Community Corrections Center Internship Essay

Over the course of the summer, I will be interning with Bucks County Community Corrections Center. During this time period I will be working close with the CCO’s (Community Correction Officers), correctional officers, and other parts as well that go into running a correctional facility. This will allow me to gain a quality experience while interning here because this will allow me to see all aspects of the criminal justice system, and the experiences that I attain can help me choose a career path that I enjoy. My first goal during this internship will be to gain a better understanding of how a community corrections facility is run and maintained. How I plan to attain this knowledge is try working with different people on a daily basis, and

I will achieve this goal by looking at any previous case notes to see how they are properly done, and what goes in case notes for different situations. My next performance goal is to be able to understand a pre-screen for house arrest and be able to conduct these interviews. This will be done by listening in on pre-screens and the questions to ask so I will get an understanding how they are done. After each pre-screen I hear I will talk with my supervisor to go over what happened so I will be able to conduct some after I had the chance to see what they are about. An equally significant aspect of this internship is not just to gain knowledge but to personally grow as an individual too. A goal that I have is to how to interact with each inmate because not every inmate is the same. This will be worked on everyday at my internship since I will be interacting with inmates all the time, and this is a good opportunity on how to address them and speak to them whether if it is during an interview or they come up and talk to me. Also, with each interaction I will assess how I did and what things I could do differently. Another personal growth goal I have is to try and learn something new everyday while at my internship. I will attain this by trying to do new stuff everyday, and try to see things at the correctional facility that I haven’t seen so I get to experience