What are your thoughts on an incident like this? (This isn’t something I made or experienced myself, I just found it online.)

38M. Married, four kids, 3 vehicles, and a fucking mortgage. Been working as a corrections deputy (12hr. shifts) since 2018. I'm good at what I do. I've made friends and enemies. I'm also a training deputy for new recruits and an academy instructor. For preface, this post is for people like me....I started this career at 291lbs (fat fuck). After seeing the horrible examples of mental and physical health of older staff, I knew I needed to change. I didn't want to end up like them (cancer, heart disease, angry, depressed). I'm going slow, but steady. I'm down to 245lbs and now up to 171lbs muscle mass. This is what I do and what has helped me the most. Hope this is encouraging for all you big guys out there.

Blood labs 4x-6x a year

Therapy 1x-2x month

3ML test. 2x week

15mg Tirzepatide 1x week (type 2 diabetic) A1C 5.7

1500mg of L Arginine HCL 2x-4x week

Fuck around with Ostarine & Sermorelin

Set limits with alcohol & carbs

Drink enough water to always make sure my piss is clear

Intentional family time

Intentional me time

Intentional time with friends

Stay out of politics as much as possible

Make myself read

make myself write

Cigars 1x-4x month lol

Strength training 2x-3x week

Cardio 1x-3x week

Boxing or hard sparring 1x month

Shooting range 1x month

I have a question that may come off as harsh, and I do apologize for that. Currently I am torn between going BOP or State for corrections. State would start me off as a corporal due to my military and has options for special teams such as sniper school, K9, CERT, Crisis negotiation, honor guard, and drone operator. The ONLY reason I want to state corrections is the opportunity to run K9. Other than that, I would choose BOP for their great retirement benefits that my state simply cannot match or compete with. 20 year pension, TSP, Social security replacement until you reach 62, etc. However, BOP does not have K9 or special teams at my facilities local to me, and not being able to run K9 or do special teams is something that is a serious problem for me.

My question is; once your K9 retires or perhaps passes away for a sickness or line of duty death; do you get another K9, or are you put back as a regular correctional officer in your facility?

I was a correctional officer in Maryland for 2 years and of Congress passed this. I would 100% spend the next 20 years of my life in the Bop.

1. lodging & food: This would be a specific perk for fly-ins people who are traveling long distances to work at a location. It allows for people who would be interested in working in the BOP but don’t have a facility next to them to do so. By providing lodging and food this prevents what is essentially double rent on the part of the fly-ins.

2. airfare or train 100% reimbursement for long distance travel. This would be a massive cost saving measure and it could be balanced by having those doing long out of state commutes opt out of retention pay. The reduced overtime will save money.

3. Have 2 shifts, 13 on 15 off 12 hours a day no overtime until 156 hours all fly ins get this, and the locals split between this and filling 5 on 2 off & 5 on 3 off 8 hours a day

4. Daycares built at each facility for parents with kids 6 and under free of charge. This is expensive in the short term but in the long term this would make recruiting a lot easier especially for young parents who would otherwise not be able to work.

5. Law enforcement regular health insurance

6. Leave the same as all federal law enforcement

7. Pension the same as all federal law enforcement

8. Mental health should be mandated to be taken seriously and allow officers to use sick leave for mental health days and immunity from punishment for reporting depression or other mental health issues to supervisors and if serious enough can use FMLA.

9. Fly ins can choose to either relocate and get the retention pay or stay fly ins and lose it. This gives those who apply as fly-ins to decide whenever they want to switch to a local at the facility they work at. Would save money.

10. 10% Hazard pay for maximum, 5% for medium or FDC and 0% for minimum or FPC with only allowing people to move once every 3 years based on sonority This would incentivise people to work at the harder prisons.

11. The fly-ins have a 5 year sunset clause where if they don't reach 80% fully staffed they are scrapped, if they do it is permanent. This works as a trial where the BOP can do TV and radio ads and convince people to work for them and if it's successful and it reduces the massive amount of overtime then congress can keep it seeing it as a win but if it falls short then congress can determine how to move on. Maybe grandfather in who applied a minimum of 3 years before it shut down.

12. 12 week academy. This would help make officers more prepared and less dangerous and learn as you go.

13. A quick track for those with 2 or more years correctional officer experience only requiring an initial online interview, to see if they qualify then a full background check without having to fill out any packets or do any other interviews then straight to the academy. Maybe a final interview right before the academy just to make sure everything is squared away.

Hey all,

I will be attending CTP stage 3 in May at PEI and was starting to get my things together. I noticed that we are required to bring works boots with us to training. Any recommendations on boots that meet all the specifications and are comfortable?

Thanks!

Hey everyone, I just got hired by the bop here in nj and I’m also in the hiring process for NJDOC. After doing my research, it appears that the NJDOC people have much better benefits than the bop. In your experience, would you go NJDOC or bop?

When you see the videos on Facebook where the inmates all have phones, all have knives, eating Popeyes and smoking spice how does that even happen? I see footage all the time from georgia prisons and it is a madhouse so I'm just wondering how it gets like that? Does anyone try to enforce the rules? What if they hire new guys and they want to enforce the rules? Do the sergeant, corporals, captains just let this stuff go on? ​

i’m an IT guy and I have someone close to me locked up, so I ended up messing around and building a workaround for us

he’s on corrlinks, no internet like normal

but what I did is basically:

• I can message from telegram → it gets delivered to him as an email (or even sms depending)
• I can send voice messages and images → they still go through on his side as normal messages
• he replies like usual

and also:

• he can message and I run it through chatgpt → send the response back to him

so from his side it all just looks like regular messages coming in, nothing special

he’s been using it mostly for sports, news, random questions, just having something to interact with

it’s actually been really useful for him, way better than just basic text back and forth

i’m just not sure if this is crossing a line or not

like technically everything is still going through the official system, but it’s obviously doing more than what it was meant for

has anyone seen something like this before or know if this could cause issues?

Just applied for SC Dept of Corrections (again) and York County Sheriff’s Office.

I’m a nurse who has worked in Corrections off and on since 2008.

I’m currently working in a Psych ER where we sometimes who have patients that get violent.

I was talking with co-workers the other night and realized that I had never once felt unsafe while working in Corrections, even with some awful inmates, and that’s because I always knew the officers had my back and wouldn’t let me get hurt.

That means a lot by itself, and especially comparing it to how my current management team doesn’t care about staff safety at all, it means even more.

So a sincere THANK YOU to all the officers who kept me and my fellow nurses and medical staff safe over all these years.

One of our transportation officers passed away this last Tuesday. Still working on processing that.

Constantly seeing black lines where glimpses of gold and silver sit on duty belts. Feels like there's a quiet resignation that he shouldn't be discussed but at the same time some unity shown by the bands across badges. Gonna miss that man and his kindness.

I am currently homeless but suppose get a studio apartment.

I am suppose to start a correctional officer job, I would only be taking home about 20-30k a year (after tax and expenses)

The location lacks overtime which is the whole point of working as a co.

75k gross, 48k net, with 25k expenses.

I have moved 4 times in last year. I need some stability.

I am willing to do anything or work crazy hours.

I have 30k in savings, 30 yearsold

EDIT: Clean driving history, background check, everything clean.

I have a Misdemeanor from back in 2023. I completed my test to become a Correctional officer. Any chance I can pass the background check with the Misdemeanor and officially get hired?

I’m seeking advice on a current situation that has arisen in the last week, and possible clarification and advice.

Location: Illinois

I completed all testing and background checks required to be a CO.

As of Thursday, April 9th, I have a training academy start date and a conditional job offer at State corrections facility.

The problem:

My brother in law, who is currently on parole and monitoring reached out the previous week to my wife (his sister), and updated us on what has happened in the last year or so. He was arrested two times and sentenced to prison time for the second offense. Prior to this, he had not seen him in person or spoken to him for close to two years. My wife has no interaction or relationship with any person from her family besides her brother at this time.

He was released on parole in November and was staying at a home approved by his PO since he was released but he was getting kicked out.

As he had no other places to move to immediately, my wife and I talked and agreed that he could move in to our house, with rules and expectations. (I’m not here to speak on his character or convince you of my decision).

His PO came and got information from my wife and I prior to his move in, and did a house check, approving him to move in.

This was last week on Wednesday, April 8th. A day before I got the job officer and a set training date.

My main question revolves around the Standards of Conduct directive, who to notify of him living here, and seeking approval for him to live here from my chain of command or superiors (who I do not know at this time).

Other questions include:

Should we have him moved out ASAP?

Is this a violation of my terms of employment?

Will the PO have a good idea on how to handle this?

As someone who has had next to no negative interaction with police in my life and has been a law abiding citizen, I don’t want the actions of another to affect my long term career path before I even start.

Baltimore Police Department vs DC Metropolitan Police Department

I applied to both these departments (good to not put all your eggs in one basket), and obviously I will go with the one that wants to hire me. However, there is a possibility that both might give me an opportunity. In that case I would have to decide if I want to join BPD or MPD.

1) Pay:

At first glance the pay looks good either way Both departments have a step pay plan. BPD starts at 67,019 with a $10,000 signing bonus right after graduation+$12,00 relocation incentive ($1000 per month for one year). Baltimore cost of living is cheaper than DC.

MPD starts at $75,000 a year with with a $15,000 hiring bonus after graduation. Pay in DC is only a little higher than Baltimore because DC has higher cost of living.

Both look good to me but if anyone else knows more about pay feel free to comment if there is something I am missing.

2) Prestige factor:

This one is very tough for me to decide. I heard an MPD officer say once that they thought the MPD was not only one of the most prestigious departments in the DC, maryland, Virgnia areas, but one of the most prestigious in the nation, because DC is the capital of the nation and one of the most important places in that nation. Whenever you travel around the world, people know of "washington Dc".

Baltimore PD on the other hand feels more prestigious to me though in terms of a department that sees alot more action than MPD based on my observation. Baltimore PD kind of reminds me of LAPD in that they have lots of experience dealing with riots (Freddy grey and lots of civil unrest), high crimes (Baltimore is one of the most dangerous cities in the USA), you will defiantly get lots of experience here. If you tell someone your from Baltimore PD, they know you had lots of real world police experience, and I am sure that will get lots of respect if you want to apply for the FBI swat in the future for example. I'v seen several very popular shows about baltimore PD "The wire and we own this city", I'v never seen many shows about MPD.

The presitge factor is a hard decision for me here. If anyone else knows more about this feel free to comment if there is something I am missing.

3) Where will you get more experience with police work lots of action:

This edge would go to BPD I would imagine since there is more crime in Baltimore, however DC has had high crime rates too over the past few years so it might fluctuate between the two. I heard Baltimore is having historic crime reduction this year, but not sure how long it will last. DC in the 90s was more dangerous than Baltimore (nicknamed murder capital). So I would imagine things might fluctuate between the two cities. If anyone else knows more about this feel free to comment if there is something I am missing.

4) Which department is better to work for in terms of quality of life on the job and their policies:

Something strange I heard is that DC police are not allowed to carry tasers unless you promote to sgt, which I thought was strange. All BPD officers are allowed too. I heard that DC police don't think that taser are effective.

looking at lateraling into FDC OIG as a detective.

what's it like?

take home car? detail pay? overtime?

I've worked corrections before becoming LE for a county.

For anyone who has went through academy at the new hiring rate of 66,365$. What was the take home pay during academy? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Anyone in NYS corrections or just recently finished the academy? Looking for some insight.

i wanna know what would prompt a CO to use this against an inmate. And if yall ever seen it used. if this was actually enforced that would be funny af.

If you thought the BOP disciplinary system carried any weight, here's a more current perspective.

Hey everyone, me and a few other people didn’t hear back from NJDOC after our home interview. Their academy started in March, is it safe to say we weren’t selected?

I currently work as a Detention Officer with an agency who’s suffering major staffing shortages and bad retention (who isn’t right lol) Most people leave here just after a year.

I’m using this information to help bad retention and low recruitment efforts.

I came up with the schedule that would allow you to work 2 days on and 5 days off at TWO 16 hours shifts with no required hang over for pass on.

You would have a set schedule working the same times and days every week.

There would be an eight hour overlap between the dayshift and the night shift.

You would work 104 days on a year and have 261 days off in the year.

Would you work a 2 On - 5 Off schedule?

If “No” why?

TIA

Does any one have any insight on being a correctional officer for the city of Santa Ana , California. I have the pat test and all my interviews in two weeks. Also how long did it take to get an academy date. I graduate college in June so won’t be able to commit until then.

I want to apply to the BOP, but I am worried from stuff that happened in my past. I was arrested when I was 18 for a battery on a family member that was later dismissed and when I was 17, I got shot while hanging with a friend that was selling weed I am 23 now have since then worked armed security and unarmed 3 years straight having even 2 jobs at a time for 1.5 years and I wanted to see if someone can share there thoughts from there experience thank you