Blog Number 15

Women working in our prision have become quite greater in today’s day and age then it was just 20 years ago. Current women are working in all factions of our prison system. The most common job these days in the prison is to be a guard. Women usually are guards in women prison yards, while men are usually just in male yards. Now there are instances that men do need to be cover, or are assigned to a female yard while the same thing happens and women guards are assigned to all male yards. Usually the first situations occur more than the latter situation. Now why is that do you think? Why is it that women are not as often assigned to a male yard? Well personally I think that a lot of it has to deal with the protection and safety of that female officer. Males are naturally stronger and bigger than females, now there is nothing saying that a female cannot defend herself, however, why put your officers in that situation if they do not have to be? Now as much as very recently women in our prison systems were able to promote into management or executive levels. Why is that though? Well, it partially has to deal with the amount of time it has taken women to break into this career. For the longest time it was sought after those women were not able to work in this sort of profession because they were not able to handle themselves and would have a hard time with this sort of position, a lot also came into question regarding if they could properly protect themselves. Well, as these barriers are broken down one by one they are slowing making headway. I personally think that women are able to work this sort of position, now if the more stubborn males would just jump on board with me.


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