Challenges for Women in Corrections Paper

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Challenges for Women in Corrections
Thesis Statement: Women in the correction field both as professionals and incarcerated
offenders face a wide variety of challenges since the area has been historically dominated by
men creating such problems and has limited facilities in favor of women to overcome these
challenges.
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Challenges Faced by Women Working in the Field of Corrections ........... Error! Bookmark not
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Historical Background .................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.



Unequal pay .................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.



Lack of Equal Opportunities ......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.



Recognition as Correctional officers alongside Male partners ..... Error! Bookmark not defined.



Lack of Respect from the male coworkers and Supervisors ......... Error! Bookmark not defined.



Inmate Manipulation of Women Working In Corrections ............ Error! Bookmark not defined.



Balancing their Work to the family Life ....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Challenges faced by Female Inmates ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.



Psychological Distress .................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.



Sexual abuse ................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.



Lack of gender-responsive facilities ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Running head: CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS

Challenges for Women in the Field of Corrections
Name
Institution Affiliation
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CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS
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Abstract
This discussion focuses on the challenges that are encountered by women in the field of
corrections. The discussion is on the female officers, other staff such as secretaries and
incarcerated women as working in the male-dominated structures. The discussion concentrates
more on the female officers especially those who work in the male prisons. The field is mainly
established on the male, and hence women are perceived as weak to work in these institutions.
The discussion highlights that women will face sexual, emotional and physical abuse from the
supervisors, coworkers and the sexually deprived inmates. The number of women in these
populations is low. The discussion also includes an overview of the challenges encountered by
incarcerated women compared to male prisoners. The discussion ends with a conclusion to
highlights the need for enhancing structural systems to improve the wellbeing of women in this
male-dominated environment.
Keywords: Correction field, female officers, inmates, sexual abuse, disrespect, manipulation by
inmates and male-dominated environment.

CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS
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Table of Contents
Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Challenges Faced by Women Working in the Field of Corrections ............................................... 6
Historical Background................................................................................................................. 6
Unequal pay................................................................................................................................. 7
Lack of Equal Opportunities ....................................................................................................... 7
Recognition as Correctional officers alongside Male partners ................................................... 9
Lack of Respect from the male coworkers and Supervisors ..................................................... 10
Inmate Manipulation of Women Working In Corrections ........................................................ 11
Balancing their Work to the family Life ................................................................................... 12
Challenges faced by Female Inmates ............................................................................................ 13
Psychological Distress............................................................................................................... 13
Sexual abuse .............................................................................................................................. 13
Lack of gender-responsive facilities ......................................................................................... 14
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 14
References ..................................................................................................................................... 16

CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS
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Introduction
Women face challenges in the institutional correctional facilities as well as in the
community corrections arena. In this field of corrections, women face challenges both as
professionals and an inmate. According to Salisbury and Van Voorhis (2009), the number of
women in the field of correctional facilities are increasing more significantly than for men. This
field has for long been considered as a male game. Even in the 21st century, the numbers of
women who are incarcerated are less than men. This is also true for the population of the
prisoner's guard compared to men. According to Bedard (2011, December 29), i...


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