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Correction Officer Safety, Health, and Wellness

This research seeks to better understand the impacts of correctional work on officer safety, health, and wellness by working with the correction officers of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC).

Since 2015, Professor Frost and her research team have been working with the correction officers of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC) to better understand the impacts of correctional work on officer safety, health, and wellness. To learn more about their findings from the Impacts of Correction Officer Suicide Study, see the report here, the presentation of the report here, and a Zoom recording of the presentation here.

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