Women in Corrections
The Women in Corrections topic provides news, articles, and tactical tips to help female corrections staff. There was a time that a female CO was a rarity among the ranks, but today thousands of women serve, instruct, and lead in the profession.
Ehea Schuerch says training for The Tactical Games takes discipline and a tough mindset – and has helped her become a better corrections officer
Rhema Harris was a CO with the St. Joseph County Police Department and a decorated U.S. Army veteran
The adult community CO becomes the youngest female to swim the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland
Administrators need to train COs about ways to identify, as well as how to report, suspicious activity that may be related to human trafficking
Artist Daniel Sundahl created this artwork in honor of the countless female heroes who serve behind the wall
Fallen female COs had their service questioned when their senseless murders hit mainstream media
In comparison, nearly 2,800 men are facing executions in the United States
Authorities said Sammantha Allen and her husband are responsible for making Ame get into the box the night before as punishment for having stolen an ice pop
Tammy Criscone has been a corrections officer in Albany County for 17 years
Maria Del Rosio Alfaro was sentenced to death in 1992 for fatally stabbing Autumn Wallace during a burglary and robbery
Prison officials said there are security concerns in allowing a female inmate to breast-feed her infant during regular visiting hours
Patricia Krenwinkel was previously denied parole 13 times for the 1969 slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people
Attorneys for Ohio’s only condemned female killer are asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling upholding her death sentence for the third time
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress manifest differently in men and women
Fourteen female inmates are spending much of the year learning Braille, so they can convert restaurant menus, textbooks and novels into Braille
Corruption in prisons, jails and other facilities where people are incarcerated is not new, and yet leaders still struggle to ensure that staff retains high ethical standards
Alana Boyles replaces former adult institutions chief Dave Dormire, who announced his retirement in February amid an agency-wide sexual harassment scandal
Patti Wachtendorf said one goal is to prepare the inmates to succeed outside the fence with treatment and job training
Pelicia Hall said she will make increased pay for corrections officers a priority
Seeing the good in a relationship is extremely important to maintaining positive feelings toward one another, but awareness of problem areas is just as important
Kristin A. King said in her suit that she was disciplined differently than her male counterparts and then fired, all based on her status as a gay woman
In 2004, she joined the board of the New York-based Innocence Project, which works to free prisoners who can be proven innocent through DNA testing
Prisons across the country are making changes as more women join the prison population
While the challenge of gender-bias is certainly present, it does not have to preclude the female officer from effectively accomplishing their job
The employee claims she was paid $8K less than a male colleague in the same position
Lawsuit claims the county has failed to properly address the issue
If I could go back in time and give my younger self one piece of advice, it would be to have trained smarter — to evaluate the goal and develop a smarter approach
DOC refused for nearly six months to allow state’s workplace safety agency to inspect a prison where a female CO was sexually assaulted
The CO alleges she was terminated from her job after reporting guard malfeasance to supervisors and the warden
The advocates said the state could have saved roughly $2.8M if the inmates had been released on time
Female correctional officers at the jail said that complaints of harassment from higher-ups were not being addressed
Judge issued an order in January prohibiting female guards from transporting the defendants after they refused to meet with defense lawyers and complained that any physical contact with unrelated women violated their Muslim beliefs
MOST POPULAR
- Former S.C. CO’s sworn statement leads to 16-year early release of convicted murderer
- Ex-inmate breaks into correctional officer’s home, attacks man
- ‘Orange’ uncorked: How did we become the bad guys?
- Kan. female prison worker files $75K discrimination lawsuit
- Report: From treatment of prisoners to chronic understaffing, Ore. women’s prison is in a crisis