There should be exactly zero male guards in a women's jail.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
82 points (98.8% liked)
News
36354 readers
3312 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Playing devil's advocate. What would your solution be if they couldn't hire enough female guards?
How about we put fewer people in prison?
That would be wonderful. I just don't know how we make that happen.
Hire more female guards.
There is no way there wouldn't be enough unemployed or underpaid women who wouldn't work in a women's jail as a guard, if for no other reason than the pay is far better than working at some burger joint for peanuts.
Those jobs exist right now though. There's a national shortage of corrections officers. What's keeping women from those jobs right now?
Women can't (and shouldn't) work as guards in male prisons ... so that's part of the problem.
The other part is America's whole gd judicial system is a clusterfuck, from manditory sentencing to outrageous bail, from falling-down jails to privatization of said prisons.
The whole system needs to get pulled into the 21st century.
So yes, you're right, there is a problem with staffing levels. But to keep on-keeping on without radically changing anything/everything is stupid ... and insane.
Women 100% work in men's prisons. One of the things that led to women getting hired in men's prisons was a shortage of men who wanted to work as a prison guard.
I'd rather kill myself than be a prison guard.
Not sure why you're being downvoted, a lot of former prison guards feel the same
I bet he will be getting all the sex abuse he can handle where he's going