To become a Corrections Officer at the Detention Center, an applicant must pass each of the following:
1. Written Exam
2. Physical Agility Test (
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3. Background Investigation
4. Credit Check
5. Oral Interview
6. Medical Exam
Once an applicant satisfies the requirements and is hired, he or she will undergo two distinct phases of training.
Phase One
Phase One includes the completion of a six-week training program, conducted at the facility.
1. Direct Supervision Theory and Applications
2. Roles and responsibilities of a correctional officer
3. Ethics
4. Contraband
5. Defensive Tactics
6. Restraint Techniques
7. Booking and releasing inmates
8. Reporting and record-keeping
9. Supervising Inmates
10. Emergency Procedures
11. CPR/First Aid
12. Gangs
13. PREA
Phase Two
Phase Two requires the officer, within the first year of employment, to complete the three-week Basic Jail training course taught at the Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia, South Carolina. Classes taught at the Academy will include:
1. Criminal Justice System and Process
2. Classification of Inmates
3. Contraband
4. Defensive Tactics
5. Medical Issues
6. Restraints
7. Supervising Inmates
8. Booking Procedures
9. Transporting Inmates
10. Gangs
11. Jail Security and Searches
12. Stress Management
13. Interpersonal Communication Skills
14. Report Writing
15. Juvenile Procedures
16. Drug Identification
*Corrections Officers work a 12.25-hour shift. Shifts are day shift (6 a.m. - 6 p.m.) or night shift (6 p.m. - 6 a.m.) with a rotating weekly schedule (Week A - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; Week B- Wednesday and Thursday.)
*The Detention Center provides a minimum of 40 hours of annual training for all corrections officers.