Bob Walsh
Stockton, CA
Male, 60
I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
As long as you can physically deal with the job I see no problem. I had very good luck with prior military people in the system. They understood chain of command, following orders, SOP and the desirability of keeping control of situations. It can however be very physical, and I don't mean just the occasional fighting with people. Just stomping around on concrete floors for eight hours a day can be very rough on the body. Good luck no matter what you decide.
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Sorry but I am afraid I don't know any more. use to be the max was about $4,000 per month, not counting things like educational incentive, shift differential and overtime. You can go to the CDCR web site and check out the salary RANGE there. That might give you a fair notion of what you want. This is, of course, for state employed correctional officers. Counties typically pay less, private operators less still.
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I don't know what the laws and rules are in Georgia and it varies from state to state. If you are actually related, "like brother and sister" I suspect you would be granted permission to do so and I expect you would NEED permission to do so for both the officer and the probationer. If you are not related and claim to be living in a platonic, non-sexual relationship I suspect that permission would not be granted. That is, however, only an educated guess on my part.
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A proper police report is very much like a proper news story. Who, what, where, when why (if known) and how. Most of them have a boilerplate appearance to them because of this, but we are not talking about literature here. We are talking about imparting needed information in a clear, straight-forward fashion. i.e. On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at approximately 0900 hours, while working Tower 9 over the yard gate during morning yard release, I observed an inmate later identified as Smith `A12345 attack and stab an inmate later identified as Jones B54321. I immediately picked up my weapon (identify weapon specifically) and fired one round striking inmate Smith In the chest, ending the attack on Jones. there would be a lot more information but that is the general idea. Kind of like Joe Friday. Learning how to write a decent report is a huge advantage to an officer. The academy spends a lot of time teaching people how to do it. .
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Sorry, I am unfamiliar with the term.
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First you might want to try to figure whether or not your brother is telling you the truth. I know it is hard to believe but prisoners often lie about being mistreated. Assuming for the sake of argument these allegations are true he needs to have his injuries documented if possible as quickly as possible after they occur and needs to contact whatever internal affairs operation they have where he is or if push comes to shove contact the feds. Assault Under Color Of Authority is a very serious crime and the state(s) and the feds do prosecute such things. You could make an initial contact on his behalf with these authorities, but he needs to be willing to go on the record at some point with these accusation to make anything stick.
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