Blog #21: Interaction with Co-Workers, Supervisors, and Job Satisfaction

The Website for the National Association for Female Correctional Officers mission is to eliminate the unsafe conditions for women working in this profession. They have stated that they want to crack down on those individuals being charged for sexual harassment, rape, etc and even provide more money to these states so these people can be prosecuted more rapidly and harshly. This is a very important website because they truly understand the hardships that female officers face on an every day basis. They have to come into work and watch men masturbating because they have that little respect for a woman that they are willing to expose themselves in that way to make her feel uncomfortable. Clearly, conditions are not safe for women in the prisons after discussing the hostage situation back in 2004. There was not the proper training necessary to eliminate these situations, and until there is a change, there is a good chance that it can happen again. The NAFCO are focusing on getting "real" with the issues that are happening in the prisons currently. It's important for the public to hear first hand the situations that are going on, such as the violence, racism, the disrespectful acts towards women, etc. and hearing these accounts first hand could possibly strike up public interest and support to try and make a change in these situations. Britton would agree 100% with the idea of exposing the true issues to the public.

However, the NAFCO and Britton's arguments vary slightly because Britton's goal is to even the playing field for both genders making it a comfortable situation for everyone that is employed. The NAFCO focuses on the female side of it, not taking into account the hardships that are faced everyday on both ends of the spectrum. Britton has a much more idealistic point of view in her suggestions to fix the current problems within the prison system. The NAFCO is a great organization as well doing wonders for the safety of our female correctional officers.