To perform their work effectively, correctional officers should feel safe. Yet, research explaining officers’ subjective safety is scarce and overlooked the context in which these feelings arise. This study explores the impact of shared perceptions of prison climate and work climate. Survey and administrative data of incarcerated individuals and staff from the Dutch Life in Custody Study were used. Multilevel analyses on 1,427 correctional officers (135 prison units) showed that (a) almost 20% of the variance in officers’ subjective safety was clustered at the prison unit level; (b) both prison climate (satisfaction with activities and visits, relations with peers, and meaningful activities) and work climate factors (organizational satisfaction and workload) contributed to officers’ safety; (c) the relative importance of work climate was high in comparison to prison climate. These findings indicate that officers’ subjective safety is to a substantial extent a matter of climate rather than an individual trait.

为了有效地开展工作，惩教人员应该感到安全。然而，解释官员主观安全的研究很少，并且忽视了这些感觉产生的背景。本研究探讨了对监狱氛围和工作氛围的共同看法的影响。使用了来自荷兰羁押生活研究的被监禁个人和工作人员的调查和管理数据。对 1,427 名惩教人员（135 个监狱单位）的多层次分析表明：(a) 近 20% 的狱警主观安全差异集中在监狱单位一级；(b) 监狱气氛（对活动和探访的满意度、与同龄人的关系以及有意义的活动）和工作气氛因素（组织满意度和工作量）都有助于官员的安全；(c) 与监狱氛围相比，工作氛围的相对重要性较高。这些发现表明，军官的主观安全在很大程度上是一个气候问题，而不是个人特征。