Correctional officer recruits’ navigation of overwhelm: Internal and external strategies
International journal of law, crime and justice,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
81, P. 100731 - 100731
Published: March 2, 2025
Language: Английский
‘A prioritizing game’: coachability in Canadian parole workplace culture
Criminal Justice Studies,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 21
Published: Feb. 26, 2025
Language: Английский
Revisiting Correctional Intervention: Correctional Staff Views on the Adoption of New Practices
Corrections,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 24
Published: March 25, 2025
Language: Английский
“We’re Still Good Guys”: Reshaping Public Perceptions of Correctional Officers
Corrections,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 24
Published: April 13, 2025
Language: Английский
Understanding prison living: Mitigating the problem of ‘incompatible’ incarcerated people through the perspectives of correctional officers
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(2), P. 199 - 215
Published: April 22, 2024
Abstract
Prisoner
incompatibility
is
a
challenge
for
correctional
officers
(COs),
as
incompatible
people
in
prison
are
more
likely
to
engage
negative
interactions,
participate
altercations,
cause
harm
each
other
and
create
tension
on
unit.
Through
in‐depth
semi‐structured
interviews
with
28
COs
employed
Atlantic
Canada,
we
explore
how
among
incarcerated
shapes
managed
perceived
by
COs.
Engaging
the
design
literature,
further
examine
kinds
of
spatial
designs
protocols
that
contribute
to,
or
mitigate,
incompatibility.
We
find
describe
complex
hierarchy
that,
while
being
laced
challenges
beyond
control
COs,
could
nevertheless
be
effectively
mitigated
through
architectural
transformation
policy
reforms.
highlight
need
consider
culture
informs
interpolated
configurations
institutions
these
social
dynamics
shape
interactions
between
prisoners.
Language: Английский
Examining the intersection of carceral space and well‐being: Correctional officers' perspectives on old and new prison design
Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
68(4), P. 549 - 559
Published: May 19, 2024
Abstract
In
the
current
study,
we
explored
prison
design
and
infrastructural
changes
that
Canadian
correctional
officers
consider
to
be
essential
in
construction
of
a
new
provincial
institution
intended
replace
Her
Majesty's
Penitentiary
(HMP)
province
Newfoundland
Labrador.
Analyzing
28
semi‐structured
interviews
conducted
with
employed
at
HMP,
found
poor
working
conditions
within
HMP
are,
least
part,
related
physical
prison,
including
inadequate
lighting,
air
quality
temperature,
high
sound
levels,
other
spatial
limitations.
Building
on
literature,
findings
suggest
while
requires
attention
security
forefront,
there
are
ways
improve
space,
recognizing
how
an
uncomfortable
workplace
living
also
pose
potential
threat
well‐being
safety
people
who
incarcerated
.
Language: Английский
The Moral Impacts of Organizational Stress on Correctional Officers
Criminal Justice Review,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 21, 2024
Organizational
stress
(i.e.,
structural
aspects
of
the
organization
such
as
excessive
workload,
shiftwork,
gossip)
has
long
been
found
by
public
safety
personnel
to
be
more
impactful
on
their
health
and
wellness
than
operational
inherent
stresses
job
altercations,
intervention
in
suicide
behaviors).
In
current
study,
which
engages
semi-structured
interviews
conducted
with
28
correctional
officers
employed
at
one
provincial
prison
Atlantic
Canada,
we
unpack
through
a
lens
moral
distress
four
prevalent
sources
organizational
among
that
emerged
data
without
categories
precogitated,
focus
participant
experiences
expressed
similarities
across
accounts:
(1)
management,
(2)
staff
retention,
(3)
training
needs,
(4)
lack
mental
support.
Findings
indicate
significant
impact
these
are
exacerbated
officers’
ethical
vulnerabilities
emergent
from
conditions
employment.
We
recommend
several
practical
changes
ease
strains
harms
felt
better
support
well-being,
increasing
staffing
levels,
providing
education
opportunities
for
frontline
senior
leaders,
adequate
officers.
Language: Английский
The interdependence of caring, safety, and health in correctional settings: Analysis of a survey of security staff in a large county jail system
Social Science & Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
358, P. 117218 - 117218
Published: Aug. 10, 2024
Language: Английский
“Jail isn’t the answer for these inmates”: how to respond to methamphetamine use in prisons
International Journal of Prison Health,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(3), P. 327 - 343
Published: Aug. 7, 2024
The
correctional
system
continues
to
face
challenges
with
responding
and
managing
methamphetamine
use
among
incarcerated
individuals.
This
study
aims
uncover
what
resources
policies
could
better
help
workers
deal
these
challenges.
authors
also
examined
methamphetamine's
impact
on
work
staff
well-being.
Language: Английский
Direct supervision and the epistemic culture of prisons
Criminology & Criminal Justice,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 30, 2024
In
this
study,
we
critically
examine
how
provincial
correctional
officers
in
Atlantic
Canada
interpret
and
disseminate
knowledge
around
direct
supervision
the
context
of
a
new
institution
under
construction
to
replace
Her
[His]
Majesty’s
Penitentiary—Canada’s
oldest
prison.
Direct
is
model
intended
facilitate
positive,
pro-social
relationships
between
staff
incarcerated
people,
build
therapeutic
alliances.
Drawing
on
data
from
semi-structured
interviews,
study
analyzes
perspectives
28
who
generally
expressed
concerns
about
and,
turn,
proposed
recommendations
for
facility.
We
frame
these
interpretations
through
lens
epistemic
culture,
identifying
prisons
can
shape
production
indirect
supervision.
doing
so,
highlight
benefits
limitations
models,
exploring
prison
culture
informs
ways
understand,
interpret,
ultimately
resist
conclude
successful
implementation
requires
deeper
understanding
apprehensions
by
officers,
comprehensive
training
regimens,
structural
supports
such
as
adequate
staffing
mental
health
services.
Language: Английский