HCBE Faculty Articles
Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Restraints to Control Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners in Correctional Facilities
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research
ISSN
2377-4657
Publication Date
2017
Abstract/Excerpt
Community activists and state legislators have expressed great concern over the sexual abuse of female prisoners by corrections officers (CO)s. The purpose of the current empirical case study was to explore COs’ experience with gender-mandated job roles in a correctional facility. Eleven retired COs were interviewed to determine if the job change prohibiting 15 male COs from working inside female prisoner housing units had an effect on employee morale. Data was collected using face-to-face interviews with semi structured open-ended questions. Five themes emerged in our findings: (1) process change, (2) interpersonal relationships, (3) employee development, (4) management optimization, and (5) strategies for improvement. The results revealed prohibiting male corrections officers from working inside female prisoner housing units decreased employee morale.
DOI
10.1080/23774657.2017.1294509
Volume
2
First Page
1
Last Page
12
NSUWorks Citation
Cargor, Eddie R. Sr.; Chinta, Ravi; and Ioimo, Ralph E., "Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Restraints to Control Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners in Correctional Facilities" (2017). HCBE Faculty Articles. 1069.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/1069
