Abstract

LIMA, Ana Izabel Oliveira  and  DIMENSTEIN, Magda. Vulnerability, psychic suffering and work: the case of correction officers. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.3, e16914.  Epub Jan 20, 2025. ISSN 1983-8220.  https://doi.org/10.36298/gerais202114e16914.

Correction officers are constantly exposed to situations of violence precarious work labor conditions, which are associated to the emergence of occupational disorders. This study aims toinvestigate the conditions and the work process of correction officers and the consequences on the workers’ mental health and social and family life. The study was conducted in prisons located in the Brazilian Northeastern region. Interviews with 5 prison wardens, 19 correction officers and 9 relatives of these workers were conducted. Evident social devaluation of the profession was observed, which associated with precarious work conditions, make these workers vulnerable in the following dimensions: subjective, evidenced by the suffering associated with daily work; family, related to fear and coping strategies developed; labor, due to the unpredictability of work; social, resulting from the invisibility and devaluation of their work; and programmatic, characterized by low visibility in the scope of public policies.

Keywords : correction officers; work conditions; vulnerability; mental health.

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