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Doing time from 8 to 5

Doing time from 8 to 5. Guards were once seen as having on the life of the inmate 1960s Officers influential than treatment staff on inmates due to rehabilitative focus 1970s and 1980s Retribution returns, inmate abuses . Corrections Officers. In general:

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Doing time from 8 to 5

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  1. Doing time from 8 to 5 • Guards were once seen as having on the life of the inmate • 1960s • Officers influential than treatment staff • on inmates due to rehabilitative focus • 1970s and 1980s • Retribution returns, inmate abuses

  2. Corrections Officers • In general: • Must deal with clients impersonally and follow formal procedures • Expected to counsel, supervise, protect, and process inmates under their care • Problems recruiting and retaining high-quality staff • Burnout

  3. Doing time from 8 to 5 • Structured Conflict • “You can be friendly with an inmate, but you can’t trust him…” • Vast institutional differences • Only a small percentage of bad apples • The role of exchange relationships (again) • Traditional informal roles being by other staff

  4. Doing time from 8 to 5 • Officer’s attitude toward inmates predicts the nature of his/her experiences, which further reinforces that attitude • Officers report levels of job satisfaction when they have a

  5. Corrections Officers • levels of stress of any CJ job, and all the medical issues that come with it. • Heart disease • High rates of disability leave for

  6. Corrections Officers • High(est?) levels of stress of any CJ job, and all the medical issues that come with it. • Causes • Constant feeling of • Lack of • Feeling in the job • Inadequate training • Lack of with management • Absence of policies, procedures, and rules

  7. Guard – Inmate interactions • The relationship can be positive. • Guard assignments can influence/shape the interactions (more later from Newjack) • Four types of “power” COs can use:

  8. The Officers’ Subculture • Always aid an officer in distress or perceived distress • Never make a fellow officer look bad in front of inmates • Always support an officer in a dispute with an inmate • Always support another officer’s sanctions against an inmate • Don’t lug drugs • Don’t be a “white hat”

  9. The Officers’ Subculture • Do not admit mistakes • Do not stab a coworker in the back • Carry your own weight • Defer to the wisdom and experience of veteran officers • Mind your own business

  10. Various ways of seeing the role of the correctional officer • Custody-oriented vs. Professionally-oriented • “subculture custodians” vs. “supported majority” vs. “lonely braves” • Professional vs. enforcer vs. reciprocator vs. avoider • Represents degrees of discretion, coercion, and human relations

  11. Prison administration • Wardens used to rule the prisons • Today, they are more professional administrators • They face a variety of pressures

  12. Prison administration • A well-run prison: • To get it:

  13. Prison administration • Administrators tend to hold treatment in higher regard than the officers • Challenges facing correctional administrators: • Impact of the • Increasing • Civil service system and unions • Judicial interventions • Workforce diversity • The media • Rise of special needs and elderly inmates

  14. The demographics of officers • 34% are members of minority groups and 22% are women • Presence of women believed to normalize sex-segregated prison environment and encourage self-control

  15. Women in the correctional workforce • Still experience “tokenism” • However:

  16. Women in the correctional workforce • Inmate views of female officers • Some differences:

  17. Racial/Ethnic Composition of Correctional Officers and Inmates, Adult Systems, Nationwide

  18. The use of force • Corporal punishment and excessive force are not permitted • Situations in which use of force is legally acceptable

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