Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31050.1 Policy

• The Department shall work closely with colleges and universities of the State and participate in federally funded programs to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of correctional programs and for the betterment of persons received as staff from these resources. Through liaison with colleges and universities, the Department shall:

  • Recruit academically qualified employees.

  • Provide for the academic and professional development of existing employees.

  • Make correctional goals and methods known to the academic community by:

    • Increasing and coordinating departmental employee contact with various college and university departments which have an interest in correctional programs (Social Welfare, Criminology, Sociology, Police Science, etc.).

    • Encouraging cooperative training efforts such as courses offered in correctional facilities and use of departmental employees as guest lecturers or instructors on campus.

    • Providing for the placement of students who are interested in a correctional career.