Part 1,2 - Roles and Issues for Corrections Officers

Part 1

Digital Slide Presentation: Roles and Issues for Corrections Officers

• [WLOs: 1, 2, 4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please complete the assigned readings in your textbook and read the article Prison Higher Education and Social Transformation. You may also wish to consider some of the recommended resources for this week.

For this assignment, you will prepare a digital presentation (PowerPoint or equivalent) detailing roles and issues for corrections officials in public and private institutions. One of the goals for this assignment is to provide an opportunity for you to organize and summarize elements connected with functions and issues in corrections. Effectively summarizing and presenting information in a digital format can apply to many contexts. Your slides will consider issues for correctional officers in social justice and criminal justice contexts. Please address each of the following:

• Explain the corrections officer’s place within the social roles of incarcerated persons.
  • For this part, you may wish to consider assigned material in your textbook.
• Examine the role of corrections officers within jails and prison administrations for public institutions.
  • Be sure to address roles in both jail and prison contexts.
• Compare and contrast issues for correctional officers in public institutions and private institutions.
  • For this part, you may wish to consider content in Chapter 10 of your textbook. You may also wish to review some of the recommended resources for this week that address privatizing corrections.

*Note: You are encouraged to integrate any feedback from your instructor and upload the assignment to your ePortfolio.

The Digital Slide Presentation: Roles and Issues for Corrections Officers presentation

• Must be five to seven slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation resource.

part 2

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please complete the assigned readings your textbook, watch the CRJ303 - A Career in Corrections video interview of a corrections officer, and review all required resources for this week. You may also wish to consider recommended resources for this week.

Review a state department of corrections website of your choosing, or the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and explore a position within a corresponding correctional system. You can also consider any of the Twitter web pages for state correctional departments listed in the Required Resources this week: SC Dept. Corrections, FL Dept. Corrections, MDOC, MichiganDOC. Please respond to the following:

• Explain how functions associated with your chosen position relate to correctional goals.
• Reflect on how the position may contribute to both social justice and criminal justice objectives within the context of corrections.

Your journal should be at least 400 words in length and properly cite and reference at least one state department of corrections website or the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.