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The National Association of Female Correction Officers (NAFCO) is non profit organization and their main purpose to improve the working conditions for all female correctional officers that are working in jails, prisons, and correctional facilities around the United States. On their legislative agenda they are trying to secures and pass legislation to protect women correctional officers from being raped and harassed while being on the job.
The proposal that they are trying to get passed the in the Rape and Sexual Assault of Female Correctional officers elimination act of 2008. In this act they will make rape and sexual assault of female officers a top priority. The are also making it a zero tolerance policy of incidents that involve sexual assault and rape. They are producing high standards, creating and implementing more data on incidents, increase accountability for all people to report incidents, make mandatory prosecution, and provide grands for female officers to get safety and defence equipment.
The book, like the NAFCO is written to address these problems within the prison, point them out, give the public information and to help progress and change to make the occupation as a correctional officer better. The goal was to create a less genderized organizational environment. These book was created and written to help lessen and get rid of gender and inequality to create a better portrayal of prison life, create the ideal of less violent images and women were to be equal. these book brought the stories of the women and what they were going through out into the public trying to help their occupational needs. The book along with the NAFCO are trying to help these women by creating a more knowledgeable and safe environment for them.
Also the book is written for an informational and helpful standard. The book serves as an outlet and guide to help these men and women to know what the expect and how to handle certain situations. It served as a way to move away from the stereotyping of women and to help them gain power and respect. This book along with the NAFCO was made and implemented to change and improve the life of the women that are making a difference and taking non traditional roles. They were created to help and protect them.
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Its very interesting to me that there is the need to form a group to try and prove to congress that obviously somthing is wrong in our jail system. Female correctional officers are becoming the targets of many crimes. When it really comes down to it, its because of their gender. Either way, its somthing that we need to help them with so that they are not such a target when they go to work. Why should they have to deal with this. Really when you think about it, someone should not have to fear for their safety just becasue of their gender. Either way, they do and its just plan wrong.
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