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Corrections officers growing need in North Dakota
By grandforksherald.com - Archie Ingersoll
Published: 12/20/2013

North Dakota’s growing need for corrections officers is the force behind a new academy here that certifies students to work in county jails and state prisons.

Over the next five years, North Dakota’s corrections industry is expected to expand by nearly 10 percent due to increased population, economic development and the continuing growth of the oil industry. With this in mind, Rasmussen College partnered with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office to open the academy for corrections officers this year.

On Wednesday night, the academy’s first class, nine students, celebrated their graduation at the college’s Fargo campus, near the interchange of Interstates 29 and 94.

For three months, the students attended classes three nights a week for four hours. All of them have been offered jobs at the Cass County Jail.

“As best I know, we’re expecting all nine of them to walk in the door Jan. 2,” jail administrator Judy Tollefson said.

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