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| After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers |
| By articles.baltimoresun.com - Alison Knezevich |
| Published: 06/17/2013 |
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The 19-year-old felt sick to her stomach when she stepped into the Baltimore prison once nicknamed "Supermax" for her first day of work as a corrections officer. The place was dark and dingy, and she had never been around so many men before. When Ashley Riley finished her shift that day, she told her mother she'd never go back. But she did, and for nearly a decade the job has offered her a steady paycheck and good benefits. Women like Riley account for almost two-thirds of the corrections officers at some Maryland institutions, a proportion that illustrates how heavily the system has come to depend on them. And they have been in the spotlight recently, after federal authorities charged 13 female officers in an alleged corruption scheme at the Baltimore City Detention Center. Read More. |
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