Correction Accreditation

What is corrections accreditation? How does corrections accreditation affect the professional development of corrections officers? How can industry leaders plan for better correctional officer professionalization and accreditation?

Introduction

American correctional association is a body, which is always in the process of issuing nationals standards for the organizations to follow. Such national standards are made by thorough review of audits, evaluations, and hearings by the association. As the organizations follow these standards there are certain correctional agencies that keep verifying that organizations comply with the standards and such process of verification is called the corrections accreditations (Cole & Smith, 2010, pp. 31-59). The ...