Job training for correctional officers is gender just like many job trainings. Women and men are required to pass the same tests to become a correctional officer, which means there should technically be no discrimination between genders. Most job trainings are very general and not really one on one in more large institutions. Men and women are physically, mentally, and emotionally different. When training to work in a prison men are usually larger and stronger than women, which I am surprised that women are not allowed to carry a weapon to defend themselves. Women and men also think different and may react different to situations. If an inmate is acting up or not listening male may tend to react violentally while women may try to calm the prisoner down. In training, they should teach the new worker how to react to these situations but also why they should react this way. Women are also much more emotional then men, which means women may not be able to handle all the stress of the job.
In male prison facilities most of the training focuses on violent reactions to prisons and physically controlling inmates. In women’s facilities the workers are not taught to deal with prisoners in a violent way. As I have mentioned before women should work in female prisons and males should work in male penitentiaries.
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