2015年3月17日 · According to the Old Guard Foundation, a group of retired Correctional employees, Karon Larson and three others were the “first female officers assigned to a …

The Women in Corrections section highlights the experiences, challenges, and contributions of women working in the correctional system. This directory provides articles and resources on career development, workplace safety, and gender-specific issues female correctional professionals face.

Experience in a number of countries has shown that women can carry out the regular duties of prison staff just as well as men. On International Women’s Day on 8 March, learn why gender equality can make for a more balanced, just, and humane criminal justice system.

2016年8月15日 · Female correctional officers face many obstacles in their positions, many of which arise from male colleagues. The mentality of “good old boys club” has lessened over the years, but it is far from eliminated. Research supports the fact that female correctional officers are extremely effective in their positions.

Women have served as prison and correctional officers since the early 19th century in London. The focus of research on female correctional officers has mostly been comparatively discussing the male officers' experience versus the female officer's experience.

2015年2月19日 · Tips and insight from female officers to others, whether they're just starting their careers or are well-salted veterans

2018年11月21日 · Female corrections officers and other prison staff members told us why, despite criticism, they work a job that can put them at risk of assault from inmates and abuse from co-workers.

CDCR signed the national initiative to advance women in policing to 30% women Correctional Officer cadets by 2030 and to ensure policies and culture intentionally support the success of qualified women officers throughout their careers.

2025年1月23日 · On this page, the Prison Policy Initiative has curated all of the research about women in the criminal justice system that we know of. For research on other criminal justice topics, see our Research Library homepage. While the overall incarceration rate in the United States has leveled off in recent years, women's incarceration rates continue to grow faster than men's. But the experiences of ...

2018年10月11日 · In the early 1970s, the department made a concerted effort to hire and train women to work in the state’s prisons but those early cadets faced resistance and open hostility from coworkers, supervisors, inmates and even a state senator. One of the department’s first trainers was Lt. William Richard Wilkinson, a veteran of the corrections department.