You are a corrections officer at the Crenshaw Correctional Facility. It is a medium/low security federal facility that houses 600 male inmates. It has a model mental health and elderly section and offers various rehabilitation and vocational programs. 

 

Five new officers will be joining the ranks next month and Sgt. Jones has asked for your help to create an orientation presentation. This PowerPoint presentation with voiceover will introduce the new officers to the facility, the general population, the special offender sections, and various programs offered. The presentation will also discuss the challenges and effectiveness of the programs that Crenshaw offers as well as the importance of ethics and professionalism. 

 

Be sure to include the following in the Outline:

• All the requirements for 15 slides
• Include your response to the bullet points and additional information that will be on each slide
• Include one prompt for each slide

 

Introduction

• Welcome to Crenshaw Correctional Facility (federal)

1. Facility Description - this should be a title slide with a graphic ( copy and paste think for the graphic )

• Subtitle Slides
  • Physical Structure and Security (the structure and physical security of a medium/low level facility)
  • General Population (how the inmates are classified and housed)
  • Elderly Inmates (describing the section/how many/challenges)
  • Mental Health (describing the section/how many/challenges)

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Programs - this should be a title slide with a graphic  ( copy and paste think for the graphic )

• Subtitle Slides
  • Substance Abuse (explain and analyze one program offered/effectiveness) Ex.  Healthy living Program
  • Education (explain and analyze one program offered/effectiveness) Ex.  GED Program
  • Vocational (explain and analyze one program offered/effectiveness) Ex.  Plumbing course

 

1. Ethical Responsibilities of a Corrections Officer

• Discuss the ethical responsibilities of a corrections officer and creat an ethical dilemma example

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2. Conclusion

• Summarizes the main point of the presentation

Question and Answer

• A question a new officer would ask after your presentation including what your response would be

References

Cornelius, G., (2021), Doing the right thing: the importance of ethics in corrections, retrieved from: https://www.lexipol.com/resources/blog/doing-the-right-thing-the-importance-of-ethics-in-corrections/

 

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Substance Abuse Treatment, retrieved from https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/substance_abuse_treatment.jsp