Prison employees experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at a rate that is similar to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and higher than police officers, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University and the University of Alabama-Birmingham that was recently published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
The researchers sent surveys to each of the approximately 2,000 members of the union representing WA state prison workers. A total of 355 Washington State Department of Corrections staff, including guards, counselors, medical practitioners, and other staff, responded and participated in the study.
A total of 19 percent of the survey respondents met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis—a rate that is six times higher than that of the general public, according to the report.
[For more on this story by Taylor Walker, go to http://witnessla.com/prison-wo...war-vets-study-says/]
For another story on a similar topic, see CA Prison Guards Violated Dept. Rules For Use Of Force Half The Time, Says Report.
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