The Experience of Officers in a Therapeutic Prison: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

McManus, James

doi:10.1002/9780470661444.ch13

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“…In discussing the issue of maintaining order and control in a TC, Genders and Player (1995) wrote, “at face value, the prison and the therapeutic community appear to be highly incongruous cohabitees” (p. 120). Moreover, subsequent research has found that role conflict can occur working in this dual capacity (Castle, 2008; McManus, 2010). Role conflict has also been found in mainstream prisons between treatment and custodial staff; in terms of nurses’ relationships with prison officers, there is felt to be a professional divide in terms of underpinning philosophies of practice (Walsh, 2009).…”

Section: Understanding the Therapeutic Prison Officer Rolementioning

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Work–Life and Well-Being in U.K. Therapeutic Prison Officers: A Thematic Analysis

Walker

Egan

Jackson

et al. 2018

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Previous research has clearly demonstrated the positive impact of therapeutic interventions on offenders' wellbeing. Much less is known about the impact on prison staff facilitating and delivering such interventions. We employed qualitative methodology to capture a deeper understanding of the work of therapeutic prison officers. Seven prison officers working in a UK Category B therapeutic community prison were interviewed about their working lives including their own participation in therapy. Following a thematic analysis approach, key findings indicated that the physical and cultural work environment was very important to staff, the therapeutic element of their job role, whilst demanding, was both satisfying and rewarding and that working in a therapeutic prison environment provided the opportunity for personal as well as professional development. We conclude that further attention should be given to the unique nature of therapeutic prison work and the positive impact it can have upon wellbeing at work.

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Section: Understanding the Therapeutic Prison Officer Rolementioning

confidence: 99%

Work–Life and Well-Being in U.K. Therapeutic Prison Officers: A Thematic Analysis

Walker

Egan

Jackson

et al. 2018

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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“…A similar study carried out at Grendon prison (McManus, 2010) explored the personal experiences of prison officers and identified a range of themes (Table I). The first theme concerned conflict associated within their role as “therapeutic prison officers” and comprised two related components.…”

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“…Numerous authors (Shuker, 2010; McManus, 2010) recognise that the engagement of personality disordered offenders in a long‐term treatment programme presents the clinical team with a range of difficulties. Transference and counter‐transference, treatment resistance and hostility can challenge the therapeutic ethos of the clinical environment.…”

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Lessons from the front line: working with offenders with learning disability and personality disorder in a high secure therapeutic community

Taylor

Trout²

2013

Mental Health Review Journal

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Purpose -The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the experiences of nursing staff providing a residential treatment programme for high risk offenders with an intellectual disability and personality disorder.Design/methodology/approach -The paper's approach is thematic analysis of focus groups, repeated measures EssenCES.Findings -Nursing staff report increased insight into patients' risk factors, improved relationships with patients and enhanced team working.Practical implications -This descriptive paper will be of interest to clinicians working with offenders with intellectual disability and personality disorder. Improvements in team functioning may be of interest to managers. Originality/value -There are few published papers concerning treatment approaches with offenders with intellectual disability and personality disorder. This paper fills some of the gaps.

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Communal Living as the Agent of Change

Akerman¹

2019

The Wiley International Handbook of Correctional Psychology

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The Experience of Officers in a Therapeutic Prison: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Work–Life and Well-Being in U.K. Therapeutic Prison Officers: A Thematic Analysis

Work–Life and Well-Being in U.K. Therapeutic Prison Officers: A Thematic Analysis

Lessons from the front line: working with offenders with learning disability and personality disorder in a high secure therapeutic community

Communal Living as the Agent of Change

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