Talk:Prison officer

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most of the slang names i have heard used but the last 3 (Scooby's* i.e scobby doo = screw Flooby-Hooby and Castrater) I have never heard used during 15 years of working in prisons (i've also been called 5-0 and the po-po both of which can also be applied to the police). also I would like to see the title of this article changed to Correction Officer as that is our official title in the U.S —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikin (talk • contribs)


 * "also I would like to see the title of this article changed to Correction Officer as that is our official title in the U.S" luckily this is an online encyclopedia that covers the world and not just an element of North America. I suggest prison officer or guard as it's more descriptive and applicable to several jurisdictions as well. A 'corrections officer' could be mistaken for someone who takes part in the active rehabilitation of inmates rather than responsible for "the supervision, safety and security of prisoners in a prison" —Preceding unsigned


 * Actually, a significant number of jurisdictions in the US (e.g. District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New York, New Mexico, Texas, Erie County, Hancock County, etc.) and throughout Canada use the title "Correctional Officer". And in Ontario, Correctional Officers are typically responsible for the "care, custody, and control" of inmates, but will also act as Case Managers and do participate in the "active rehabilitation" (as you put it) of inmates.--JeffJ (talk) 16:13, 22 June 2011 (UTC)


 * UPDATE: As you may have noticed, I've added a number of references showing the various jurisdictions' official titles. Interestingly, The US Department of Labour primarily uses Correctional Officer (and mentions the alternative Detention Officer) but makes no mention of the title Corrections Officer. From what I have found so far, it appears that this article would be better named "Correctional Officer", or more likely "Prison Officer".--JeffJ (talk) 19:57, 25 June 2011 (UTC)


 * 5-O and po-po have been said of me too in my facility. We've been getting "Mike Jones" for a few years also.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.59.7 (talk) 23:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Stub
I believe this to be a stub article. Someone else deleted the stubs from the article page. This is up for debate here in the talk page. I look forward to hearing your opinions. --JAYMEDINC 04:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


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NO CONSENSUS to move to Correction Officer. There seems to be some support for Corrections Officer, although not a resounding consensus. -GTBacchus(talk) 05:44, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
Prison officer → Correction Officer — The title Prison officers is outdated, all correctional departments in the US use Correctional Officer as the offical title of their officers

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 * Oppose. Nowhere in the article does it state that this is about the USA; It happens that we have prison officers in other countries as well. Andrewa 05:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - Whoa. It's quite possible that it's a common term in other areas too. Let's not rush into the immediate anti-Americanism if it doesn't apply. Patstuarttalk 19:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support it should be correcton officer
 * Comment The title apparently was Correction officer and was redirected to Prison officer.--John Lake 21:15, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

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In reply to Patstuart above, I'm sorry if you see my comment as anti-American. It's not intended to be anti-American, but it is certainly antiUScentric. The reason for the move is given as The title Prison officers is outdated, all correctional departments in the US use Correctional Officer... with no mention of the rest of the world. Don't you see a problem there? Andrewa 20:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

A Google on Prison Officer gives 277,000 hits, the first being the UK Prison Service: ''In addition to custodial duties, Prison Officers are called upon to build up and maintain close relationships with those in their charge. This is a complex challenge, balancing authority with a large amount of understanding and compassion''... which leads me to believe that it's not quite as obsolete a term as some seem to think. Correction Officer gets only 188,000 Ghits despite the US bias of the WWW. Andrewa 23:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * They aren't always called Corrections Officers in the US. Where I live, they are called Detention Officers.  However, in your Google search, you will find that if you type Corrections Officer instead of Correction Officer, the search turns up  635,000 results.  Maybe we should have a different article for Prison Officer and Corrections officer to reflect the difference.  Or, since Google shows nearly three times the results for Corrections Officer, Prison Officer should redirect to it.  With an explanation in the article that would make it not USCentric of course. --JAYMEDINC 14:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The proposed move is to Correction Officer, so the Google on Corrections Officer is irrelevant to this particular survey. I suggest that you might vote against this proposed move, and foreshadow a move to Corrections Officer if you feel that is the correct title.


 * It seems that there are several possible titles: Correctional Officer, Correction Officer, Corrections Officer, Detention Officer, and even prison warder or just warder.


 * The choice of which to use should not be based purely on Google, which is itself US-biased. My quoting Google was to show that even Google doesn't support Correction Officer, which is the current proposal, and I think that point stands. Andrewa 18:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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PAGE MOVED on 26 December by Alphachimp. No objection, closing discussion and removing template now. -GTBacchus(talk) 06:41, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 2
Prison officer → Corrections officer – I'm adding this survey to complete the move request. No vote from me. -GTBacchus(talk) 15:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

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Survey - Support votes

 * 1) Support. Seems to be the more correct current term.  Vegaswikian 07:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. I agree that this term fits the article better and prison officer should be a re-direct. --JAYMEDINC 14:35, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I strongly believe the correct term is Correctional Officer, "jail guard" are not trained like C.O's. My father would find it insulting as a matter of fact.

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Current Photo?
If there are vastly more male prison guards than female prison guards- why is the wiki photo of a prison guard a female? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.97.251 (talk) 02:10, 6 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Since it can be shown that there are vastly more Asians on the planet, should we exclude photos of non-Asians in any of Wikipedia's articles? --JeffJ (talk) 03:09, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Re: Move to "Prison officer"
The move from Corrections officer to Prison officer also puts the article in line with Prison, which redirects from other non-globalized facility descriptions, such as Correctional facility, Detention facility, Correctional center, Detention center, etc. --JeffJ (talk) 17:33, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Leader of a prison
Is there a special term for the person in charge of an entire prison? In the US, we use warden or prison warden; the latter simply redirects here. --Uncle Ed (talk) 20:11, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * British Commonwealth countries typically us "Superintendent".


 * For a prison the term Warden is used, but for a jail, the term Jailer is used. A jailer is elected and a Warden is appointed. A jailer who hires officers to work under them refer to the workers as both Correction Officers and Deputy Jailers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.77.160.179 (talk) 16:10, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

UK Bias
Just another example of how the world revolves around the UK with this page move.... *sigh* 173.19.112.195 (talk) 10:18, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

New Photo
I believe the photo on this article should be changed to an actual Correctional Officer/Prison Officer. There's no reason why a military police officer holding restraints should be the current picture. 149.101.37.2 (talk) 16:48, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

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Image
Another editor has removed the image a couple of times because it does not show a contemporary prison officer. I have reverted the removal as I think it needs consensus - but I do have some sympathy as there is no history of the role in the current version of the article, so it doesn't make sense to use an historical image. Tacyarg (talk) 19:30, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * If anyone can advise User:Opussex that would be helpful - I'm not experienced at image issues. Tacyarg (talk) 19:45, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Security forces at Mental Hospitals and related facilities
So, I'm a Minnesotan, and I've been doing some reading recently about the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP), and the Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH), both of which confine persons that have been civilly committed. MSOP has two facilities, one of which is co-located with MSH. The MSOP facilities are very similar in architecture to many of the prisons in Minnesota, and have a staff of "Security Counselors," who appear to be similar in capabilities and authority to Corrections Officers. Perhaps a mention of the security personnel at such facilities, as well as the term Security Counselor is warranted? RadManCF ☢ open frequency 21:33, 19 April 2020 (UTC)