Corrections - Grand Rapids Community College

Corrections from Grand Rapids Community College is a Campus Associate Law degree that prepares you for a Legal career. The program prepares students to serve as adult corrections officers in prisons and jails, counselors in halfway houses, and probation or parole officers. It also serves to enhance the skills of people already employed in correctional settings. Corrections officers are charged with safekeeping of people who have been arrested, are awaiting trial, or who have been tried and convicted of a crime and are sentenced to serve time in a correctional institution. The Correctional Officer Training Act requires that certain specific college courses and academy training are necessary to certify individuals as correctional officers. Students are advised to discuss specific requirements with the GRCC Corrections Training Coordinator before enrolling. Probation and parole officers work in community settings and with the courts in counseling and monitoring the activities of sentenced and paroled offenders. Most jurisdictions require a bachelor's degree as a condition of employment for parole and probation officer jobs. Students interested in such work should discuss transferability of Community College work to baccalaureate degree-granting institutions with the GRCC Corrections Training Coordinator before enrolling in the program. The job outlook for corrections officers continues to be very favorable. Students in Corrections may qualify for either the Associate in Applied Arts and Sciences degree or the Associate in Arts. Those who wish to earn the AA should take care that they meet the communication, humanities, social science and natural science requirements for that degree . View more details on Grand Rapids Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Law courses.