The Corrections’ Officers’ Concerns
On Saturday, the ACA, in cooperation with ARAMARK, released a major report indicating that “quality and morale” of correctional officers is paramount among that group’s top concerns.
On a ten-point scale, officer quality and morale came in with a remarkable 9.2 weighted mean score. Other “high priority” issues include lack of mental and medical health professionals (7.9), security and violence within the facilities (7.7), shrinking budgets (7.7), lack of transition and rehabilitation services (7.7), inmate health (7.7), and food and facilities management (7.2). The findings were delivered during the ACA August meeting in New Orleans and reaffirm the industry’s commitment to developing the corrections’ workforce to better manage the country’s ever-increasing inmate population … More than 80 percent of the 205 respondents to the 2007 online survey serve as jail administrators or wardens managing facilities with an average size of 763 inmate beds. Two-thirds represented either city or county jails while one-third reported from state prison systems.
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