Correctional Officer-These officers are responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting
trial while on
remand or who have been
convicted of a
crime and sentenced to serve time in a prison or jail. They are also responsible for the safety and security of the facility itself. Most prison officers are employed by the government of the country in which they operate, though some are employed by private companies.
The duties of a correctional officer can vary, but they often include:
- Maintaining order and discipline within the institution
- Enforcing facility rules, regulations, and applicable legislation
- Searching inmates and environs for contraband
- Transporting inmates to courts, other correctional facilities, or into the community (e.g. medical appointments, escorted day-pass, etc.)
- Providing first-response in the event of riot, fire, medical emergency, etc.
- Tactical response for ongoing emergencies, such as riot, hostage taking, or other major crisis
A correctional officer's job is often considered dangerous with inmate confrontations resulting in many injuries a year. A correctional officer's working environment can vary considerably with some correctional institutions being modern, well lit, air-conditioned and ventilated while others are old, overcrowded, and noisy. Correctional officers often work on a rotating shift basis including weekends and holidays. Since many correctional facilities have officer shortages, correctional officers are often required to work additional shifts. Having to put in extra hours can result in fatigue, low morale, and family related problems. Correctional officers may also get burned out because their work is unpredictable, identity threatening, tragic, incongruous, and stigmatized.
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Because a correctional institution is a controlled environment inmates will often attempt to disrupt that environment. Various remedies for such disruptions, including physical and less than lethal force, isolation and less lethal weaponry are often adopted depending on the type of correctional facility and its jurisdiction. Due to multiple disruptions and challenging work environments correctional officers often face high levels of stress, burnout, health problems, high turnover rates, low life expectancy and decreased quality of life. In fact, the National Institute of Corrections reports that after 20 years of service the life expectancy of a correctional officer is 58 (National Institute of Corrections, 2008).
The duties a correctional officer carries out will often depend on the type of institution in which they work. For instance, a correctional officer at a minimum security institution may be responsible for casually supervising inmates as they work or participate in treatment programs while at a maximum security institution a correctional officer would have duties involving the regular use of restraints, weapon searches, and tactical response.
Correctional officers are also expected to control their emotions, remain impersonal and engage in activities that are often conflicting. For example, they are expected to respect and nurture, yet suspect and discipline inmates and have an us-them mentality.
[4] Despite the many trials and tough work environments corrections officers encounter, they serve and protect the public by monitoring a population that the rest of society has cast out and does not want to deal with.
Racist-A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. ‘The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination
see eminem can easily get away with anything cause 50cent and his coons are doing all the fighting for him.When did you hear about Eminem beefing with any of 50 cent's enemies?Eminem is very smart,even though 50 cent dont like lil wayne,guess what lil wayne got on that "FOREVER'song, 50 cent never came to Eminem questioning him working with his enemies but 50 cent will bash YOUNG BUCK,for making mistakes like he never made any.young buck is the one who at the Vibe awards Defended Dr.Dre and stabbed dude who tried to hurt dre,where was 50 cent?Buck was more Loyal than 50 cent.I give much props to buck for being the man 50 cent and his homies scattered like roaches.Buck is the realest nigga and he calling Buck Disloyal?cmon dude had a problem if you know one of your homies got a problem,help him dont try to hurt his career.