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In American Jails Magazine - Institutional Resilience: Peer Support Training as a Systemic Wellness Strategy for Correctional Agencies

Correctional Officers (COs) are the unseen backbone of the criminal justice system. They are tasked with maintaining order, ensuring safety, and managing some of the most stressful environments imaginable. The walls of a correctional facility hold not only those who are incarcerated, but also the accumulated stress and trauma of the men and women who work within them. Overcrowding, staff shortages, mandatory overtime, and the constant possibility of violence create an environment of hypervigilance and fatigue (Montoya-Barthelemy et al., 2021). Read More.

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