Department of Corrections Pre-Service Training Academy Begins

CONCORD, NH - The New Hampshire Department of Corrections announced this week that the 103rd New Hampshire Corrections Academy began today, according to a press statement. According to Jeffrey Lyons, the public information officer for the NH DOC, a total of 14 newly hired corrections officer trainees are participating in the nine-week pre-service Corrections Academy held at the Arthur D. Kehas Law Enforcement Training Center at the NH Police Standards and Training Council in Concord on June 13, 2016. 

"The Corrections Academy utilizes a combination of classroom lectures, hands-on training and simulated scenarios to prepare the employees to work in the specialized correctional environment each day," he noted. "The employees will participate in a daily physical fitness exercise followed by classroom lectures on topics including offender management, offender classification, cross-gender supervision, investigations, New Hampshire law, communication, medical and mental health services, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, sexual harassment, suicide prevention, fire safety, radio procedures, report writing, search techniques and defensive tactics." 

All staffers will be certified in CPR, the use of firearms, pepper spray, and use of batons.

After they graduate, the employees will report to their assignments at the department’s correctional facilities in Concord, Goffstown, and Berlin. The graduation ceremony will be Aug. 12, 2016.