Corrections Community

Hello, I am an ex correction officer from Georgia and MIchigan. My pastor has put me in charge of forming our correctional outreach ministry. We are in the infant stages of forming the ministry and I am looking for training material to train our future volunteers on inmate manipulation and similiar topics...

Do correctional officers who work directly and regularly with moderately to severely mentally inmates experience higher levels of burnout, depression or anxiety than correctional officers who do not work with moderately to severely mentally ill?

Also good to note. ACA defines access to natural light as "The capability to distinguish day from night." So the cell does not have to have a natural light window built in as long as they can look out of their cell and see natural light. Possibly through a window across the dayroom or through...

The American Correctional Association Standards are: 4-ALDF-1A-14 "Light levels in inmate cells/rooms are at least 20 foot-candles in personal grooming areas and at the writing surface. Lighting throughout the facility is sufficient for the tasks performed." 4-ALDF-1A-15 "All inmate rooms...