| Police Officer Safety | | | | with this facility and inmate maintenance. |
| A corrections officer has one of the most dangerous | | | | All security employees should wear identification that |
| jobs available. Identification cards for corrections | | | | show their picture and indicate which area of the |
| officers are currently some of the most high-tech ID | | | | building they are assigned to. This is not only for their |
| cards available. They often incorporate holographic | | | | safety, it provides a professional appearance and an |
| images, and magnetic strips in order to prevent | | | | authoritative impressions to inmates. An identification |
| unlawful duplication of these identification cards to | | | | card should be considered part of the standard |
| protect the officers and the people that they serve. | | | | uniform for security personnel. |
| Other security measures include fingerprints, digital | | | | Security officers are not the only ones in a correctional |
| photographs, colorization, biometrics and the use of | | | | facility that benefit from ID badges. Inmates also |
| original font sizes. | | | | benefit from having ID badges. Their uses are endless. |
| Keeping the Public Safe | | | | They can identify that an inmate is who they claim to |
| A police officer that has an ID badge presents a | | | | be, that they are in the correct area of the facility, etc. |
| professional and authoritative appearance. However, | | | | Tracking inmates is one of the ways that ID cards are |
| because of the high incidence of impersonation of | | | | used. ID cards can also be used for inmate purchases, |
| police officers, ID badges also serve another purpose. | | | | eliminating the need for money within the facility. |
| They allow citizens who are confronted by a police | | | | The high level of security needs that come with |
| officer to telephone into the dispatch system to let | | | | corrections makes it the perfect arena for the use of |
| them find out if the person is an actual police officer or | | | | ID badges. Police officers need to be able to identify |
| not. This protects the safety of everyone. This type of | | | | themselves and prove their authority. Corrections |
| security measure can set a someone's mind at ease | | | | officers need ID badges, and so do the inmates. |
| about the person that has pulled them over or | | | | Having everyone in a facility have to wear some kind |
| approached their front door. | | | | of ID badge keeps everyone safer. They can be used |
| Safety in Correctional Facilities | | | | for tracking and for purchases. ID badges are a |
| Correctional facilities are one place that proper ID is of | | | | necessity in this field. |
| the utmost importance. This is because safety of both | | | | The author Catherine Williams writes articles on |
| the inmates and correctional officers is a top priority. | | | | personal and workplace safety. |
| The job of a correctional officer is to ensure that order | | | | Additional information about making a corrections ID |
| is maintained, as well as maintaining that the security of | | | | card or PVC printer systems can be found at her id |
| the facility in which they work is not compromised. | | | | card printer website. |
| Correctional officers have many duties that go along | | | | |