Question

What challenges do women face in the field of corrections? Provide specific examples. In your opinion, what can be done to change these challenges?

Answer 1

Although it's said that gender equality is achieved in many areas of life, in reality the remains of make dominant thoughts and the make physical superiority are still at work. The freedom of women and openness of men are still something to be questioned, especially in the criminal justice system with more emphasis on the correctional institutions.
Women face lot of issues such as income disparity, sexual harassment, delay in promotion etc. When it comes to prison or any other correctional area, unequal treatment from their male counterparts will be the primary issue. The second thing is that they can't speak with the inmates in an authoritative tone because of their physical make-up. The inmates might not mind them because they might think that the women officer wouldn't touch them. They would be vulnerable both to coworker and inmate sexual harassment.
The workplace discrimination should change and women should get a more supportive environment from their male counterparts. Women officers working on correction institutions should be backed by more protection from the prison management. Finally, government s should recruit more women correction officers. Men need to get over from their superiority complex.