Corrections Voices: Breaking Down the Wall of Silence In DOC

Nurses week is a time to honor the great nurses who work long hours doing a thankless job. Nurses often sacrifice their own time and health working diligently to help others. Nurses often do not receive the respect they deserve, and this is never more true than in corrections nursing. About Corrections Nurses A prison is a functional mini-community with a fully functional medical unit. Correctional Nurses provide health care services which range from inpatient and outpatient medical assessment and treatment to emergency medicine. Corrections Nurse AKA Badass shirt $21.59 Risks and Danger of Correctional Nursing Working in a prison is dangerous, but nurses face specific risks. First, while other staff enter with handcuffs, pepper spray, assorted protective gear and training, medical staff walk into the institution with a stethoscope. Nurses work closely with offenders in the prison population and rely heavily on the custody staff in America's understaffed prison systems ...

As we wrote previously, the largest number of staff leaving the Missouri DOC are those with years of experience. Not only is there a shortage of staff, but a shortage of experience. we can surmise that there is trouble on the horizon when those who know what's happening and can read the writing on the wall are choosing to make their exit. The question is why is this happening? What is it that experienced staff have seen in their time that makes them turn in their badge after years of service? We are dedicated to sharing the voices of those staff who feel abandoned by the department they serve. We have received a lot of feedback from former employees and are always looking for more people with a story to tell. The following was written by an Officer who left the department after over a decade of service. Buy Corrections Officers Solidarity T-Shirt Where to begin Corrections isn't pretty. It would be foolish to expect a job in a prison to be sunshine and smiles. People wh...