In the aftermath of a cluster of at least twenty suicides among correction officers working for a
state department of correction, we conducted the first extensive mixed-methods study of …

As an employee population, correctional officers (COs) perform a stressful, dangerous, and
extreme job that has significant consequences for their health and well-being. Yet, COs are …

Prisons are stressful environments for both people living and working in them. Extant
literature suggests that correctional staff have increased stress levels that lead to …

Correctional work is both physically and psychologically demanding, with employees often
facing stressful and often precarious work circumstances in tandem with exposure to …

I draw on interviews with 131 Canadian correctional officers (or COs), all of whom work in
four western Canadian prisons. Building on existing Canadian and international CO …

Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum has stated that
officer suicides were underreported and that they were the number one officer safety issue …