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Working in corrections can be stressful and involve exposure to potentially traumatic critical incidents like work-related violence (WRV) from prison residents, colleagues, and supervisors. As such, corrections workers have exhibited high rates of physical and mental injury including symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. Such symptoms can impact staff capacity to appropriately support the people under their care. Therefore, this research aimed to identify, synthesize, and evaluate prison WRV interventions using the systems thinking framework PreventiMap, an adaption of Rasmussen’s Risk Management framework. Results will be discussed, providing an overview of the complex system of prison WRV interventions currently available and their efficacy, as well as identifying intervention gaps that, once addressed, could produce systemic change and long-lasting reductions in prison WRV. Recommendations will be made on best practices for preventing corrections WRV. Protecting the health and safety of corrections workers is of critical importance as employees with wellbeing tend to be more productive and satisfied at work, which can then flow on to benefit their employers and prison residents.