Full Description
Also Serving Time informs readers about the realities of provincial and territorial prison work in Canada. Exploring the nuances of the job, Rosemary Ricciardelli shows how officer orientations and attitudes toward prisoners are interconnected and foundational in shaping their own experiences as well as those of managerial and administrative staff and prisoners themselves. Drawing on interviews with one hundred correctional officers with experience in a range of provincial and territorial prisons, Ricciardelli provides theoretical and applied explorations of officer orientations, interpretations, and risk propensity to show how perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs - both at the individual and structural levels - shape prison practices.
Detailing officers' experiences working with male and female adult prison populations, Also Serving Time unpacks how gender informs the actions and self-presentation of correctional officers. Ricciardelli confirms that tasks of daily living underpinned by pervasive risk potential shape prison work. Through the officer accounts presented, the book provides an opportunity for readers to explore how punishment and "rehabilitation," gender, and the hierarchical structure of prison management together shape officers' daily realities.
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Provincial and Territorial Prisons in Canada
1. Setting the Stage
2. Pathways: Who Are Correctional Officers and How Did They Get There?
3. "99 Per Cent Boredom, 1 Per Cent Sheer Terror"
4. The Female Correctional Officer
5. The Male Correctional Officer
6. Policing on the Inside: Foregrounding Occupational Risk
7. Correctional Officers as Occupational Edgeworkers?
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Snapshots of Provincial and Territorial Prison Facilities across Canada
Appendix C: Average Counts of Adults in Correctional Services
Notes
References
Index
