Community Chat

[SydneyH]

I serve a lot of customers that work at a nearby prison, some of our chats have been really eye opening.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

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@Kookielady wrote:

I was 19 years old (newly married) to my Correction Officer husband.

He and my brother in law helped me get an interview at a maximum security prison.  I did get the job in the inmate Counseling Dept. next to the visiting room.

I lasted about two years.  I was the secretary to the Director of Counseling and all the psychiatrists and the counselors. My female boss later became the warden at a Women's Prison.  The co-workers were just great, I didn't really enjoy meeting the Boston Strangler though.

My husband at the time worked at a mimimum security prison down the hill.  He later became a Deputy.

YIKES!!!!  

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[KingstonsMom]

One of our posters here is currently a nurse in a prison.

[CelticCrafter]

My b-i-l was a Corrections Officer on Rikers Island.

He got out as soon as he was eligible for his pension.

[faeriemoon]

I think that would be a very depressing job.

[Mominohio]

My best friend was working for a vending company that supplied one of the local prisons. She didn't actually work for the prison, but was inside for 8 hours every day, filling machines and keeping the visiting area stocked and cleaned. She said it was really sad to see so many kids coming in to visit their parents, and many heartbroken mom's their to see their sons. 

Our next door neighbor worked as a CO at this same prison, and he retired and got out the minute he was eligible (and he is relatively young, I'm 55, and he is considerably younger than me). He absolutely couldn't take it anymore. Some of it was the inmates, and some of it was his fellow officers. 

I don't think the job pays enough for me to ever consider it in this day and age.

[lolakimono]

I believe @tigress does.

[akaburtonfan]

I too have watched the Lock Up shows and it's given me a new respect for corrections officers and anyone else working in the jail/prison system.

My brother and sister-in-law are/have both worked as corrections officers. I worry about my s-i-l every time she goes to work.

[Suziepeach]

My cousin was a guard at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary for many years, matter of fact he was in the original Big House documentary.  

[Puzzle Piece]

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@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:

  I'm watching "Lockup: Women Behind Bars" on netflix.

  Have you or your family members ever worked in a prison?

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No.