Corrections1 Career Resources
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.
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
Stop and reevaluate – you can do more than sit around and reminisce
After huge declines over the last several months, stocks climbed after Republicans and Donald Trump won control
A career is the sum total of your experiences, positive and negative
Lawmakers face a budget shortfall when they convene in January, but members of a budget-writing committee say they still hope to boost funding for the state’s prison system
The proposal would allow the department to hire 165 full-time employees in a variety of jobs and boost the department’s total general budget
Privatized institutions are profit-motivated with incentives to keep salaries and expenses low
The concept has become a trend in correctional leadership development
1st Alliance has launched 1st Help, a searchable database dedicated to finding emotional, financial, and religious assistance for first responders and their spouses
A universal truth about corrections is the difficulty in filling open positions
With the annual cost to house a prisoner in the United States well over $31,000 and rising, why wouldn’t the nation’s facilities examine both environmentally conscious and cost saving options?
Considerations for safety and security must supersede any changes that relate to saving the almighty dollar
We have a lot of questions and Sheriff Jamey Noel has the answers.
Lincoln Hills workers have long complained they have to contend with violent offenders while being short-staffed
The incident shows ‘the very real and dangerous’ conditions officers face in mental health units
The sentence triggered criticism that a star athlete from a privileged background had gotten special treatment
The conflict affects all Ohioans, not just the 50K in state prisons and their families
Inmates are in grave danger of having their constitutional rights violated in a violence-plagued jail
Other tracking mechanisms exist — such as biometric scanning — but a radio frequency identification system takes less of a bite out of jail facility budgets
Pain medication prescribed to the man in 2008 for a back injury turned his life upside down
They each face up to 15 years in prison
The arrests are the latest development in a series of overlapping public corruption investigations
Advocates said in the letter that the death has revealed ‘serious and widespread deficiencies’
Critics say juvenile offenders have better outcomes when they’re placed in age-appropriate facilities
Dangerous violence has continued even after a move to new facilities last September
Calling corrections a “stepping stone” is comparing corrections to some entry level position in which any move outwards is considered a move upwards
The Sheriff’s Office declined to release any documents related to its investigation
Neither case poses a broad challenge to the death penalty
Family members, friends and corrections officials gathered at the memorial site situated in the main courtyard
That should be the reaction to an investigation by the state Senate Law and Justice Committee into a DOC fiasco
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