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Corruption in Corrections is a serious problem in any prison or correctional setting. I know that in the Prison I work in, The Wyoming State Penitentiary, the following three factors are the three most acts of corruption committed by line staff uniform security officers. The first factor is that there always seems to be a few correctional officers, usually brand new to the job, who will get caught up in doing favors for inmates. Whether out of fear, intimidation or seeking acceptance or safety. Even leading to sexual situations in the janitor’s closet or wherever the cameras can’t see. The second factor is that some correctional officers, especially female officers, are in the business to find relationships or that one inmate who they think actually likes them, thinks their pretty or thinks that one inmate really needs them. And finally, there is factor three where correctional officers are willing to do pretty much anything for the extra buck. An inmate will ask them to bring in magazines, USB sticks, pictures of certain things etc. These are the correctional officers who usually get caught early on. There have been many thoughts and discussions on how to mitigate this kind of corruption from happening. In many correctional academies throughout the country, there are certain training and roleplay activities implemented to help new correctional officers out of situations where the three factors of corruption may become present, and the officer becomes compromised. “What kind of environment fosters prison corruption? There is much debate over whether prison corruption is primarily the product of individual opportunism or systemic failures. Experts find that poor pay and low hiring standards in America’s prisons have made guards particularly susceptible to corruption. For example, most New York State correction officers have only 200 hours of formal training before beginning work in prisons. This is only a small fraction of the twenty-six-week course provided for state trooper training in New York.” Another great tool is having effective Field Training Officers, who are experienced and who are dedicated to making sure the new correctional officer will receive the best training the department has to offer. When I first started out, I was thrown to the wolves on day one due to staffing shortages. Which is a topic for another day. I did not have an effective FTO to guide me in my first days. Fortunately, I already had some correctional experience from my time in the military. Lastly, I also want to mention that the type of supervision of inmates a facility uses can have a huge impact on how much a correctional officer has to deal directly with inmates. At the facility where I work, we use direct supervision where the officer is closed in with the inmates behind a sliding metal door. It becomes apparent to the officer that if something kicks off, that officer has nowhere to flee until that door is open. This type of supervision causes the officer to directly deal and act in close approximation of the inmate population. The officer must learn to either deal fairly and maintain control or show that they are weak and scared, which the inmates pick up on immediately. This type of scenario can lead to the three factors of corruption discussed beforehand. MacDonald, R. (2016, September 1). Prison Corruption, The Problem and Some Potential Solutions . Columbia Law School Research. Retrieved May 9, 2024, from

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