Tribute to: Community Corrections Female Social Worker

As a prison police officer, I often felt ashamed during this period.

This feeling of shame stems from the fact that I have been educating and managing criminals for more than ten years, but I know nothing about community correction work outside the big walls.

From a certain perspective, community corrections and prison work should be the most closely connected pair of brothers.

Inside the high walls, the prison police are working hard, and outside the high walls, the community correction workers are dedicated.

Criminals who have walked out of prison walls and been released after serving their sentences will be taken over by community correction workers and provided with resettlement and education services; criminals who are released on parole and returned home will be taken over by community corrections workers and provided with Carry out community correction.

Before I came to the Justice Bureau, my eyes only fell on criminals, whether they were serving sentences or returning to society, especially the latter. I never thought that there was such a group of people. Working hard, silently, and even full of grievances, they are dedicated to consolidating the achievements of these criminals' reform.

This feeling of shame stems from the fact that among the comrades who stick to the community correction front, there is such a group of female social workers.

In prison work, male criminals are managed by male prison police officers, and female criminals are managed by female prison police officers. This is undisputed both from the perspective of security and management efficiency. Yes, whether it is male police officers supervising female prisoners or female police officers supervising male prisoners, many hidden dangers will arise.

But in community correction work, in fact, the backbone of the work is almost exclusively female community correction workers. In most judicial offices, there is only one social worker responsible for community correction work, so she has no The choice is to face both female criminals and male criminals. She is involved in the entire process of community inmates from the announcement of admission to correctional education to the announcement of release from correctional education, including repatriation from courts and prisons, placement and education after release from correctional education, daily management, education, labor organization, etc., and she is involved in many of them. At that time, she was also an organizer herself.

I had the opportunity to go to several judicial offices for research and study. Although I only had a brief taste of it and each judicial office only lasted half a day, my exchanges with several female social workers prompted me to write this article carefully. express my respect for them.

I asked the female social worker: "Has a girl ever been afraid when facing so many criminals?"

The female social worker said: "Of course I am, I have always been afraid."

I asked: "What should I do if I'm afraid?"

The female social worker said: "What should I do? Just be afraid. I can't help myself not to be afraid, but I keep telling myself, I have a country behind me, so criminals should be more afraid of me.”

I asked: “Why did you think of choosing to be a community correction social worker?”

The female social worker said: “ To be honest, if I knew that community correction social workers were doing the work of managing and educating criminals, I would not even come here."

I asked, "After you come here, do you really want to leave?"

The female social worker said: "To be honest, on the first day of work, I was ready to leave."

I asked: "Can you tell me what made you have this idea?"

The female social worker said: "Because, when I was learning from the master how to go through the registration procedures for new correctional personnel, the master arranged for me to make a call to check their response speed. As a result, a person directly spoke to me on the phone. I said, I had better leave him alone, otherwise, he knew exactly where my family lived, and the threat was very obvious. At that moment, I suddenly became scared and wanted to leave immediately.

I asked: "Then why didn't you leave?"

The female social worker said: "Why we didn't leave? Sometimes, even we ourselves can't explain clearly. The wages are low, The work pressure is high, there are many tasks, and there is no status or distinction. Sometimes, I will ask myself why I haven't left yet, if something happens to the prisoners in the community, I will run away. I can’t run away. Now, all I can answer and convince myself not to leave is that I am responsible for these community prisoners. I am the person who knows them best. I am afraid that after I leave, no one can do as well as me. better.

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I asked: “What do you know about them?” ”

The female social worker said: “I think, almost everything, what time did I go out today, what time did I go home, where did I go, what did I do, where is my registered residence, where is my usual residence, and occasionally Where you go, what mistakes you have made recently, who is at home, what they do, even how your relationship with your girlfriend is recently, whether you have had any quarrels, whether you have a workplace, how you are doing at work, what you are doing, and even their birthdays, I know their parents’ birthdays very well. ”

I asked: “What do you think of prisoners in the community?” ”

The female social worker said: “To be honest, if I manage them as serious criminals, I’m afraid I won’t be able to work for a day. Therefore, I tell the community prisoners not to treat me as criminals.” Think of me as someone who makes demands on you all day long, and think of me as a guide who helps you successfully complete your sentence in the community. In my eyes, our goals are the same, which is to help you serve your sentence in the community. Personnel become community life personnel. ”

I asked: “Does working as a community correction social worker have an impact on your life?” ”

The female social worker said: “If you say no, that would be a lie. If you say yes, there is almost nothing that makes people feel good.” ”

I asked: “There is nothing that makes people feel good. What kind of consciousness is it?” ”

The female social worker said: “For example, when I often walk on the street with my friends and meet prisoners in the community, they will take the initiative to say hello to me and show respect, but because of their I have tattoos and a weird hairstyle. I scared my friends several times, thinking I had made some bad friends. Out of concern, they all reminded me to keep a distance from such people. ”

I asked: “What do you think is the greatest value of community corrections work?” ”

The female social worker said: “What I consider most is not the greatest value. ”

I asked: “What issues are you considering?” ”

The female social worker said: “My main concern is that they should not commit crimes again, not go out without holiday, not violate the "Double Eighth" regulations, not separate humans and machines, and not make continuous mistakes and be sent to prison. Go, that would be a failure of our correctional workers, and all our efforts would be in vain. ”

Female social workers in community corrections are busy. Not only are they busy with corrections, but they are also busy with pick-ups and drop-offs, placement of tutors, and even petitions and stability maintenance.

Visit After visiting several judicial offices and meeting several female social workers in community corrections, I have a lot of emotions.

I hope that the "Community Corrections Law" will be promulgated soon, and that female social workers in community corrections can have better treatment. , clearer responsibilities, better use of their talents and talents, and contribute their due strength to building a safe and harmonious society.

I even suddenly thought that in the future, prison police recruitment can be targeted for recruitment. Community corrections workers with more than 10 years of experience.