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Corrections1 Career Resources is designed to support the professional growth of correctional staff. This directory offers articles and tools focused on career development, job opportunities, and advancement within the correctional system. Whether you’re looking to enhance your skills, explore new roles, or stay updated on industry trends, these resources provide the guidance needed to navigate your career path. For further assistance, explore our section on Corrections Officer Training.
Lieutenant (Ret.) Gary Cornelius discusses steps you can take to maintain officer morale while providing quality supervision of inmates and enhancing the careers of staff.
Wildland firefighter inmates learn marketable job skills while earning minimum wage
Good training strategies make for competent employees who are in their element at work and less likely to look for greener pastures
The legislation would raise CO pay in the state by $6,000
Corrections officers in Nebraska, some in tears, pleaded with a county board to help them with a severe staffing shortage
Nevada State Prison Director James Dzurenda and Ely State Prison Warden Timothy Filson offer lessons in overcoming today’s challenges in the prison and jail system
Correctional officers are having to rack up hundreds of mandatory overtime hours, which can threaten both CO and inmate safety
The freeze applies to unfilled, approved positions that don’t have a conditional offer of employment
Winnebago County may siphon $350,000 from an economic development fund to hire COs at the county jail
West Virginia has moved forward with a bill that would increase corrections officer pay by $6K in the next three years
Officials said the cuts will put the lives of corrections officers and inmates in danger
The current $24,664 starting salary for COs has led to high turnover, staff shortages, and mandatory overtime
Fresh CO hires will now start earning $36,000 per year, instead of the $32,000 they’d been getting previously
Corrections has evolved. Calling us guards minimizes the positive evolution of what we have become
Hazel Jennings said she is “both humbled and challenged by this honor”
The concerns come after the Bureau of Prisons said it is, “currently eliminating several thousand authorized positions that are currently vacant”
Anthony Gangi discusses the interview process and provides tips to ensure your success
If correctional facilities maintain business as usual, agencies will struggle to find the next generation of COs
The bill would increase CO pay $2K a year over each of the next three years
The Oregon Department of Corrections is struggling to hire new employees as nearly one-fifth of its workforce becomes retirement eligible in 2018
The corrections profession is a viable career that is not just a stepping stone to being a police officer
Getting through day one of the academy is just the first of many challenges for correctional officer recruits
Anyone who has worked in a correctional facility knows what “it” is; here are 3 steps to avoid the dread
The state is currently experiencing a critical shortage of corrections officers, with about 700 spots to fill
The campaign aims to elevate corrections and forensic officers in the criminal justice system and showcase the diverse and unique work expected of the modern-day CO
The department manages an in-house population of more than 25,000 inmates
As a first-line supervisor, you are the first step in the decision-making process for handling problems in a correctional facility
The department said an emergency status started earlier this year will continue because of a staffing shortage
The incentives are part of a strategy to reduce the number of vacancies in the ranks of officers at its prisons and state-run pretrial detention facilities
Transformational leadership is an empowering theory of leadership that is a stark contrast to our standard paramilitary model
Teamsters Local 633, which represents nearly 400 officers, said a staffing shortage is a major problem that must be addressed by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu
The department says the increases were targeted at facilities with the highest vacancy rates
Staff shortages are at a crisis stage with as few as two COs overseeing as many as 190 inmates on a single floor at times
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