The National Association for Female Correctional Officers website addresses issues that are significant to its members. The National Association of Female Correctional Officers is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to improving working conditions in prisons, jails and correctional facilities in the United States.”
The first legislative agenda that they address is “To Enact Legislation that Would Help Stop Female Officers From Being Raped and Sexually Assaulted While On Duty” and would like to do so by enacting "The Rape and Sexual Assault Of Female Correctional Officers Elimination Act of 2008.”
Rape and violence are issues that female correctional officers are faced with every day at work, and Britton goes into great detail about this. She believes that female correctional officers should not have to be faced with the fear of rape and sexual harassment at work. I completely agree and support this legislation. Female correctional officers should not have to worry from day to day whether or not they will be sexually harassed or abused by inmates or even fellow co-workers. And there definitely should be a zero-tolerance standard enforced. I also agree that prison officials should be held more accountable for not enforcing standards for inmates and employees regarding sexual abuse.
This Legislation would (according to the NAFCO site):
- Establish a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of rape and sexual assault of female correctional officers and employees in prisons and jails in the United States
- Make the prevention of rape and sexual assault against female correctional officers a top priority in each prison and jail system
- Develop and implement national standards for the detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment of female correctional officers and employees
- Increase the available data and information on the incidence of rape and sexual assault against female correctional officers and employees,
- Increase the accountability of prison officials who fail to detect, prevent, reduce, and punish the rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment of female correctional officers and employees
- Require the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute all rapes and sexual assaults of female correctional officers and employees
- Provide federal grants to state and local governments to prosecute sexual assault and rape of female correctional officers and employees;
- Provide federal grants to state and local governments to provide female correctional officers with access to safety and defense equipment, including but not limited to puncture resistant vests designed for females and electronic control devices
About Me
- Kasey
- I will be graduating from Arizona State University in December. Even though I feel like I have made the most of my college career, I am scared about what the future holds for me. Graduate studies are in my future, but what I ultimately want to do with my life, well, that is in limbo. I want to make a difference. I want to be challenged and challenge other people. I am an alumni of Omega Phi Alpha, National Service Sorority. I served as president in my final year, and it was definitely a challenge. Now, I am helping to found an organization on campus called Running Start, which is a non-profit geared toward getting young women interested in running for political office.
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