Program Criteria

Study Notes

In order to be eligible to work in a correctional facility, an inmate must have medical clearance and meet certain work criteria.
Inmates who are pregnant or juvenile are not eligible to work in a correctional facility.
All inmates must have a disciplinary report that has been resolved within the last 30 days removed from inmate worker status if they have a major offense rule violation on their record.
Inmate workers must have three documented incidents of unsatisfactory job performance in order to be removed from inmate worker status.
Inmate worker escorts will have a white wristband and inmates who are unescorted will have a black wristband.
Inmate worker identification and escort status is determined by color-coded wristbands.
Inmates assigned to work outside the secure perimeter will be documented by staff in control of the inmate and called in to Central Control every 30 minutes for a visual safety and accountability check.
The Work Unit supervisor will be responsible for conducting at least one safety and accountability check per shift on all staff assigned to supervise inmates outside of the facility.
Inmate worker uniforms will be provided according to their job assignment as described in Standard Operating Procedure Identification Systems: Male Inmate Worker Dress Codes: Shirt, Pants, Inside Worker Non-Sentenced, Brown; Kitchen Worker Non-Sentenced, Brown; Outside Work Unit, Tan; Pod Worker, Tan; and Female Inmate Worker Dress Codes: Shirt, Pants, Pod Worker, White; Laundry/Canteen/Library/Kitchen Worker Non-Sentenced, Brown; and Movement Card, White.
If all or most of the inmate workers refuse to work, the shift commander shall determine if a critical event will be declared.
The facility shall be placed in immediate lock down if all or most of the inmate workers refuse to work.
Security and support staff shall be called in and utilized in the critical areas.
The kitchen vendor shall be responsible for staffing the kitchen.
The Director of Detention will be informed of the investigation findings and a determination shall be made if the facility shall be allowed out of lock down.
Inmate workers will sign an Inmate Release and Authorization (JFCN-023) upon entry into the work program; the original will be placed in the inmate's classification file.
Outside Inmate Worker Observation Forms (JFCN-063) will be completed by all persons supervising outside inmate workers to document thirty (30) minute visual safety and accountability checks. Completed documentation will be forwarded to the Accreditation Unit.
A de-briefing shall be conducted by the Director of Detention to upper-level management.
Discipline, if warranted, should be issued to those inmates who participated in and resumed normal movement.
A determination shall be made if the facility shall be allowed out of lock down.
The Director of Detention will be informed of the investigation findings and an order to resume normal movement shall be issued.

Description

This quiz is designed to test an inmate's knowledge of the correctional facility they are working in. The quiz has multiple questions that are related to the working environment and job duties. The quiz is closed-book, which means that you do not have to write anything down during the quiz. You will have five minutes to answer each question. The quiz is designed to help you better understand the working environment in a correctional facility and to help you improve your job skills.