Blog Number 21

Being a correctional officer is something that takes a lot of dedication, along with very thick skin. As stated in past article, interviews and various publications correctional officers are usually called every name in the book except for their name. A lot of times dealing with criminals is a very difficult thing. In the mind of many criminals they have nothing to lose, as everything has already been taken away from them. Now with that, what do you do? Some people choose this line of work because of the pay, the benefits and many other examples that go along with it. Now you can see many men dealing with this sort of thing, imagine what a woman goes through when it comes to the same position. In essence many women are not as strong physically as a man is. With that said, it can be argued both ways when it comes to their mental capacity. Some will say men can usually take verbal abuse a lot better than men. Either way, women working in the correctional capacity take a unique woman. However, just because they are women what says they should be targeted easier for sexual crimes and other various abuses. Either way, it’s very prevalent that this occurs a lot more to women then male officers. Because of this Britton suggests more protection and training for these officers. Either way, it’s a known problem that congress seems to not be paying much attention to. Since this is the case what do you do? Officers are promoting more and more to make sure they work as one solid team and to have each other’s back. Watching out for your partner is right now the best form of protection available out there for these officers. We all know the conditions are not always the best in our jails, however, with a lack of funding so jails distribute what the bare minimum of training is for their officers and then put them out into the jail blocks. Either way, you can consider some of the officers fully trained while other may not be all the way up to par. Yet, what do you do right?

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