Lynn Gaudet

Working in the Big House: Occupational stress among correctional officers in New Brunswick Lynn Gaudet

A must-read for anyone interested in joining, studying, or learning more about federal corrections.

This research covers the literature on occupational stress among correctional officers and gets real-life experiences, thoughts, and opinions from officers working in the New Brunswick, Canada federal corrections system. Learn to impact that policy changes, violent incidents, and institution security levels has on each of them and how they mitigate the effects. Plus, read their first-hand accounts of incidents that has marked their careers:

"I was involved in a hostage taking. And there was three of us. Two of my coworkers were taken hostage. I was not. There was three of us, one died, one had to retire from the service, and I'm still here. The other two, they were taken hostage, I was not. Why? We're not quite sure. There was no answer to that one yet. I should have been with the other two. I should not be here. That did cause my first burnout. At the time there were no psychologists available, no professional people available. Like I said earlier in the interview, you fall off the horse you get back on it. That was the way of coping with it. And, I kept everything inside for a long time. I was the last one to see one of my coworkers alive and that was very hard".