Correctional Services

Careers in Corrections

Becoming a Correctional Officer

Institutional Orientation

Generally when vacancies are filled in Ontario's correctional facilities, all new correctional officers are hired as unclassified employees. Unclassified correctional officers are hired on a contract basis for up to a maximum of 40 hours per week.

Correctional facilities provide new correctional officers with a three-week orientation program to familiarize them with:

• rules and operational procedures;
• institutional routines;
• the physical environment;
• institutional programs;
• case management; and
• local committees.

For more information on how to become a correctional officer, please contact:

Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services
Central Recruitment Unit
25 Grosvenor Street, 10th Floor
Toronto, ON, M7A 1Y6

Telephone: (416) 327-9896
Toll Free: 1-888-412-8111