NCJ Number
112595
Journal
American Jails Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1987) Pages: 26,28-29
Date Published
1987
Length
3 pages
Annotation
Wisconsin has recognized that jail officers are professional people doing a professional job and has mandated jail officer training since 1983.
Abstract
The training course was developed for the Law Enforcement Standards Board and is administered by the State agency that also administers law enforcement recruit training. The 80-hour course uses a competency-based instructional (CBI) model, which means that all students in all training schools must demonstrate certain standard competencies to be certified as jail officers. The ten training modules cover the admission of inmates, jail security, food service provision, cleanliness and sanitation, supervision of inmates, discipline of inmates, medical and health care, fire safety, report writing, and release of inmates. Each module has a separate training guide. The training program premises that the jail officer has the power to establish and maintain a positive jail climate, that training must be as realistic as possible, and that, if possible, instructors should be people who have worked in jails. Sheriffs and administrators were included on the curriculum committees for the training course. Lengthening the course and improving communications with sheriffs and jail administrators are possible future improvements in the training program. Address of contact person included.