Women In The Prison System
Life inside the prison system usually includes two prisoners in an 8 by 10 foot room where they spend up to 23 hours a day for months, years, or decades. The isolation of the four grey walls are meant so that the prisoners will one day seek contemplation and remorse for their crimes. Although in reality most convicted felons tend to commit another crime after being released from prison. An article titled, “After committing a crime, guilt and shame predict re-offense” explains how, “Within three years of being released from jail, two out of every three inmates in the US wind up behind bars again -- a problem that contributes to the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world.” The prison system was created to rehabilitate inmates
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An article titled “Top 3 challenges for women in corrections in 2012” it show the difficulty of a female prison guard. “The first issue female staff brought up was earning respect. There is still staff and inmates who do not feel women should be working in male prisons. As case manager Stankeisha Burchell put it, "Women come in with the stigma that we are weak and easily swayed. This makes us greater targets for bringing in contraband, establishing personal relationships, and many other forms of intolerable disrespect and misconduct. We must work extra hard to convey a strong, firm and unwavering disciplinary tactic, yet be professional and reasonably approachable." Women need to gain the respect of both inmates and fellow staff.” This proves that it is more difficult for women to be accepted in the prison system just based on their gender alone. After showing their self-worth and proving themselves women still have difficulty working in men's prisons. That is never going to change because of the fact that most of these inmates will never see a women again. Overall women tend to be more communicative, collaborative, inclusive, and skilled with people, particularly in terms of being patient, empathetic, and nurturing. They are also usually desirous of information and interested in intricate relationships, this makes the female inmates willing to be more open with these officers. Even though at the end of the day inmates are always going to think that these female correctional officers are weaker than everyone
An article titled “Top 3 challenges for women in corrections in 2012” it show the difficulty of a female prison guard. “The first issue female staff brought up was earning respect. There is still staff and inmates who do not feel women should be working in male prisons. As case manager Stankeisha Burchell put it, "Women come in with the stigma that we are weak and easily swayed. This makes us greater targets for bringing in contraband, establishing personal relationships, and many other forms of intolerable disrespect and misconduct. We must work extra hard to convey a strong, firm and unwavering disciplinary tactic, yet be professional and reasonably approachable." Women need to gain the respect of both inmates and fellow staff.” This proves that it is more difficult for women to be accepted in the prison system just based on their gender alone. After showing their self-worth and proving themselves women still have difficulty working in men's prisons. That is never going to change because of the fact that most of these inmates will never see a women again. Overall women tend to be more communicative, collaborative, inclusive, and skilled with people, particularly in terms of being patient, empathetic, and nurturing. They are also usually desirous of information and interested in intricate relationships, this makes the female inmates willing to be more open with these officers. Even though at the end of the day inmates are always going to think that these female correctional officers are weaker than everyone