Without a shadow of a doubt, there is something wrong with this picture. Communication is critical when dealing with the public. It does not matter what an induvial has done. The judge has already handed down their sentencing. Therefore, why continue to scorn a person. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. In these positions listed above, you are always supposed to exemplify professionalism; police officers protect and serve, corrections officers care, custody and control, and probation officers support and restore communities. I was always taught working as a correctional officer for the department of corrections. It is always fair to the individual where the issue is to inform them that there is an issue that needs to be addressed; however, after doing so. Then I would follow the chain of command in filing my report of this situation. I must do and uphold, therefore, if I see this and allow it to continue. I am just as guilty as the one who committed the unethical offense.
When working in these positions as a public service worker. We must remind ourselves that one wrong decision could lead to you being indicted on federal charges and ruin your reputation. Numerous cases come to mind regarding being inappropriate with an offender. One of those cases is Inmate Casey White and Vicky White, the former Alabama jail official on the run with the murder suspect she was accused of helping escape shot and killed herself Monday, May 9, 2022 (Dress, 2022). There is another disturbing case about an officer being inappropriate with an offender. BALTIMORE Four female correctional officers in Baltimore fell pregnant to the same inmate, according to authorities who have busted a prominent smuggling gang inside the jail system. (CBS, 2013).