After reading this article it kind of makes you scared for your own safety if you plan on being a correctional officer. Having the prisons in Florida isn't only a dangerous situation for the employees it is also dangerous for the inmates and for the surrounding communities. Imagine if a prison were to get out and the prison didn't notice until because of being understaffed, that prisoner could go into the community and harm an innocent person. Also the percentage of officers that drop out only in the training portion makes you wonder what kind of working conditions they are being put in. They should try to make the prison safer and work out hiring people who are committed and won’t leave when it gets hard, maybe they could increase the pay and have longer training programs. I understand that the state only gets so much money for prisons but they should think twice before renovating a prison when they can’t even keep the prisons fully staffed. -Barcelona789
I agree with you and Florida should be working on fixing their employment problem before they try and renovate the prison, they are going getting so much a year and they have a lot of correctional officers to hire to cover all their employees. They should be more focused on what is important instead of the things that they want. Green789
yes I agree it's a shame to not have any staff nor proper building construction, without proper staffing do they know stuff can get violent and without a stable foundation prisoners can escape and make society more dangerous it's the truth somebody has to think of that way or nothing will change that amount of how much they make spend because they dont have enough staffs so what somebody has to start somewhere I'd that means sacrificing LifeImagine789
When reading this article it made me really think about why is there such a huge need for these correctional officers? Yes the article stated that some left for more law enforcement jobs however i do not feel that there are that many job openings to leave the prison with an unsafe amount of correctional officers. Florida needs to work on their hiring process and make their prisons safe for not only their correctional officers but also for their inmates. Even though they are having a hard time find employees to cover shifts, they still need to think about the inmates that they are there to help and house.They also need to work on the drop outs of the training program, if they could just figure out what is going on in the training program to where people are dropping out they could fix there problem. Green789
I also don’t understand why there is a huge need for correctional officers. It makes you wonder how bad the job really is when so many have left or dropped out just during training. Maybe they could raise the pay for the correctional officers so that they would want to actually stay. If the prison is under staffed then yeah I agree it is unsafe and they need to work on making it a safer environment for everyone that enters that prison. –Barcelona789
There shouldn't be a huge need for correctional officers. Either the training program is to hard which it should be or people thought it was a good idea to go in this career field, in till they realize they are going to do work and interact with inmates. Then they change their mind about their career field. There is a select few that can endure this job. Phenom789
Wow I didn't expect the cost to be that high to hire that many COs, they should have did some in advance because they are running out of time and because of the structure of the building more COs/recruits are leaving both situations are something they need to work with cause it will make the system more hard to work with.LifeImagine789
Not enough correctional officers. That is un heard of till now. If I was living in Florida and prison facilities are crumbling and there isn't enough people to stop prisoners rioting. I would move right away. Just the thought of putting my family in risk hurts my gut. Come on I hope the job isn't that bad. When they were taking the class, I hope they knew what they were getting into. I'm taking this class because I know what the risk the job or career throws at me and it doesn't bother me. These officers shouldn't let anything being thrown at them, verbally or physically, bother them either. Last thing Florida get more correctional officers. They shouldn't have a problem in hiring department because they have other problems to worry about than getting officers or having officers keep their job. Phenom789
It’s crazy to think that a place that is meant to house violent criminals is able to be what is considered “dangerously” understaffed. Although not all prisoners are violent criminals that fact that a percent of all prisons has their share of very violent criminals it’s crazy to think a prison is able to run this long while being under the standard. If the government makes a standard then why are they letting this prison continue while under that standard? Also it blows my mind that it said they only action they had to do when being considered “Falling below level I” which is an emergency they only action the must be taken is a weekly report this prison doesn’t actually have to show what they are doing to improve. I was very surprised at the end when the article said the prison was able to ran and keep everyone safe. -Acerunner789
Florida's legislation should feel humiliated. There's no excuse for letting this disaster occur. If they're going to warehouse prisoners at least put them in the prisons that are up to specifications and aren't falling apart. This seems like the only way they can hire on more staff so all their prisons are properly staffed. Safety I believe is the one thing a trainee worries about when beginning at a prison, it's tough enough working at a prison ,but even tougher when at almost any moment you could be the only guard in a situation where a riot is about to occur or you're about to be attacked. Flitzy789
The prisons in Florida are “chronically understaffed” for even the daily routines that are supposed to be done. I can read that part of the issue could be money or funding for some departments because it is costing them more overtime than trying to have money to hire more people. Losing 1,400 to other jobs in the system is quite a few jobs. I wouldn’t think that that many jobs would be available elsewhere since they are struggling at the correctional level. I feel as though there is something wrong with the particular departments that fall below the level 1. The sad part is they are going to focus on keeping the building and structure up to date, but not worry about hiring people so things could get handled well when someone is in need. CSI789
You can't expect new trainees to stay on as part of prison staff if the prison they're working in is falling apart around them. I'm shocked that Florida's legislation has allowed this to happen. Having "critically understaffed" prisons is just asking for riots and attacks on prisons to occur. How can things like this not happen? I believe they should focus on getting funding for renovating and repairing the prisons that desperately need them and then focus on hiring more staff. I could be wrong, but having a repaired and up to specification prison would make a trainee feel more comfortable about staying on then a prison that is crumbling and falling apart. Flitzy789
Most women who are convicted of violent crimes go to jail as previous victims of physical, emotional, sexual, and mental abuse at young ages. I feel some of them may commit these crimes as a cry for help because they feel they have no one to talk to. When they commit these crimes these crimes I think its a reaction of the post traumatic stress from what they've previously endured. Then they go to prison where most of them have mental issues who could probably just use someone to talk to but instead their treatment for women with mental health issues are "pharmaceutical-based". Also they are continuously violated when having to be performed body searches on possibly triggering what set them off in the first place to get them in there. In a way I feel bad not because they're in jail but because the criminal justice system is suppose to rehabilitate them but they just make it worse. I like the idea that they have the Beyond Violence program hopefully they can get this in all women prisons maybe it will help lower statistics of mental disorders among incarcerated women vs. men. Jiggers789
I think its got to be one of the toughest most dangerous things to do, To be working at an understaffed prison. I give it to the officers who chose to not to give u because the job still does have to get done. Although, they are putting themselves at risk and even more importantly the inmates are being put at risk because prisoners go to prison and put their life in theses guards hands but how can they feel safe when they don't have enough security for them to feel secure of their safety. People die in prison all the time, In this article it says that they fell under level 1 staffing which is considered an emergency more than 20,000 times, I don't understand how some of these prisons have not been shut down. Jiggers789
I Agree, and was wondering the same thing. If prisons are under such strict guidelines as to what standards they have to meet as a minimum, then why is it that we have so many understaffed prisons? Does it come down to the goverments greed for money? Or is it simply something not deemed important enough to pursue a resolution?
In my opinion, I find it rather nerve wrecking to know that there are prisons that have that big of a difference in the prisoner-to-staff ratio. It really makes me wonder: "What else is going on behind the scenes that we dont know about, that would cause the costant decline in staff?". I personally feel as though there must be more to it because there aren't enough openings in other fields to singlehandedly cause the drop. Not only that, but the pay for a correctional officer certainly isn't lacking, so that has to be an incentive to stay. So why then is there so much of an immense fall in officers employed. This article makes me want to look and see exactly what the media and statistics won't tell us.
Trainees are not given proper training on the compound so they feel uncomfortable and not confident they have been left alone on the first day with 150 inmates. the school part is very adequate for need to know knowledge. current employees are tired of training new employees. current employees have bad attitudes for a good reason. would you leave a new employee 150 inmates. my question is what are staffing numbers suppose to be? also just because 2 workers were assigned to a dorm lol usually means only one person will be working while one is roaming around the compound running there mouth you actually have to call and find them to do count . this person should not be on the phone talking to there friend when you are on the floor with inmates the attention should be on the person on the floor with inmates. they say we never walk alone when actually we are almost always alone. thats why trainees dont make it unless they have family watching over them
After reading this article it kind of makes you scared for your own safety if you plan on being a correctional officer. Having the prisons in Florida isn't only a dangerous situation for the employees it is also dangerous for the inmates and for the surrounding communities. Imagine if a prison were to get out and the prison didn't notice until because of being understaffed, that prisoner could go into the community and harm an innocent person. Also the percentage of officers that drop out only in the training portion makes you wonder what kind of working conditions they are being put in. They should try to make the prison safer and work out hiring people who are committed and won’t leave when it gets hard, maybe they could increase the pay and have longer training programs. I understand that the state only gets so much money for prisons but they should think twice before renovating a prison when they can’t even keep the prisons fully staffed.
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I agree with you and Florida should be working on fixing their employment problem before they try and renovate the prison, they are going getting so much a year and they have a lot of correctional officers to hire to cover all their employees. They should be more focused on what is important instead of the things that they want. Green789
Deleteyes I agree it's a shame to not have any staff nor proper building construction, without proper staffing do they know stuff can get violent and without a stable foundation prisoners can escape and make society more dangerous it's the truth somebody has to think of that way or nothing will change that amount of how much they make spend because they dont have enough staffs so what somebody has to start somewhere I'd that means sacrificing LifeImagine789
DeleteWhen reading this article it made me really think about why is there such a huge need for these correctional officers? Yes the article stated that some left for more law enforcement jobs however i do not feel that there are that many job openings to leave the prison with an unsafe amount of correctional officers. Florida needs to work on their hiring process and make their prisons safe for not only their correctional officers but also for their inmates. Even though they are having a hard time find employees to cover shifts, they still need to think about the inmates that they are there to help and house.They also need to work on the drop outs of the training program, if they could just figure out what is going on in the training program to where people are dropping out they could fix there problem. Green789
ReplyDeleteI also don’t understand why there is a huge need for correctional officers. It makes you wonder how bad the job really is when so many have left or dropped out just during training. Maybe they could raise the pay for the correctional officers so that they would want to actually stay. If the prison is under staffed then yeah I agree it is unsafe and they need to work on making it a safer environment for everyone that enters that prison. –Barcelona789
DeleteThere shouldn't be a huge need for correctional officers. Either the training program is to hard which it should be or people thought it was a good idea to go in this career field, in till they realize they are going to do work and interact with inmates. Then they change their mind about their career field. There is a select few that can endure this job. Phenom789
DeleteWow I didn't expect the cost to be that high to hire that many COs, they should have did some in advance because they are running out of time and because of the structure of the building more COs/recruits are leaving both situations are something they need to work with cause it will make the system more hard to work with.LifeImagine789
ReplyDeleteNot enough correctional officers. That is un heard of till now. If I was living in Florida and prison facilities are crumbling and there isn't enough people to stop prisoners rioting. I would move right away. Just the thought of putting my family in risk hurts my gut. Come on I hope the job isn't that bad. When they were taking the class, I hope they knew what they were getting into. I'm taking this class because I know what the risk the job or career throws at me and it doesn't bother me. These officers shouldn't let anything being thrown at them, verbally or physically, bother them either. Last thing Florida get more correctional officers. They shouldn't have a problem in hiring department because they have other problems to worry about than getting officers or having officers keep their job. Phenom789
ReplyDeleteIt’s crazy to think that a place that is meant to house violent criminals is able to be what is considered “dangerously” understaffed. Although not all prisoners are violent criminals that fact that a percent of all prisons has their share of very violent criminals it’s crazy to think a prison is able to run this long while being under the standard. If the government makes a standard then why are they letting this prison continue while under that standard? Also it blows my mind that it said they only action they had to do when being considered “Falling below level I” which is an emergency they only action the must be taken is a weekly report this prison doesn’t actually have to show what they are doing to improve. I was very surprised at the end when the article said the prison was able to ran and keep everyone safe. -Acerunner789
ReplyDeleteFlorida's legislation should feel humiliated. There's no excuse for letting this disaster occur. If they're going to warehouse prisoners at least put them in the prisons that are up to specifications and aren't falling apart. This seems like the only way they can hire on more staff so all their prisons are properly staffed. Safety I believe is the one thing a trainee worries about when beginning at a prison, it's tough enough working at a prison ,but even tougher when at almost any moment you could be the only guard in a situation where a riot is about to occur or you're about to be attacked. Flitzy789
DeleteThe prisons in Florida are “chronically understaffed” for even the daily routines that are supposed to be done. I can read that part of the issue could be money or funding for some departments because it is costing them more overtime than trying to have money to hire more people. Losing 1,400 to other jobs in the system is quite a few jobs. I wouldn’t think that that many jobs would be available elsewhere since they are struggling at the correctional level. I feel as though there is something wrong with the particular departments that fall below the level 1. The sad part is they are going to focus on keeping the building and structure up to date, but not worry about hiring people so things could get handled well when someone is in need. CSI789
ReplyDeleteYou can't expect new trainees to stay on as part of prison staff if the prison they're working in is falling apart around them. I'm shocked that Florida's legislation has allowed this to happen. Having "critically understaffed" prisons is just asking for riots and attacks on prisons to occur. How can things like this not happen? I believe they should focus on getting funding for renovating and repairing the prisons that desperately need them and then focus on hiring more staff. I could be wrong, but having a repaired and up to specification prison would make a trainee feel more comfortable about staying on then a prison that is crumbling and falling apart. Flitzy789
ReplyDeleteMost women who are convicted of violent crimes go to jail as previous victims of physical, emotional, sexual, and mental abuse at young ages. I feel some of them may commit these crimes as a cry for help because they feel they have no one to talk to. When they commit these crimes these crimes I think its a reaction of the post traumatic stress from what they've previously endured. Then they go to prison where most of them have mental issues who could probably just use someone to talk to but instead their treatment for women with mental health issues are "pharmaceutical-based". Also they are continuously violated when having to be performed body searches on possibly triggering what set them off in the first place to get them in there. In a way I feel bad not because they're in jail but because the criminal justice system is suppose to rehabilitate them but they just make it worse. I like the idea that they have the Beyond Violence program hopefully they can get this in all women prisons maybe it will help lower statistics of mental disorders among incarcerated women vs. men. Jiggers789
ReplyDeleteI think its got to be one of the toughest most dangerous things to do, To be working at an understaffed prison. I give it to the officers who chose to not to give u because the job still does have to get done. Although, they are putting themselves at risk and even more importantly the inmates are being put at risk because prisoners go to prison and put their life in theses guards hands but how can they feel safe when they don't have enough security for them to feel secure of their safety. People die in prison all the time, In this article it says that they fell under level 1 staffing which is considered an emergency more than 20,000 times, I don't understand how some of these prisons have not been shut down. Jiggers789
ReplyDeleteI Agree, and was wondering the same thing. If prisons are under such strict guidelines as to what standards they have to meet as a minimum, then why is it that we have so many understaffed prisons? Does it come down to the goverments greed for money? Or is it simply something not deemed important enough to pursue a resolution?
DeleteIn my opinion, I find it rather nerve wrecking to know that there are prisons that have that big of a difference in the prisoner-to-staff ratio. It really makes me wonder: "What else is going on behind the scenes that we dont know about, that would cause the costant decline in staff?". I personally feel as though there must be more to it because there aren't enough openings in other fields to singlehandedly cause the drop. Not only that, but the pay for a correctional officer certainly isn't lacking, so that has to be an incentive to stay. So why then is there so much of an immense fall in officers employed. This article makes me want to look and see exactly what the media and statistics won't tell us.
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Trainees are not given proper training on the compound so they feel uncomfortable and not confident they have been left alone on the first day with 150 inmates. the school part is very adequate for need to know knowledge. current employees are tired of training new employees. current employees have bad attitudes for a good reason. would you leave a new employee 150 inmates. my question is what are staffing numbers suppose to be? also just because 2 workers were assigned to a dorm lol usually means only one person will be working while one is roaming around the compound running there mouth you actually have to call and find them to do count . this person should not be on the phone talking to there friend when you are on the floor with inmates the attention should be on the person on the floor with inmates. they say we never walk alone when actually we are almost always alone. thats why trainees dont make it unless they have family watching over them
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