FACTS
- Correctional workers can be bitten or stabbed during an inmate assault, punctured with a used needle, or splashed in the face with blood. Exposures to bloodborne diseases can happen in any of these situations.
- Research has shown that correctional officers experience high stress levels, burnout, and a variety of other mental health-related consequences as a result of their jobs.
- The negative physical and mental health outcomes for correctional officers can have harmful effects on the wider prison institution.
- Jails and prisons can be unpredictable work settings.
- Security issues are often a higher concern than infection control.
- Inmates may have […]
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