AOJ 004 — offers an overview of supervision of inmates at the local, state and federal levels of correctional institutions. e
issues of controlling and supervising inmates in a continuum from daily institutional life through emergency and crisis situations will be introduced and discussed. e course will emphasize the roles played by the correctional workers as well as the offenders. Topics will include inmate subculture, violence and effects of crowding on inmates and staff as well as coping techniques for correctional officers in the institutional environment. is will include legal issues of inmate supervision.