NCJ Number
60664
Date Published
1978
Length
159 pages
Annotation
A 10-DAY ORIENTATION COURSE FOR NEW EMPLOYEES OF THE OREGON CORRECTIONS DIVISION IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE FIRST DAY'S SESSION PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND INTRODUCES THE STRUCTURE AND SERVICES OF THE CORRECTIONS DIVISION. THE OREGON COURT SYSTEM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRECTIONS AND FIELD SERVICES, ARE TREATED ON THE SECOND DAY. ON DAY 3, INMATE ADJUSTMENT, ATTITUDES, AND THE ROLES AND STRUCTURE OF THE INMATE POPULATION ARE DISCUSSED, FOLLOWED BY A CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTIVE SECURITY MEASURES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND THE PROPER ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS IN THEIR SUPERVISION OF INMATES. TOURS OF THE OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY (THE STATE'S MAXIMUM SECURITY INSTITUTION) AND THE OREGON STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION) FOR YOUNG, FIRST-TERM OFFENDERS) ARE CONDUCTED ON THE FOURTH DAY, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE OREGON WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND A BRIEFING ON THE NATURE AND SERVICES OF THE CORRECTIONS DIVISION RELEASE CENTER, AS WELL AS A DISCUSSION OF INMATE FIELD SERVICES IN THE SESSION ON DAY 5. A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WITH ATTENTION TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF PERSONALITY GROWTH AND SICKNESS AND CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS, CONSTITUTES THE SIXTH DAY OF ORIENTATION. DAYS 7, 8, 9, AND 10 DEAL WITH THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACE AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS, A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE, STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS, PERSONNEL POINTERS, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, AND FIRST AID COURSES. THE APPENDIX DISCUSSES CORRECTIONS DIVISION MISSION AND GOALS. INFORMATION ON EACH TOPIC DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL, IS INCLUDED IN THE MANUAL. (RCB)