Criminal Justice students enrolled in CJ 366 (Criminal
Procedure) had the opportunity to take a field trip to the Ashland County
Jail. On Tuesday, students received a
tour of the Jail’s various facilities, including the kitchen, prison worker
dormitories, outdoor areas, actual jail pods (also known as cell blocks), the
center control area and the isolation cells.
In addition to the tour given by a deputy, Ashland County
Sheriff Wayne Risner also spoke to the class during the course of the tour.
From the inmate classification system, which determines
what section of the jail inmates are housed in, to the unique, glass-wall
design of Ashland County’s jail, the students gained insight into how a jail
functions.
Ashland County’s facility is unique in that the walls are
mainly made of glass rather than the bars found in most jails. This allows the jail to operate with minimal
workers by increasing visibility, which allows workers to better monitor
situations and maintain safe conditions than traditional bars do.
“We got to experience a hands-on learning situation while
putting what we know about criminal procedure [from class] into real
life.” - Melissa Smith, Junior Criminal
Justice and Psychology Major
For more information about AU’s Criminal Justice Program,
visit our website.
