Correction officers experience a challenging work environment that increases the risk of
encountering violence, physical danger, and traumatic events such as inmate violence and …

Much of the empirical work on carceral violence has relied on importation and deprivation
theories, with limited work focusing on associations with institutional management practices …

Purpose Correctional officers experience more workplace violence and victimization than
individuals in comparable public service occupations, and such experiences may lead to …

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect prisons internationally. Existing research
focuses on infection data, meaning we do not fully understand how COVID-19 shapes …

Previous research has documented high rates of stress, PTSD, and other health and
wellness problems in US correctional officers (COs). In some studies, rates of mental health …

Public safety personnel are at an elevated risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors relative to
the general public. Correctional workers in particular report some of the highest prevalence …

This study explores COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among prison security staff and the
extent to which they trust varied sources of information about the vaccines. Cross-sectional …

Suicide rates vary across occupational groups, with protective service occupations at
elevated risk for suicide. Yet, research on correctional officer suicide remains sparse, as …

Correction officers work in an occupational context where they are often exposed to
violence; however, prior research assessing the relationship between violence exposure …

Correctional officers are differentially exposed to workplace violence, but little is known
about how both direct and indirect exposure may impact officers. The current study …