Correctional Staff Absenteeism

Paper Summary:

The paper attempts to pinpoint the reasons for staff absenteeism in the prison system. The paper presents a study that uses a survey of corrections staff in a major prison facility. The paper discusses how solving the abstenteeism problem will help to improve the health, safety and well-being of staff members as well as inmates.

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"Absenteeism in the correctional system reduces the efficiency of the organization. It can also be costly as well. The problems associated with absenteeism in prisons are exacerbated by rapidly rising prison populations (Dolovich, 2005). . In 1975, there were approximately 226,000 inmates in prisons across the United States (Cettinger, 1976 in Dolovich, 2005) By 1984, the population had risen to 740,000 (Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr., 2004). By 2003, the prisoner population in the United States was over 2.1 million (Harrison and Beck, 2004). This dramatic rise in prison populations places the entire system under strain. Absenteeism significantly adds to this problem as staff struggle to take up the slack for those that are not at work."

Sample of Sources Used:

• De Los Santos, G. (2006) Where Have All the Guards Gone? When Absenteeism Became a Problem at a Contract Security Firm in Northern Mexico. Security Management. 50 (12): 38-43.
• Dolovich, S. (2005). State Punishment and Private Prisons. Duke Law Journal. 55 (3): 437-442.
• Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr., (2004) U.S. Dep't of Justice, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2002, 478 (2004). Retrieved April 1, 2007 from http:// www.albany.edu/.
• Cettinger, A. (2005) U.S. Prison Population Hits All-Time High, Corrections Mag., Mar. 1976,. Cited in Dolovich, (2005).
• Harrison, P. & Beck, A. (2004). Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dep't of Justice, Bulletin No. Ncj 205335, Prisoners In 2003. Retrieved April 1, 2007 from http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/.

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