Public Safety Education and Training Catalog 2020 | Page 6

  CORRECTIONS/JAIL
Answering Inmate Grievances
The inmate grievance process in a correctional facility is a very
important tool for when an inmate feels that their rights were
violated or the conditions/events in a facility are of concern. How
those grievances are addressed is just as important if not more so,
and can resolve issues before they become bigger. This course will
cover the grievance process along with ways to document, address
and resolve them.
Avoiding Inmate Manipulations
From nurses to kitchen workers, to correctional officers, everyone
is a target. Working in a correctional environment can open up
many different vulnerability issues if a staff member is not careful.
The inmates that are in the institutions and jails are manipulative
and looking to “play the game” if they find the right person. This
course will teach attendees how to identify the manipulative
inmate, the steps that they go through to reel you in, and then
offer some suggestions on how to help yourself and co-workers to
better prepare to not be a victim to inmate manipulations.
Contraband and Searches
A critical component of correctional facilities is maintaining the
safety of those within. This course will focus on methods that
contraband is entering our facilities and techniques that can be used
to detect that before entry as well as through cell searches.
Crisis Intervention Partners for Corrections
CIP serves as training for students to learn about and use Trauma
Informed Care (TIC) attitudes, beliefs, and verbal/non-verbal skills as
part of their responses to crises.
Correctional Emergency Response Team - CERT
This course will introduce the corrections officer to the tactics
and techniques of a Correctional Emergency Response Team.
Attendees should bring their departments CERT gear (chest, arm,
leg protection, helmet with drop shield, gas masks, shields, and
duty gear).
Responding to Medical and Mental Health Emergencies in
the Correctional Setting
Responding to medical and mental health emergencies in the
correctional setting is something that happens nearly every day.
Academia and training institutions have yet to address special
correctional nursing considerations to respond to such emergencies.
This course will focus on the collaborative effort that is needed between
medical and security personnel during medical and mental health
emergencies. The topics covered will include discussion on correctional
nursing, vulnerable populations, responding to emergency basics, how
to respond to ligatures, overdoses, self-inflicted cutting, insertions/
ingestions, seizures, anaphylaxis, reported sexual assaults, chest pain,
fires, diabetic emergencies, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, restraint
assessment, ending with mass casualty and triage considerations and
secondary trauma growth with clinical well-being.
Substance Abuse and Implications
in the Correctional Setting
The correctional setting is a mental health provider for the undeserved
populations that are cared for inside their walls. Correctional settings
have also turned into detox and treatment facilities for substance
abuse disorders and dependency issues. Providing adequate mental
health and substance abuse services in the correctional setting can
be a unique obstacle for the institutions and jails to navigate. The
first question a correctional professional might ask themselves is how
does the addiction happen in the first place? The answer is different
for each person. In this session a wide variety of substances will be
covered, specific correctional setting complications will be explored,
and the attendees will learn what to do when dealing with someone
under the influence.
Transporting and Escorting Inmates
Moving inmates from one location to another, be it for court hearings,
medical facilities or transfers to other correctional facilities presents
several dangers for correctional officers. This course will highlight
those dangers and cover all methods of transportation, restraints, and
response to a variety of situations.
Prison Rape Elimination Act – PREA
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was passed in 2008 and
requires, among other things, that allegations of sexual abuse and
harassment be investigated completely and promptly. This is a
four-hour class that will provide training on how to comply with PREA
requirements.
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