Corrections officer

possible careers and most of them pay well. Some of the fields that you can specialize in are law enforcement, corrections, the legal profession, and forensics. And within these fields lie quite a number of diverse job opportunities. In law enforcement, one can choose among many career options. If you are physically fit and would not mind literally running after criminals, being a police officer, a U.S. marshal, a patrolman, or an FBI agent may be the right job for you. If you would rather…

Correctional Corruption and Contraband The U.S. Department of Justice reported in September of 2015 six corrections officers from two correctional facilities in Philadelphia have been charged with suppling drugs and cellular phones to inmates for profit (CrimsiderStaff CBS News). Correctional officers have always been exposed to corruption for personal gain for many years. Not all corrections officers succumb to internal facility corruption, but for those who do degrade not only the facility…

Review: Lessons in Corrections: A Report Submitted to the Commission on Safety and Abuse, Public Hearing 3 The paper submitted by Mary K. Stohr, Ph.D. gave a realistic view of how corrections facilities are run in the United States. I agree with the paper in whole, because I have been to several correctional facilities. As Stohr stated most correctional are nothing like you see on TV, even the so called reality shows like Lock-UP, Prison Tattoos, and Jail breaks only show entertainment worthy…

being a correctional officer? While interviewing Ken Berry a correctional officer at London Ohio Correctional Institute I got the insight of his experience and information on being a correctional officer. We will be talking about Mr.Berry's experience as a correctional officer and opportunities, qualifications and what you might expect, and how this career may affect your lifestyle and advice. The first paragraph will tell you of Ken Berry’s experience as a correctional officer and…

There are a lot of things that one may consider contraband. These items can be very dangerous to fellow officers as well as the inmates. Like the article states, "In prison, contraband can mean life or death." (Crohsc 2014) Cell Phone in particular is one of the few but many that can be harmful to society and the correction institution. Cell Phones are dangerous to correctional officers because it can cause chaos inside of a prison. They can be used to call members of a gang who was once…

order. This phase of the criminal justice process is called the corrections phase (Travis & Edwards, 2015). There were various components in this corrections phase. This phase includes incarceration, probation, parole and community corrections (Travis & Edwards, 2015). All this components differ from one and another. If a suspect is being sentenced to spend times behind the bar, they belong to the incarceration component of the corrections phase. The criminals that were to be incarcerated will…

Criminal justice is a connection of different aspects and processes of law enforcement that examine the social response to the policies put in place to combat crime and minimize criminal activities by punishing lawbreakers by existing sections of the law. The criminal justice field is made up of three major aspects; the police who enforce law and order, the prosecution department that is a combination of police and courts and the court system where sentences are given and executed in…

in parole, but I also learned that more than one-third of prisoners are under parole supervision all with the purpose to adjust into society. Moreover, with previous knowledge in the chapters I managed to understand that one of the reasons why corrections like parole exist is not only to improve individuals, but to also avoid prison overcrowding which is why about half of the population on parole release are under mandatory release. Mandatory release is part of a release mechanism that consists…

1) The Conservative government has really pushed the agenda on “tough on crime” since they have come into power. What does this mean for corrections and what school of thought can be used to justify “tough on crime?” The “tough on crime” agenda refers to policies that emphasize punishment as the primary, and often exclusive response to crime. The conservative, or classical school of thought can be used to justify the “tough on crime” movement, as this schools view is based on the belief that…

Our correction origins come from the European workhouse were offenders that committed minor crimes was sent to (Gabbidon & Greene, 2013). England created three kinds of facilities which are jail, house of corrections, and workhouse and they made there way to America to be the foundation of our corrections. Jail has not change much from colonial time to now. It is still expensive to build and maintain, but during the colonial time must offenders were not sentence to prison (Gabbidon & Greene,…