INSIDE THE PRISON

          

 

 

    Working or living inside a prison is never easy, especially if you're a senior correctional officer. Being a corrections officer means you have to put your life on the line by preventing fights and escapes from prisoners. You are expected to be able to work overtime, holidays, and weekends. Working in the prison means you expect that the prisoners will try to con you, cheat you, hurt you, or even kill you. (says the senior correctional officer.) The prisoners assume that the officers have pepper spray, and various fight trainings, and that if you back talk, you get hurt. Prisoners’ lives are different than ours mostly because they have no freedom, but the weaker inmates are expected to pay money or join a gang to be safe from other inmates. Even when you’re off duty, you’re still at work. If you see a former inmate, and someone says “Hey! C.O.!” that immediately puts you and everyone with you at risk, because most inmates aren’t very friendly to officers. The requirements to work as a C.O. are a high school diploma or higher, be at least 21 years of age, have no felonies, and be a U.S citizen,along with good health, fitness, eyesight, and hearing. Many prisons are also looking for people with degrees in psychology, criminal justice, and criminology. Between inside and outside the prison, senior correctional officers are always in danger and working hard.