CJ 221 - Correctional Institutions

Description
This course is designed to examine the American correctional process with emphasis on correctional institutions and alternatives at the federal, state, county, and local level.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Corrections Certificate, Corrections, A.A.A.S., Pre-Criminal Justice, A.A. (General Transfer)

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Define the purpose and objectives of correctional institutions: Differentiate between security levels; prisoner classifications (as prescribed by the ACA); and note the difference between male and female facilities.
Discuss the various forms of programming available in prisons such as: workforce development; academic and vocational trade programs; and medical and mental health programs.
List and describe the various roles of management and the overall organization of correctional facilities at the local, county, state and federal level.
Examine the human concerns related to custodial care including food service and clothing requirements.
Compare and contrast the major concerns related to safety and security in correctional facilities at all levels: the courts; prisoner records; procedures for contraband; personal and property shakedowns; prisoner movement, the use of force; escape concerns; emergency control issues; transportation and housing units.
Explain prisoner rights and pre-release programs available to inmates.
Identify, assess, and explain the future concerns of incarceration in America.
Consider the context, costs, benefits and consequences of potential solutions to problems or issues.
Use rules or frameworks to provide context for and understand problems or issues.
Identify ethical dilemmas associated with environmental, social or cultural issues.
Use reflection to examine personal beliefs and values and identify their origins and potential biases.

Course Outline:
I. Purpose of prisons and correctional Institutions: local, state and federal.

II. Treatment and change-based programs: Internal and External

III. Management and organization of correctional Institutions: local, state, and federal.

IV. Custodial care

V. Safety and security: Staff and inmates

VI. Prisoner rights

VII. Immediate and future concerns of Corrections: local, state, and federal.

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-20%

Mediated instruction: 5-10%

Facilitated instruction: 5-10%

Collaborative Learning: 20-25%

Guest Speaker: 5-10%

Facility Visit and instruction: 15-20%

Blackboard Assignments: 5-10%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: Michigan Corrections Officer Training Council

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: IRW 97, IRW 98, IRW 99

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 100880
Course CIP Code: 43.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 32
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Business & Industry
Department: Criminal Justice
Discipline: CJ
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Other (list below), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Standard requirements for the Criminal Justice Department apply. Instructors must also meet MCOTC instructor requirements.Minimum of two years (4000) of industry related work experience.Must have a minimum of two years employment in a position directly involved with the custody, care and control of the following groups:- Incarcerated felons or misdemeanants.- Probationary felons or misdemeanants.- Paroled felons.- Incarcerated juvenile offenders.

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20230216T18:45:30
Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028