This question crossed my mind, how is the mental health care for CO's? I mean, when they find someone that killed himself, or when they witnessed a killing or something like that, ....I'm quite sure there are CO's that are having a really hard time with this (they aren't all bullies of course). I wonder if there is like a supporting person for CO's also? Because if there's not, that might be one of the reasons why some CO's freak out after a while...

My mother worked as a prison nurse for several years and my brother as a CO for a short time at a prison in south central Tennessee. They had no access to mental health care as far a job related stress. They were expected to just deal with it. I don't know about other prisons, but at that one, the employee turn over rate was extremely high and I believe for two reasons - low wages and high stress.

thanks Danielle. see that's what I mean. How can you expect that someone who works in a prison can automatically 'just deal' with everything?