Correctional officers are, by definition, on the front lines of any prison system. If the prison environment is overcrowded, overly violent, dysfunctional, or in a multiplicity of other ways, unhealthy—which most American prisons have been, historically—the correctional officers cannot help but be affected. That unhealthiness has measurable effects on the physical and emotional well-being of the … Continue reading CA Correctional Officers at High Risk for Depression, PTSD & Suicide, New Survey Finds