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Tennessee Correction Academy


Special Training Programs

The Academy offers many specialized training programs designed to provide employees with the specific knowledge and skills required either by their position title or work place assignment.  Some of these programs are:

  • Cell Extraction Team Training
  • Computer Applications Training
  • Critical Incident Stress Management
  • Disciplinary Board Training
  • Electronic Restraint Device Training
  • Less Than Lethal Munitions Training
  • New Supervisors Training
  • Train the Trainer Workshop
  • Transportation Officer School

Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training


Prison emergencies demand an immediate response by skilled, organized teams.  The Tennessee Department of Correction has established tactical response teams which perform a number of duties including forced cell moves, searches, quelling disturbances or even unexpected life-threatening hostage situations.  Tactical team members are correctional professionals who have undergone 80 hours of specialized tactical training.  The basic 80 hours of training include:

  • Building Entry
  • Cell Extractions
  • Close Quarter Battle
  • Defensive Tactics
  • Distraction Devices
  • Emergency Evacuation Response
  • Hostage Rescue
  • Interior Disturbances
  • Mantracking
  • Negotiation
  • Riot and Crowd Control
  • Speciality Impact Munitions
  • Squad Formations
  • Tactical Batons
  • Tactical Chemical Agents

Hostage Negotiators


The Hostage Negotiators Workshop is a 40 hour program that provides training for hostage negotiators within the Tennessee Department of Correction.  Hostage situations are a factor in correctional facilities, and it is imperative that negotiators be trained in effective intervention techniques.  This training includes:

  • Command Post Set-Up and Control
  • Communication Techniques
  • Eleven Principles of Hostage Negotiations
  • Face-to-Face Negotiations
  • Flow of the Negotiative Process
  • Psychology of the Hostage Taker
  • Role of the Negotiator
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • Stress in a Hostage Situation
  • Tactical Role of Negotiation
  • Telephone Negotiations Technique

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