In this article I read by, Alysia Santo she explains about the life of Claudia Cass, an correctional officer at the New Hampshire's state prison for men in Concord, N.H. The article starts of on how Claudia had to make a "tough decision" giving custody of her son Matthew, to her mother. Working long hours at the correctional facility made her feel less responsible of her son which I felt was very depressing, especially because she could not make time for him. Having to watch 300 inmates, for 16 hour shifts is not something that is usually portrayed through television, or news articles which I feel is very concerning, but prison riots, and etc are shown. The safety of correctional officers should be projected mostly because "sleep deprivation"is a common health risk that many officers develop and Alysia said it herself ""Sleep deprivation is a regular topic of conversation among officers" referring that officers do feel drained while trying to do their job. The overall significance of the news item in my opinion is to show that corrections staff and inmates are suffering because certain basic needs aren't being met and not only is this leading to certain beginning stages of paranoia/hysteria trauma in officers but its impeding the inmates social time outside of their already restricting conditions and confinements which takes both mental and physical toll on the inmates.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/12/22/16-hour-shifts-300-inmates-to-watch-and-1-lonely-son
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