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This article explores the concept of resilience and its significance in high-stress work environments, particularly in the field of corrections. Resilience is defined as the ability to adapt and recover from adversity. Correctional staff face various stressors, including operational, organizational, and traumatic stressors, which can lead to Corrections Fatigue. To promote resilience, comprehensive initiatives focusing on self-care, interpersonal skills, and organizational policies and resources are necessary. Research suggests that teaching and practicing resilience skills in the workplace can improve well-being and reduce stress and burnout. Effective strategies for promoting staff resilience in correctional environments involve both prevention and intervention methods. Prevention methods focus on teaching strategies and skills before high-stress events occur, while intervention methods aim to counter the negative consequences of such events and promote wellness afterward. The text references two research articles on physician burnout and resilience, providing further insight into these topics. The authors of the article, Caterina Spinaris and Daria Mayotte, are professionals in the field of correctional staff wellness and can be contacted for more information. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that A corrections officer once told me that when he joined his agency, other custody staff would not talk to him. But after he dealt with the murder of an incarcerated individual without blinking an eye— showing no signs of emotional distress—he was warmly embraced by veteran staff and welcomed into the fold.

The article focuses on the correctional occupational stressors can erode the health of correctional employees. It mentions the adverse impact of the job on correctional employees' wellness is a critical issue that has reached crisis proportions because the occupational risks inherent to the profession increase the health risks for correctional employees. It also mentions that operational stressors refer to the technical aspects of correctional operations.