THE FOUNDATION

Corrections work in various governmental levels demands the engagement and training of law enforcement officers sworn to care for and manage offenders. Offenders serve sentences behind walls and bars for citizenry protection to support inmate intention to change... Corrections officers have a unique role in serving federal, state, and local law enforcement. They care for offenders in their self-maintenance and help them to develop a sense of structure within their daily lives. In some instances, officers help offenders learn about themselves when that perspective may be absent from their experience. Historically, past practice of officers would not have been as insightful. There was more focus on adding corporal punishment to an existing sentence. Punishment and compliance methods such as electric shock and other physical abuses such as beatings and whippings were acceptable ways for officers to impose their will on offenders. Offenders now are protected from such behaviors because..

Also known as: Psychology in Corrections