Correction: Reflecting the voices of prison officers with respect to their support, supervision, and wellbeing training needs: a reflexive thematic analysis

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In the Introduction section, paragraph 8, the sentence "Additionally, prolonged occupational stress, exacerbated by heavy workloads, long working hours, and role conflict, where officers must balance security with care (20), contributes to emotional exhaustion, burnout, poor morale, reduced job satisfaction, absenteeism, and high staff turnover (27)(28)(29). " was corrected to "Prolonged occupational stress, intensified by heavy workloads, long working hours, and role conflict, where officers must balance security with care (79; 20), can contribute to emotional exhaustion, burnout, low morale, reduced job satisfaction, absenteeism, and high staff turnover (27,29)."In paragraph 9, the sentence "This is further exacerbated by the presence of toxic masculinity, which intensifies the emotional demands required of prison officers, often leading them to adopt a façade of coping while suppressing genuine emotional responses (38)." Was corrected to "This is further exacerbated by the presence of toxic masculinity, which intensifies the emotional demands required of prison officers, which may lead them to adopt a façade of coping while suppressing genuine emotional responses (38)."PAGE \* Arabic \* MERGEFORMAT 3In the Results section paragraph 1 The sentence "Six key themes were constructed from the data analysis: (1) responsible recruitment, training, and development (2) dual duty of care (3) acknowledgement of psychological hardship (4) superficial support systems (5) collaborative cultural change (6) components of a good model of practice." Was corrected to "Six key themes were identified from the data analysis: (1) responsible recruitment, training, and development; (2) dual duty of care; (3) acknowledgement of psychological hardship; (4) superficial support systems; (5) collaborative cultural change; and (6) components of a good model of practice."In subsection 'Theme 6: components of a good model of practice', paragraph 1, the sentence "Officers reflected on what a comprehensive model of care within the prison service should entail, identifying key components they felt were essential to its effectiveness." Was corrected to "Officers reflected on what a comprehensive model of support and supervision within the prison service should entail, identifying key components they considered essential to its effectiveness."In the Discussion section, paragraph 1 the sentence "The role of the modern prison officer is increasingly demanding and complex, compounded by overcrowding, chronic understaffing, excessive workloads, and a prevailing culture of toxic masculinity." Was corrected to "The role of the modern prison officer is increasingly demanding and complex, exacerbated by factors such as overcrowding, rising levels of violence and self harm among prisoners, chronic understaffing, excessive workloads, and a prevailing culture of toxic masculinity."In paragraph 2 the sentence "They also provide a framework for the design and development of more responsive and effective support structures within the prison service." Was corrected to "They also provide a framework for the design and development of more responsive and effective support structures for prison officers within the prison service."In the subsection 'Recruitment and training' paragraph 2, the sentence "Officers criticised the current POELT programme, which has been reduced to just six weeks, as inadequate for preparing recruits for the emotional and relational complexities of prison life." Was corrected to "Prison officers criticised the current six-week POELT programme, describing it as inadequate for preparing new recruits for the emotional and relational complexities of prison life."In the same paragraph, at the end of the sentence "Consistent with existing literature, participants described an overemphasis on security protocols and the cultivation of a suspicious mindset at the expense of interpersonal and rehabilitative skills, which are central to modern prison work", the citation for reference 13 was removed.In the subsection 'Emotional Support' paragraph one, the sentence "These perceptions could be shaped by entrenched workplace norms that discourage vulnerability and trust and reinforce emotional suppression which may limit authentic peer connection." Was corrected to "These perceptions may be shaped by entrenched workplace norms that discourage vulnerability and trust, reinforce emotional suppression, and ultimately limit authentic peer connection."In the same paragraph the sentence "This enforced performance of emotional control was described by officers as both psychologically taxing and isolating, echoing Crawley ( 18) observation that such emotional regulation can have significant personal costs." Was corrected to "This enforced performance of emotional control was described by officers as both psychologically taxing and isolating, echoing Crawley's ( 18) findings that such emotional regulation can have significant personal costs."In the subsection 'Psychological support' paragraph 4, at the end of the sentence "Without formal support and supervision structures in place, these challenges can be intensified, leaving officers with limited resources to process the emotional and psychological demands of their work", reference 38 was removed.In the subsection 'Professional support' paragraph 2 the sentence "Effective mentorship enabled the cultivation of 'jail craft', the intuitive, experience-based skills necessary for maintaining safety, managing relationships, and upholding institutional order (19)." Was corrected to "Effective mentorship can also enable the cultivation of 'jail craft', the intuitive, experience-based skills necessary for maintaining safety, managing relationships, and upholding institutional order (19)."In paragraph 3 the sentence "Notably, these positive outcomes were most evident in specialist settings such as TCs, PIPEs, and the UG scheme, where regular, structured supervision was facilitated by trained supervisors." Was corrected to "Notably, these positive outcomes were most evident in specialist settings such as TCs, PIPEs, and the UG scheme, where regular, mandatory, structured supervision was facilitated by trained supervisors." The original version of this article has been updated.