First let me start my saying that correctional officers has a very important role with keeping our nation safe.Being in the Law Enforcement field has always been my passion. Joining to corrections will provides an opportunity for me to serve and protect my community. As I mention before correctional officers are a very important part of the Law Enforcement field handling high profile criminals on a day to day basics and keeping our nation safe and I would love to part of that.
I have 2 years and 11 month as a Correctional Sergeant. In that time my experiences as a correctional sergeant has been both as an area supervisor for adult and youth offender programs section, segregation and a shift supervisor. As an area supervisor I have had to handle many different inmate issues to include but not limited to the following: conducting inmate disciplinary, handling inmate grievances, inmate property, inmate classifications, and disruptive inmates. As an area supervisor I was also in charge of many officers where I had to train and develop their skills being that most of them had under a year experience. In 2015 I was hand selected by both the Associated Warden and Warden to take over segregation to clean up the problems that were occurring in segregation.
As a child, I have always had an obsession for watching action movies with my father. We always had that bond with one another, action movies were typically the only movies we would watch. The longer I would watch the movies the more thoughts came across my head. Since then I always wondered if I should focus my career in Law Enforcement. I would always say “Mom, Dad, I am going to be a Policeman.” The more I continued to watch these movies the more I would convince myself to become a Policeman. At one point in time I realized that the crime scenes would catch my attention way more than Policeman. Then I realized that my obsession was not based on Law Enforcement it was based on Forensic Science. A thought occurred to me, what would it be
. I applied to graduate school with the long term goal of working in a correctional facility. A childhood friend of mine was arrested and sent to prison in August 2007. I saw him four years after his incarceration. These four years definitely took a toll on his physical appearance and his way of thinking. He is 25 and has the looks of a young person whose youth has been wasted. As I sat with him, I had high hopes of being able to laugh out loud while reminiscing about the past. However, I became upset and tears of sadness trickled down my face. He confided to me thoughts of suicide. He explained to me in prison terminology or street talk, one must never drop the soap. I sobbed as he continued to talk about his sentence. At times, his words
I served as a Veterans Service Officer and Contract Compliance Officer at the North Carolina State Veterans Home in Salisbury North Carolina. Duties included assisting Veterans and their family members in applying for VA benefits through both the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This required me to have knowledge of various laws, regulations, and policies of both the VBA and the VHA. As a Contract Compliance Officer, I monitored the day-to-day operations of the Facility Contractor and ensured Veterans were receiving the appropriate standard of health care, which was in part, funded with monies appropriated from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs budget.
The second I stepped onto the campus, I knew that it was where I wanted to be and I felt like I was at home. The atmosphere felt friendly and family-like, the campus and the surrounding area was beautiful, academics are amazing, and the athletics and their facilities are great. The most appealing of these factors to me was the outstanding criminal justice program. This really caught my eye because my long-term goal after college is to work in the criminal justice field as a criminal investigator or a crime scene investigator. Not only does UNF have a great criminal justice program with outstanding professors that were, at one point, in the criminal justice field, but they also have great ties with the FBI and Jacksonville Sheriffs Office,
Joining the Corps of Cadets is the one action that led me to where I am today. If I could go back, I would do it again. Ironically, the results of this action are far different than I expected them to be.
Juvenile corrections officers oversee incarcerated minors. These are youth who were not adult age at the time that they committed their crime. Their Juvenile corrections officers are no different compared to the adult corrections officers. However, juvenile corrections officers have a special duty, These Co’s act as life coaches by guiding the juveniles emotionally, mentally, and psychologically throughout the confinement and rehabilitation period. The goal that every juvenile officer tries to achieve, is for the offenders to have learned a new pattern of behavior by the time they are released from being incarcerated. A second goal is to have them gain enough confidence and self-worth so when they are released back into society they will not return to their old criminal habits
Being a soldier was a really tough life. In the end I hated doing the same thing day after day with no change in sight, I despised the leaders that didn 't take care of their subordinates, and most importantly, I couldn 't lead my soldiers from the front anymore. I 'll be the first one to say that joining the army was the best thing to happen to me. I have grown so much as a person and the lessons I learned are invaluable. In the end I realized the negative factors outweighed any possible benefit I might receive from continued service. It was time for me to
Do you enjoy helping people? I have always wanted to work with young people. My Career of choice is a juvenile probation officer. This is my career of choice because I was in the system at a early age. In addition, they help out the community. I don’t like the way the system is ran at times so it would be in my best interest to pursue something that will challenge me.
My life in the military was challenging yet rewarding. I have received an enormous amount of training for the two different jobs I served in. I have been to a multitude of duty stations. Also I have been deployed four separate times and worked many soldiers along the way. I had enjoyable careers while in the Army and have done and seen a lot.
Correctional Work today is said to be one of the hardest, most exhausting, and mentally draining fields of work. A correctional officer is said to be the voice of authority in the institution, as well as the one who is ensuring the safety and welfare of prisoners. Corrections is a critical component of the justice system, the rewards of working in this system can be highly favorable in the end. Working in corrections can be a lifelong profession as well as life changing. You have opportunities to grow in this field of work, you are required to keep up training and leadership skills as well as strive to your highest potential. Sometimes you are even allowed to make a difference in one person’s life. Without this some would have a reoccurring pattern in life and never see the outside of a jail cell.
I am a thirty two year old single mother, who is a returning student to Empire State College after a three year break. I began at Empire State College in 2011 with hopes of graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. Prior to that, I graduated from SUNY Genesee Community College with my associates in Criminal Justice in 2004 and I thought my college days were done; that there was no further need to advance my education to just be a police officer. However, getting into a full time police position was much more difficult than I ever imagined. At the time in 2011, I was working full time dispatching for the NYS Park Police, and working for two other part time police agencies working a variety and multitude of shifts. The feeling of being overwhelmed was a constant struggle, but I surprised myself that with hard work I was able to make good grades. Fast forward a
Joining the military has been my dream since I was 8 years old when I told mom that I was going to protect my family and be sure that they are safe. I want to join the Marines and become a military firefighter because, one day, I will run inside of a burning building and save someone’s life. I have talked to a Marine recruiter and I have also talked to a friend that is in this military branch to get an understanding of what I have to do. Deciding to become a Marine has been the best decision that I have ever made for my future career. Although the irregular work hours and the fact that I have to spend time away from my family will be difficult, a career as a Marine firefighter will suit me because of the physical nature of job, training, and an opportunity for advancement.
The correctional administration is going to be an interest and detail final paper Barbara due to the fact; you will be able to have unlimited information that deals with the management that happens from each employed individual. Your list of components from sexual to homicides will give a clear picture that focuses on the prevention and be punishing within illegal activities when involves in many of correctional facilities. You will provide the readers with the understanding that being a correctional officer is not an easy job. To me knowing that many in my complex where I live, work as correctional officers and tell me the stories that are so scary. I heard like you may have how the life of a correctional officer is one who leaves home like