“If You’re Being Forced, You’re Being Forced”: A Qualitative Examination of How Overtime Affects Correctional Officers

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice/La Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice pénale, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025

Canadian correctional institutions operate with insufficient staffing levels, leading to occupational stress that negatively affects prisons’ overall functioning as well staff and incarcerated people’s wellness. The literature suggests a direct correlation between levels officer (CO) wellness, but little is known about the nuances of effects forced overtime on COs’ well-being. Drawing job demand–control–support (JDCS) model, our qualitative study examines, through semi-structured interviews federally employed COs in Canada ( n = 93), how health wellness concrete discursive ways. Findings focus relationship shortages, overtime, mental health, perceived lack agency accordance JDCS model. Practical implications potential strategies mediate spaces are discussed.

Язык: Английский

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“We must be mentally strong”: exploring barriers to mental health in correctional services

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2024

Introduction The inherent nature of work in correctional services can have negative effects on worker mental health and well-being. Methods current study, a replication, analyzes survey data collected from provincial territorial workers staffed six regions across Canada ( n = 192). Specifically, participants were asked at the end an extensive well-being open-ended question requesting any additional feedback or information. Results Four predominant themes identified data: (1) stigma pertaining to need recognize concerns within services; (2) idea that wear mind body; (3) for better relationships with support supervisors, upper management, ministerial leadership; (4) suggestions improve help sector realize its full potential maximize workplace health. Discussion We discuss implications these findings, emphasis finding ways promote positive organizational cultural change services.

Язык: Английский

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The accumulated impact of direct and indirect workplace violence exposure on mental health and physiological activity among correctional officers

Journal of Criminal Justice, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 93, С. 102212 - 102212

Опубликована: Июнь 15, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Correctional Officer Reflections on How to Address Incarcerated People’s Unmet Needs in Canadian Prisons

Corrections, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 22

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2024

Although incarcerated people best understand their needs and rehabilitative processes, the current study explores how correctional officers (COs) of in custody care to support reentry incarceration experience. Given COs are lifeline people, penal scholarship should value input as an essential resource for recognizing what need desist prepare reintegration when imprisoned. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 28 employed Atlantic Canada, we contextualize report believe (often unmet) people. More specifically, intending learn desired design a new replacement prison Canadian province, found emphasized meeting residents' unmet – often over own results centralizing people's physical mental health needs, availability meaningful rehabilitative, vocational, cultural-specific programming, access recreation fresh air. We discuss actualization each programmatic construct, society is unique programming practices must respond positionality lived experiences rather than normative ideals about social living.

Язык: Английский

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Testing the Effects of a Servant Leadership Intervention Using a Cluster Randomized Experiment

Justice Quarterly, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 24

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2025

Harmonious organizational cultures where staff experience positive mental health outcomes are largely created by managers who practice servant leadership. For many correctional officers, this leadership style is missing from corrections, leading to harmful institutional cultures, and depleted officer health. To determine whether can be improved, a intervention was randomly assigned one jail in Tennessee, while two other jails served as comparisons. Paired samples t-tests linear regression models revealed how improved beliefs about culture, decreased their symptoms of depression, anxiety, burnout. Supplementary Sobel tests indicated the effects on wellness were partially mediated culture perceptions. A cost-benefit analysis, coupled with discussion important operations, offered support expansion throughout corrections.

Язык: Английский

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Understanding corrections fatigue and perceptions of natural landscaping at work: An exploratory study with staff at a corrections center for women

Journal of Criminal Justice, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 96, С. 102349 - 102349

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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“It was completely transformational”: experiences of a prison staff coaching programme

International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 28, 2025

Purpose Although existing research demonstrates that the health and wellbeing of prison staff is affected by many factors, current academic evidence base for effective support limited. The aim this study was to explore experiences who had been involved in Spark Inside Prison Staff Coaching Programme understand perceived benefits intervention. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory approach using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 17 experienced coaching used. Findings Perceived included personal professional growth, a positive sense self improved relationships. A influence on retention noted. Originality/value details adds about what interventions can usefully correctional staff. findings have implications prisons as well broader occupations experience challenges retention.

Язык: Английский

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Editor-in-Chief of Criminal Justice and Behavior: A Reflection

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 52(3), С. 342 - 344

Опубликована: Фев. 10, 2025

Serving as Editor-in-Chief and contributing to the 50-year success of Criminal Justice Behavior was a rewarding experience, one for which I will always be proud. In this essay, asked reflect on my including research that believed most impactful, lessons learned, future Behavior, uniqueness Behavior. As noted in am proud accomplishments editorial team continuing positive trajectory, scientific contributions we published serve greater field. is well positioned continue unique needs correctional forensic mental health professionals, believe it remains premier journals all professionals working criminal legal sectors.

Язык: Английский

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Unravelling the wellbeing needs of correctional officers: results from nine separate focus groups

Psychology Crime and Law, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 25

Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Unethical Work Polyvictimisation, Employee Well‐Being, and Work Stress

Stress and Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 41(2)

Опубликована: Март 3, 2025

ABSTRACT Unethical behaviours have a wide‐ranging negative influence in the workplace, including adverse effects on individuals who witness or are subjected to such acts. While research has explored of various misbehaviours employee well‐being, this study draws from ethical impact theory and utilizes data panel sample business professionals examine relationship between unethical work polyvictimisation, encompassing varied misbehaviours, aggregated individual well‐being stress. Most hypotheses were supported, with results indicating that polyvictimisation was negatively related two conceptualisations well‐being. also positively stress, which functioned as mediator The findings suggest organisations should reduce incidences improve decrease their

Язык: Английский

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