Correctional Services
Correctional Services
- Clusters: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
- Pathways: Correction Services
- Courses: Correctional Services
- Grade range: 10, 11, 12
- Release date: 12-13-2017
- Tags: Rules of Conduct, Employee Conduct, Professionalism, Ethics, Safety Tactics, Pressure Point, Self-Defense, Law, Public Safety, Corrections, Security, Prison, Emergency Procedures, Emergency Plans, Correctional Facility, TDJC, Corrections Services, Emergency and Fire Management, Security and Protective Services, Law Enforcement Services, Legal Services, Constitutional Law, Interrogation, Inmate Search, Hostage Situation, Cell Search, Safety, Operations, Correctional Facilities, Inmates, Parole, Disabled, Disability, Corrections Officer, Accommodating Disabilities, Current Issues, Incarceration, Jail, Correctional Services, Future Issues, Infectious Disease, Treatment, Death, Emerging Diseases, Communication, Correctional Officer, Municipal, County, Federal, State, CPR, Hazardous Materials, Workplace Safety, Recommended Prerequisites Principles of Law
Description
In Correctional Services, students prepare for certification required for employment as a municipal, county, state, or federal correctional officer. Students will learn the role and responsibilities of a county or municipal correctional officer; discuss relevant rules, regulations, and laws of municipal, county, state, or federal facilities; and discuss defensive tactics, restraint techniques, and first aid procedures as used in the municipal, county, state, or federal correctional setting. Students will analyze rehabilitation and alternatives to institutionalization for inmates.
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