Glam jail officer turned magnificence queen slams inmates’ ‘inappropriate feedback’

A jail guard swapping the wings for the catwalk has slammed vile feedback by the lags she watches over.

Melissa Butcher, 24, is ready to compete within the semi-finals of the Miss England pageant as a wildcard entrant. She works at an undisclosed Category-C jail within the northwest of England with two years of expertise below her belt in HM’s Prison Service.

Now, the Lancaster native is decided to show that you just don’t must be “rough and tough and big and strong” to work within the service. That mindset, nevertheless, hasn’t prevented some lags from making feedback.

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Melissa mentioned: “You do get the odd inappropriate comment from some of the inmates but you just have to tell them straight not to talk to you like that. Most of the time it is fine, although it can be a challenging job I love what I do.”

Explaining why she entered the competitors, she added: “I entered as I want to show that you don’t have to be ‘rough and tough and big and strong’ in order to do the job as a prison officer. There are many other qualities such as just being able to communicate and speak with people which help you be a good officer. I have worked for HMP for two years now and absolutely love my occupation.”

She has a historical past of coming into competitions from when she was youthful, coming into Miss Preston and Miss Lancaster on the age of 16, however was shocked by how properly she did this time round. “I applied again one night as sort of a joke with my friend,” she mentioned. “I couldn’t believe it when I was selected as a wild card for the semi-final.

“I’m the girliest-girl you possibly can ever think about regardless of spending all day in boots and trousers. I do like to dress-up – hair, make-up, the lot, so I’m excited for the semis.”

Speaking about her work within the service, Melissa added: “No two days are ever the same and you never know what kind of day you are going to have until you get on to the wings. My job involves working with prisoners who have varied backgrounds. I personally work on a unit where a lot of the prisoners have suffered with substance misuse issues.

“It is our job as officers on the wing to assist rehabilitate and assist them with their restoration, signposting them to restoration teams and remedy periods with a purpose to cut back reoffending and substance misuse points from reoccurring sooner or later upon their launch.”

Before he began, nevertheless, she wasn’t positive what the job would appear to be. “When I first applied for the job as a prison officer I did not know what to expect,” she said. “I bear in mind strolling by means of the primary gates on my first day terrified. In my thoughts, I used to be eager about earlier TV programmes and movies which I had watched up to now on prisons and the quantity of violence that was portrayed on them.

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