Desert Waters Correctional Outreach is dedicated to increasing the occupational, personal, and family well-being of corrections and detention staff. Correctional staff is the backbone of corrections institutions. They are responsible for the smooth running of the facilities as well as for helping rehabilitate incarcerated offenders. These brave men and women operate in environments which require faultless integrity, increasing vigilance, advanced interpersonal skills and endless courage. Not surprisingly, the emotional demands of the workplace at times affect staff and their family adversely. Desert Waters exists to be a resource for staff at all levels of this much underappreciated branch of the criminal justice system. Desert Waters accomplishes its mission to corrections staff by offering: Coping skills workshops for staff and their significant others The Corrections Ventline™, a 24/7 confidential phone and e-mail service Phone and face-to-face counseling and support groups The Correctional Oasis, an educational monthly newsletter