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The effects of perceptions of staff–inmate boundary violations and willingness to follow rules upon work stress
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The authors examined the relationship between correctional officers' perceptions of boundary violations and work stress and found that higher levels of work stress were reported by respondents who perceived that coworkers behaved inappropriately with inmates, who reported higher role strain, who feared victimization, and who reported closely following organizational rules.Abstract:
While most correctional officers are professional in their interactions with inmates, some employees cross the line and engage in boundary violations, which potentially put everyone at risk. Using questionnaires collected from 501 correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, this study examined the relationship between correctional officers’ perceptions of boundary violations and work stress. Ordinary Least Squares regression results indicated that higher levels of work stress were reported by respondents who perceived that coworkers behaved inappropriately with inmates, who reported higher role strain, who feared victimization, and who reported closely following organizational rules. Female officers and officers who viewed inmates as amiable rather than manageable were also found to experience high levels of work stress. The findings suggest that correctional supervisors are likely to be more effective than line staff in developing and sustaining a culture of professionalism and civility, which can lessen the stressors for those working behind prison walls.read more
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Corrections officers' knowledge and perspectives of maternal and child health policies and programs for pregnant women in prison.
TL;DR: Findings support expansion of MCH programs and policies in prisons, while underscoring the need to offer more CO training and to gather more CO input during program development and implementation.
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Deepening the Guard-Inmate Divide: An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Staff-Inmate Boundary Violations and Officer Attitudes regarding the Mistreatment of Prisoners
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors administered 501 questionnaires to correctional officers and found that some end their careers in disgrace when they engage in acts of cruelty against the very inmates they were paid to protect.
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Women in Solitary Confinement: Relationships, Pseudofamilies, and the Limits of Control:
TL;DR: This article examined staff perceptions of how incarcerated women cope with solitary confinement in one of the largest women's prisons in the US, focusing on qualitative data from focus groups with correctional personnel in the state of Texas.
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Can’t Shake the Prison Guard Blues: Examining the Effects of Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, Boundary Violations, and the Mistreatment of Inmates on the Depressive Symptomatology of Correctional Officers
TL;DR: In this article , the authors analyzed 501 surveys collected from correctional officers within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to identify characteristics of officers who are likely to exhibit signs of depression, and found that female officers, as well as officers who work in higher custody levels, are more likely than other officers to report higher levels of depressive symptomatology.
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Strain & Gain: From Deprivation to Innovation within Restricted Housing Units
TL;DR: The deprived nature of restricted housing units (RHUs) leaves residents fraught with an innumerable amount of strain this paper, coupled with a problematic grievance system, the social structure of RHUs can p...
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