Blog Number 18

When getting into law enforcement or correctional employment it is standard for you to go through a training academy. After the academy you will then enter into on the job training. A lot of times officers will say that they learn way more during this phase of their training then they do during their academy training. Why is this? Well, it gives the officer time to actually experience the job in a true like setting. The position of being a correctional officer can bring something new every single day. However, it’s something that will allow for the officers to always learn something new wither it be training or a new trend that is going on in the jail. With that, a lot of officers express that they are able to utilize past job experiences quite often when it comes to working with the prisoners. Male officers felt that being able to utilize their military experience helped quite a bit, while on the flipside a majority of women who were come from clerical roles felt that their prior work experience had no benefit to them in their new role. Again, I think this is something that shows this job is one that more women have a difficult time getting into as something like this is just another barrier that they have to overcome. Further on in Britton’s study it was discussed as to the difference of male prison to female prisons. Of the guards that were interviewed many of them stated that they would have preferred to have work in the male prisons. Theoretically you would think working in the women prison would be an easier task. However, both male and female guards expressed that they felt better trained and more equipped to handle physical violence, which is what usually occurs in male prisons. Compared to emotional breakdowns or violence when usually occurs in the female prisons. Either way, both expressed that this sort of thing happens more in the female prisons then it does in the male prisons. One of the thoughts of why this occurs more in the female prisons is because they have a little more freedom then the male population has in their environment.

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