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Originally posted by meetthecreeper
Dude, you guys DO NOT get paid enough to do what you do, last thing I want to do is be in charge of a bunch of murderers just waiting to put a shank in me.
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I'll agree with the pay thing. In all my time there have been 2 c/o's killed while on duty, both stabbed. Had a female c/o shoot herself in the face with a mini-14 while working in a tower a few years back, wow what a mess, (she lived by the way).
Contact your State's Dept. of Correction and ask if they have any tours of a facility available, or see if you could arrange one for a youth, school, church group. We do this on a regular basis, and also have an offender group called , "the horses mouth" which travels to schools and youth gatherings. We travel in a heavily armed caravan, with the offenders all restrained, and ganged chained together. The armed c/o's go into the room, The supervisor with the group explains to those present, not to talk, or make eye contact etc... The unarmed c/o's escort the offenders into the room. and remove the restraints. Kind of a scared straight thing. Some of the kids really respond, some don't.
All in all, it's been an OK career, but I'm putting in my 20, and moving on to greener pastures.