AJ 135: Control and Supervision in Corrections

Citrus College Course Outline of Record

Citrus College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Fall 2025
Credits: 3
Total Contact Hours: 54
Lecture Hours : 54
Lab Hours: 0
Hours Arranged: 0
Outside of Class Hours: 108
Total Student Learning Hours: 162
Strongly Recommended: ENGL C1000.
Transferable to CSU: Yes
Transferable to UC: No
Grading Method: Standard Letter

Catalog Course Description

Supervision of inmates in the local, state, and federal correctional institutions. Emphasis on the role of the offender and the correctional worker on a continuum from institutional living through crisis situations. Included are inmate subculture, violence and effects of crowding along with coping techniques for correctional officers. Causes and effects of abusive tactics. 54 lecture hours.

Course Objectives

  • identify and describe the roles of the correctional worker in inmate supervision
  • describe and evaluate issues in daily prison management
  • identify and evaluate control techniques in crisis situations
  • analyze the effects of violence and crowding on inmates/staff and inmate and staff relations

Major Course Content

  1. Correctional Administration: Past to Present 
  2. Theories of Leadership and Management
  3. Leadership and Management of Corrections 
  4. Setting the Tone: Vision, Mission, and Strategic Planning
  5. The Role of Staff in Corrections
  6. Human Resource Management for Corrections
  7. Staff Organization and Functions
  8. Supervising and Empowering Employees
  9. Fiscal management and Challenge of Cost Containment
  10. Managing Risk through Offender Classification
  11. Managing the External Environment
  12. Managing Security in Prisons
  13. Managing Programs in Prisons
  14. Managing Basic Services in Prisons
  15. Critical Issues for Correctional Administration
  16. The Future and Correctional Administration

Suggested Reading Other Than Required Textbook

Research California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation website regarding current issues and Operations Manual

Examples of Required Writing Assignments

Prepare a four to five page research paper in APA format regarding street gangs
Prepare a media presentation of the research project findings

Examples of Outside Assignments

Conduct research regarding street gangs and the relationship between gangs in the institutional setting
Read text material
Complete Extra Credit assignments
Study for quizzes and exams

Instruction Type(s)

Lecture, Online Education Lecture