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aka Prison guard |
Jailer |
aka Correctional officer |
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aka Prison guard |
Jailer |
aka Correctional officer |
| Good Pay? | |
| Ranged from a low of $17,300 in South Carolina to a high of $41,700 in Rhode Island. A growing inmate population is causing employment of correctional officers to increase.Incarceration in America is now at an all-time high | |
| Good Working Conditions? | |
| Search inmates and their
living quarters for weapons or drugs, to settle disputes between inmates, and to enforce
discipline. Have to take away inmates "Stills", & "weapons" prison |
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| Monitor individuals who have been arrested, are awaiting trial or other hearing, or who have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve time in a jail, reformatory, or penitentiary. |  |
| Monitor inmates'
activities, including working, exercising, eating, and showering. Many prisons are overcrowded, hot, and noisy. Confrontations with inmates. |
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| Perform strip searches. Overcrowding riles inmates, strains prison guards, encourages the spread of illness and generally makes prisons more volatile place. |
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| Embarrassd when asked "what you do for a living" |
| Maybe not when talking to "BUBBA" |
visitor since 9/9/99
