Correctional Prison Staff

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Correctional staff and prison personnel are responsible for different daily responsibilities. From the warden to correctional officers (CO), each staff member plays a vital role in making the prison functional correctly and efficiently. Defined by the Bureau of Labor a CO is “responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested or who have been sentenced to serve time in a jail, reformatory or prison”. (Carlson and Howard, 2015. pg. 232). An officer’s day begins at roll call, which is usually fifteen minutes before the scheduled shift is supposed to start. During this time, any issues that may have arisen will be presented. Such as a Security Threat Group (STG) affiliated inmate has caused a disruption with another gang in the …show more content…

Officers are to hold inmates responsible for their appearance, ID showing, and most importantly how they conduct themselves in different situations. When an officer of a prison gets hired, there is extensive training on how to interact with inmates. These CO’s learn many methods to deal with diverse inmate’s behaviors. This training focuses on the sensitivity of some matters such as; racism, gang activities and mental well-being of certain inmates. Officers must always remain professional. They must treat inmates respectfully; no profanity, name calling or antagonistic dialogues. A public communication model for conflict resolution is motivational interviewing. Motivational interviewing is a irrefutable method that applies nonconfrontational negotiation to diminish the arising, potentially violent situation. (Carlson and Howard, 2015. pg. …show more content…

shirt being untucked, inmates will lose respect for that officer. Most instances behaviors get worse. CO’s are discouraged to empathize with inmates, but a level of humanity must always be prevalent. Officers work closely with inmate’s day in and day out, they become familiar with the inmate’s ways and tendencies. The officer in the pods are always going to the first responder in case a situation breaks out. Handling disruptive behavior initially will decrease the likelihood of it escalating. (Carlson and Howard, 2015. pg.234-235). STG Task Forces are put together to manage the gang affiliated inmates in prisons. These task forces specialize in gang behaviors, affiliations and activities that go on between these classified inmates as well as the prisons general population. The training that STG officers go through is different from a food service worker. STG officers specialize in managing these inmates thorough different techniques, gang affiliated inmates are separated and put into lockdown cells. There movements are watched very closely. Recreation time is individualized so inmates are conversing or threatening each

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