Help Us, Help Them: Understanding correctional staff responses to organizational policies within institutional and community supervision (PID036)

2.15pm – 3pm BST, 15 May 2025 ‐ 45 mins

Parallel Workshops

This panel includes a distinct focus on correctional culture(s) within custodial (prison/jail) and community (probation/parole/reentry) and the ways organizational polices and practices both create barriers to and facilitators of successful correctional care, custody, and control. The four presentations  include empirical data from four of the top scholars in corrections in the U.S. and Canada. The panel will present key findings about staff mental health, wellness, and safety in prisons while including a focus on successful endeavors within community supervision to improve daily practice and thus outcomes. Topics include staff mental health and sexual harassment in prison and data-driven and intentional reform planning in community supervision.