Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS)
Meanings of sport and workplace health promotion for prison officers
Introduction In recent years, there has been an increasing implementation of exercise and sports programs for inmates in prison, and research has also increasingly focused on the importance of sports offerings in closed correctional facilities beyond rehabilitation and socio-therapeutic treatment. (Müller, 2024; Müller & Schröder, 2023). The perspective of correctional officers as employees in total institutions (Goffman, 1973) has long been overlooked in research. For them, movement and exercise are an essential p …