrested, which now are awaiting trial. Correctional Officer functions are:
• Enforce and keep order
• Supervise activities of inmates
• Aid in rehabilitation and counseling of offenders
• Search inmates for contraband items
• Report on inmates conduct
A correctional officer has to keep security to a certain level in a certain prison or jail facility by stopping and preventing any disturbances such as assaults and escapes. Correctional officers
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 3 must supervise the activities of inmates daily. They must make sure that the inmates do not break the rules and finish their assignments.
Correctional officers supervisor expect them to perform their job correctly while interacting professionally to the inmates. The officers are expected to show no signs of weakness while performing their job duties. They are to remain fair at all times. A
Nancy Booker
CRJ:303 Corrections
Instructor Name: Yolanda Tilley
August 31, 2012
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2
Life of a Correctional Officer
Correctional Officers are very important people and they perform very important duties. An correctional officer job can become very demanding and on top of that it can be very stressful. Just like police officer. Correctional Officers takes a change each day they are at work and they never know what happen that’s why they have to be point each day they arrive to work.
Correctional Officers play a very vital role in the criminal justice field. Their jobs are very dangerous when dealing with inmates that are in jail and prisons. ”The role they take in is very different from other law enforcement jobs within prions and jails.” (Seiter, 2011). The function of correctional officer is to help aid prisons by gaining power and control over regulations throughout the prisons and jails. They also are responsible for criminals who have committed a crime and been arrested, which now are awaiting trial. Correctional Officer functions are:
• Enforce and keep order
• Supervise activities of inmates
• Aid in rehabilitation and counseling of offenders
• Search inmates for contraband items
• Report on inmates conduct
A correctional officer has to keep security to a certain level in a certain prison or jail facility by stopping and preventing any disturbances such as assaults and escapes. Correctional officers
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 3 must supervise the activities of inmates daily. They must make sure that the inmates do not break the rules and finish their assignments.
Correctional officers supervisor expect them to perform their job correctly while interacting professionally to the inmates. The officers are expected to show no signs of weakness while performing their job duties. They are to remain fair at all times. A
References: Seiter, R. (2011). Corrections: An introduction (3rd ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. The Prison Welfare Officer--A Case of Role Strain Philip Priestley The British Journal of Sociology , Vol. 23, No. 2 (Jun., 1972), pp. 221-235 Published by: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of The London School of Economics and Political Science Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/589111