Ask a Corrections Officer

[abaris]

Other people take the job because they have friends and family on the inside as inmates and they are helping out by sneaking them things and selling it. It's a sad reality, but I've seen it happen time and time again.

Or, possibly, because they don't find another job. I watched a documentary about corrections officers once and one thing really apalled me. There was a female officer, who got injured on the job. And because she needed surgery and couldn't work for an extended period of time, they simply gave her the boot, saying she could apply again when being fit enough. She lost all benefits of course.

That's unthinkable where I'm from and disgusting in my personal opinion.

[Pyrrho]

Other people take the job because they have friends and family on the inside as inmates and they are helping out by sneaking them things and selling it. It's a sad reality, but I've seen it happen time and time again.

Or, possibly, because they don't find another job. I watched a documentary about corrections officers once and one thing really apalled me. There was a female officer, who got injured on the job. And because she needed surgery and couldn't work for an extended period of time, they simply gave her the boot, saying she could apply again when being fit enough. She lost all benefits of course.

That's unthinkable where I'm from and disgusting in my personal opinion.

You make me think of something relevant to another thread in which we are conversing.  Think of Margaret Thatcher.  If she were in another country, any in Europe or in the U.S., where do you think her ideas would be most welcome?

[abaris]

Think of Margaret Thatcher.  If she were in another country, any in Europe or in the U.S., where do you think her ideas would be most welcome?

Still in the US. Probably Texas or something on similar lines. But I wouldn't say, she wouldn't be welcome in some European places or parties. Not considering the neocon tendencies many conservatives have adopted.

[InsomniacMike486]

Its sad, but there are way too many places in america that shares views with Thatcherism. You can't run people like they are a business. You can't cut them loose when they get damaged or shoot them like a lame horse. With people you (for the most part) get back what you put in.

[Minimalist]

Update: I got the job at the residential facility. I'll be helping people complete their probation and rehab programs to stay out of prison. For once I'll be doing what society as a whole should be doing instead of mass incarceration. Thank you all who took such an interest in my story. Hopefully I'll have some more stories of an inspirational nature in the months to come

Good for you.