Offender Management in Corrections

January 5, 2016

This course is a Michigan Corrections Officer Training Council approved curriculum under Public Act 415, requiring the training of new corrections officers. The course provides information and practical demonstration to prepare the student for certification as a corrections officer. Offender management is a course in the management and discipline of prisoners in the institutional setting. The course instructs students in the areas of self-defense and prisoner restraints that are necessary to maintain order in a custody setting. Instruction includes firearms familiarization, restraints, chemical agent use and preparation and disturbance control. Students are required to demonstrate proficiency in each technique to meet the standards for certification.