Can a female prison officer get pregnant?

Question

If she's pregnant, will she still be allowed to be a prison officer? If so, when her stomach has grown big, how will she fit into her uniform? Or is she only allowed to work desk bound? Hmm....

Answer 1

A prison officer can be pregnant because it is a human right and protected by laws. During her pregnancy, she must be assigned to less sensitive or non-tiring assignments.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes a female prison officer can get pregnant. The only thing that matters after that is liability for the prison...mainly her safety and the safety of the unborn child. She will be reassigned to desk duties as soon as possible. Its possible that she may be allowed to continue to wear a form of maternity uniform (if one is available). Take into account, everything has to go through the prison legal system attorney, human resources (HR), present prison policy review and finally the approval of the warden.

Answer 4

Yes. However, chances are that she would be removed from direct prisoner contact for her own safety. Prisons can be violent and attacks against guards and other prison staff are frequent. She would likely be placed in a work environment where she would be safe (such as a desk job) until after she gives birth.

As for uniforms, there are maternity uniforms available. Those are easy to find. Public Safety apparel catalogs carry them so that wouldn't be a problem.

EMT

Answer 5

She would probalby be allowed to work as long as she wants to unless/until she is unable to perform her duties. She may be allowed to do some light duty for a while if such a thing exists in her agency. As for the uniform she obviously would just have to get bigger ones or wear something else. I recall a specific pregnant CO in our county jail that was allowed to wear other clothing to work instead of her uniform but this is in a very small organization.

She would have to be allowed the same maternity leave that any other profession is allowed and then allowed to return to work after her maternity leave if she so chose.

Answer 6

Yes, they will continue employment. (Pregnancy falls under the Family Medical Leave Act.) At my agency, a pregnant officer is placed on "Light Duty," which means that they will be assigned to a Control Post or moved to an administrative position. (Records, Inmate Programs, etc.) They will have reduced access to inmates.

At the later stages of the pregnancy, they are not required to wear a uniform. They can dress in appropriate civilian clothing.

Answer 7

Seems over the top right enough but if you get taken to hospital you are normally handcuffed and on teh escort chain. They are afraid of people escaping - it does happen. When I was taken to hospital got the same treatment with the cuffs and chain - didn't have 3 guards 24hours though. Seems like she might have been there a while so am guessing that she was more of an escape risk if her family knew she was there. I was only there overnight. Have to say it was damn embarassing being around the hospital on the chain with evrybody staring. Was happy to get out of there.

Answer 8

I'm not down with all the laws about work policies, but I thought it was illegal to fire someone because they get pregnant. That doesn't mean they couldn't come up with another bogus reason to get around that, but I'm sure they'd be afraid of legal ramifications if they tried it.

Answer 9

I don't think she'd fired. They'd probably put her behind a desk and have her working there until she came back from maternity leave, then she'd go back to her old job.

Answer 10

NO, pregnant women have no rights. They must sit home and not move. (sarcastic)