In December, the DOC's Bureau of Community Corrections (BCC) conducted a week-long pilot Basic Training Academy (BTA) in the Eastern Region, which turned out to be very successful.
As a result, the DOC's BCC, in 2019, will begin holding its own training sessions for CCF employees. Here's a listing of the changes:
• Basic training for contracted staff has been reduced from two weeks to one week to be more community corrections specific.
• Basic training will be only for contracted staff so there will no longer be staff removed from scheduled training due to "department needs."
• Basic training will be held regionally.
• BCC will conduct regional trainings twice per year (six total) based on trainer availability.
• BCC anticipates starting this new Basic Training beginning January 2019 with a schedule soon to follow.
Obviously these changes will benefit each facility and cut down on overnight stays and time away from the facility," said BCC Director Daniel McIntyre. "We look forward to the feedback from staff as we continue to improve operations and our commitment to provide this important initial training."