Post by Just a CO on Apr 1, 2009 23:43:47 GMT -5
¡ö77.7% male, 22.3% female
¡ö69.5% white, 20.8% black, 5.7% Hispanic
¡ö80.5% are between the ages of 30 ¨C 44
¡ö63.9% have some college experience, 25% have a college
degree, 19% Bachelors, 4.5% Masters, 1.5% Ph.D.
¡öCorrectional Officers (CO's) have the second highest mortality rate
of any occupation.
¡ö33.5% of all assaults in prisons and jails are committed by inmates
against staff.
¡öA CO's 58th birthday, on average, is their last.
¡öA CO will be seriously assaulted at least twice in a 20 year career.
¡öOn average a CO will live only 18 months after retirement.
¡öCO's have a 39% higher suicide rate than any other occupation,
¡öAnd have a higher divorce and substance abuse rates then the
general population.
Sources:
-"Stress Management for the Professional Correctional Officer", Donald Steele, Ph.D., Steele Publishing
2001
-"Corrections Yearbook 2000, 2002", Criminal Justice Institute, Middletown, CT
-"Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2003", Bureau of Justice -Statistics, 31st edition, NCJ 208756
-"Suicide Risk Among Correctional Officers", Archives of Suicide Research, Stack, S.J., & Tsoudis, O. 1997
-Metropolitan Life Actuarial Statistics, 1998
Assaults
¡ö 33,000 inmate on staff assaults per year
¡ö 90 assaults per day, 3.7 per hour
¡ö 2.7 staff assaults per 100 inmates ¨C county
¡ö 1.4 staff assaults per 100 inmates ¨C state
¡ö 0.9 staff assaults per 100 inmates ¨C federal
A Correctional Officer will be seriously assaulted at least twice in a 20 year career
Sources:
-Corrections Yearbook 2000, 2002 Criminal Justice Institute, Middletown CT
-US Government Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 31st Edition, US Department of Justice, Washington DC
An Unhealthy Occupation
"Of the hundreds of Correctional Officers I have treated, 60% of their anxiety and
stress can be attributed to the Administration, 15% from inmates, 15% from other
staff and 10% from personal issues. Also I am noticing more PTSD in officers from
previous trauma and for those who have been in wars. " -Donald Steele, Ph.D.
"Take a look around you, in five years80% of you won't be working here. This job
takes its toll. It's not for everyone" -Lt. Gordon Schofield / MA DOC, May 1982
Inmates In Custody
The number of inmates in state custody has increased 30.45% from 1995 to 2006.
The number of inmates in our nation's county jails increased 51.07% during that
same ten year period.
State Inmates County Inmates
Suicide Rates 14/100,000 47/100,000
Homicide Rates 4/100,000 3/100,000
AIDS/HIV USA 0.5% 1.8%
AIDS New York 7.0% 6.4%
Mental Health Issues 56% 64%
Psychotic Disorder 15% 24%
* Nearly half of all jail suicides (48%) take place in the first week of custody.
Sources:
-"Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates" Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sept. 2006 NCJ 21360
-"Suicide and Homicide Rates in Sate Prisons and Local Jails" BJS Aug. 2005 NCJ 210036
-"HIV in Prisons, 2004: BJS, Nov. 2006 NCJ 213897
Inmates with Mental Health Issues
Midyear 2005
¡ö45% of federal inmates
¡ö 56% of state inmates
¡ö 64% of county inmates
There were 479,900 county inmates found to have mental health issues at midyear
2005.
¡ö 54% were reported to show symptoms of Mania
¡ö 30% were reported to show symptoms of Major Depression
¡ö 20% were reported to show symptoms of a Psychotic Disorder
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates" NCJ213600 Sept., 2006
AIDS/HIV
In 1999* the national average of the inmate population with AIDS/HIV was 2.1%.
The rate of AIDS/HIV in the general population in 1999 was 0.12%
In 1999 New York county jails had identified 1,359 confirmed cases of AIDS/HIV. A rate
of 4.3% of the ADP. Only Washington, DC had a higher rate (7.6)
Sources:-Bureau of Justice Statistics, "HIV in Prisons 2004", NCJ 213897 November 2006
-Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 31st Edition, US Department of Justice, Washington DC
-* JAIL AIDS/HIV statistics are only available once every five or six years. The next report by the DOJ is due to be released in the spring
of 2008.
Gangs
Percentage of inmates identified as gang members:
¡ö11.7% of all federal inmates
¡ö13.4% of all state inmates
¡ö15.6% of all county inmates (approx 114,000 inmates)
¡ö1/3 of all violent incidents in prisons and jails are estimated to be gang related.
There are over 1,600 identified STG's in our prisons and jails. (STG = Security Threat
Groups, prison parlance for Gangs)
Source:
- 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment, National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations, 2005
Terrorism
Statistics are not yet available regarding the impact that terrorism is having on the
country's prisons and jails and the inmate population.
We do know that the existence of terrorists within our correctional systems necessitates
an expansion of the training a Correctional Officer will need in certain screening
and observation skills.
The destabilization of the inmate population by fundamentalist organization makes a
Correctional Officers job that much more dangerous. Terrorist are just another in a
long lists of issues today's Correctional Officers must deal with.
prepared
¡ö69.5% white, 20.8% black, 5.7% Hispanic
¡ö80.5% are between the ages of 30 ¨C 44
¡ö63.9% have some college experience, 25% have a college
degree, 19% Bachelors, 4.5% Masters, 1.5% Ph.D.
¡öCorrectional Officers (CO's) have the second highest mortality rate
of any occupation.
¡ö33.5% of all assaults in prisons and jails are committed by inmates
against staff.
¡öA CO's 58th birthday, on average, is their last.
¡öA CO will be seriously assaulted at least twice in a 20 year career.
¡öOn average a CO will live only 18 months after retirement.
¡öCO's have a 39% higher suicide rate than any other occupation,
¡öAnd have a higher divorce and substance abuse rates then the
general population.
Sources:
-"Stress Management for the Professional Correctional Officer", Donald Steele, Ph.D., Steele Publishing
2001
-"Corrections Yearbook 2000, 2002", Criminal Justice Institute, Middletown, CT
-"Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2003", Bureau of Justice -Statistics, 31st edition, NCJ 208756
-"Suicide Risk Among Correctional Officers", Archives of Suicide Research, Stack, S.J., & Tsoudis, O. 1997
-Metropolitan Life Actuarial Statistics, 1998
Assaults
¡ö 33,000 inmate on staff assaults per year
¡ö 90 assaults per day, 3.7 per hour
¡ö 2.7 staff assaults per 100 inmates ¨C county
¡ö 1.4 staff assaults per 100 inmates ¨C state
¡ö 0.9 staff assaults per 100 inmates ¨C federal
A Correctional Officer will be seriously assaulted at least twice in a 20 year career
Sources:
-Corrections Yearbook 2000, 2002 Criminal Justice Institute, Middletown CT
-US Government Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 31st Edition, US Department of Justice, Washington DC
An Unhealthy Occupation
"Of the hundreds of Correctional Officers I have treated, 60% of their anxiety and
stress can be attributed to the Administration, 15% from inmates, 15% from other
staff and 10% from personal issues. Also I am noticing more PTSD in officers from
previous trauma and for those who have been in wars. " -Donald Steele, Ph.D.
"Take a look around you, in five years80% of you won't be working here. This job
takes its toll. It's not for everyone" -Lt. Gordon Schofield / MA DOC, May 1982
Inmates In Custody
The number of inmates in state custody has increased 30.45% from 1995 to 2006.
The number of inmates in our nation's county jails increased 51.07% during that
same ten year period.
State Inmates County Inmates
Suicide Rates 14/100,000 47/100,000
Homicide Rates 4/100,000 3/100,000
AIDS/HIV USA 0.5% 1.8%
AIDS New York 7.0% 6.4%
Mental Health Issues 56% 64%
Psychotic Disorder 15% 24%
* Nearly half of all jail suicides (48%) take place in the first week of custody.
Sources:
-"Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates" Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sept. 2006 NCJ 21360
-"Suicide and Homicide Rates in Sate Prisons and Local Jails" BJS Aug. 2005 NCJ 210036
-"HIV in Prisons, 2004: BJS, Nov. 2006 NCJ 213897
Inmates with Mental Health Issues
Midyear 2005
¡ö45% of federal inmates
¡ö 56% of state inmates
¡ö 64% of county inmates
There were 479,900 county inmates found to have mental health issues at midyear
2005.
¡ö 54% were reported to show symptoms of Mania
¡ö 30% were reported to show symptoms of Major Depression
¡ö 20% were reported to show symptoms of a Psychotic Disorder
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates" NCJ213600 Sept., 2006
AIDS/HIV
In 1999* the national average of the inmate population with AIDS/HIV was 2.1%.
The rate of AIDS/HIV in the general population in 1999 was 0.12%
In 1999 New York county jails had identified 1,359 confirmed cases of AIDS/HIV. A rate
of 4.3% of the ADP. Only Washington, DC had a higher rate (7.6)
Sources:-Bureau of Justice Statistics, "HIV in Prisons 2004", NCJ 213897 November 2006
-Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 31st Edition, US Department of Justice, Washington DC
-* JAIL AIDS/HIV statistics are only available once every five or six years. The next report by the DOJ is due to be released in the spring
of 2008.
Gangs
Percentage of inmates identified as gang members:
¡ö11.7% of all federal inmates
¡ö13.4% of all state inmates
¡ö15.6% of all county inmates (approx 114,000 inmates)
¡ö1/3 of all violent incidents in prisons and jails are estimated to be gang related.
There are over 1,600 identified STG's in our prisons and jails. (STG = Security Threat
Groups, prison parlance for Gangs)
Source:
- 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment, National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations, 2005
Terrorism
Statistics are not yet available regarding the impact that terrorism is having on the
country's prisons and jails and the inmate population.
We do know that the existence of terrorists within our correctional systems necessitates
an expansion of the training a Correctional Officer will need in certain screening
and observation skills.
The destabilization of the inmate population by fundamentalist organization makes a
Correctional Officers job that much more dangerous. Terrorist are just another in a
long lists of issues today's Correctional Officers must deal with.
prepared