Tactical Spanish for Correctional Officers

Be safer and more effective. Develop your oral skills learning specific vocabulary, phrases commands and questions oriented to prison and prisoner situations. 

A great way to use your time productively during your commute, at the gym or at home; study anywhere, at your own pace. Check your progress with the review exercises and answers.

The course covers words and phrases you will need in the following situations:

  • Searching for weapons and drugs

  • Inmate Health Screening

  • Strip search

  • Booking classification assessment

  • Rules for inmates - visitors

  • Inmate Information

  • Obtaining information about gangs

  • Housing assessment

  • Victim - witness interrogation

  • Establishing circumstances of a crime

  • Basic commands

  • Release

  • Legal terms

  • Talking to adults and young people

  • Courtesy

  • Field arrest report

  • Asking about family background

Listen to the 4+ minute sample Unit 19 Rules for Inmates and Visitors in MP3 format (4MB) or listen to the same unit in WAV format. (this is the same format as an audio CD and is a much larger download 27MB).

Read the transcript of the section you are listening to

The transcript will open in a separate "pop-up" window. If you have "pop-up blocking" enabled in your security software or for example in your Google Toolbar this should be disabled. (Note: using Ctrl and Click will often temporarily bypass pop-up blocking)

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