i have been offered a job as a prison officer, in the new year is this a good idea for a female?

Question

my hubby dont like the idea any advice from prison officers please

Answer 1

i spent 7 years as an inmate so maybe i can help.the job is a wonderful one in many ways full benefits,the close tight bonds your forced to make under stressful work conditions.however for a female it is sometimes rough,you have sicko creeps that masturbate standing at their doors as you do count the constant harassment for insecure jerks who talk crap at you all day,and then you have the wanna-be players who try to flirt with or hit on you every chance they get.now the male officers try to shield most of that off the women not to mention real cons dont go for that either they will get on their own people if the key holder is informed.but overall i'd say it is worth the money and all.however i understand your hubbies point of view it is a prison after all and dont kid yourself for a second most those loser creeps wont hesitate to hit a female if sh*t hits the fan. anyhow hope i helped some and good luck either way

Answer 2

I'm not a prisoner officer but I do have to go into prisons regularly as a member of community justice services.

Males prisons can be a somewhat intimidating place for a woman, especially at first, but lots of staff, inlcuding prison officers, probation officers, psychologists and teachers are women.

Sometimes the prisoners make inappropriate comments, but you just have to deal with them in a professional manner. You are there to do a job and your gender is irrelevant.

To be honest, there are many more stressful aspects from what I have seen, especially the high level of mental health difficulties and the rates of suicide and self harm (this can be particularly distressing in young offenders' or women's facilities where there are even higher incidences). You would need to be pretty resiliant to deal with that, I would think.

Answer 3

You would not have been offered the job if they did not think you were able to do it, they are very careful about who they enrol.

You are going to need support from your husband to be able to deal with the demands of this job. If you take the job, it will cause a divide which will only widen, your husband needs to understand how important it is that he backs you on this. Explain to him that you do not want a situation where the people you work with understand you and support you better than he does.

He is perhaps worried about your welfare, and that is sweet, try to explain to him that prison staff are well looked after and protected, that you love the fact he is worried about you, but that everything will be okay.

Good luck for the future, I hope you can both get what you want and achieve a balance of support and understanding.

Answer 4

I considered such employment, but wound up going back into radio broadcasting, which is where I prefer to be.

It's not a bad job, if they protect all detention officers from the inmates. If you are in a prison with a female population that would be ideal.

If you do it you have to make sure you are protected. We had an incident a few years ago in Texas where a female prison officer was killed by some male inmates who escaped. I would be prepared to shoot to kill if you need to. Don't try to sweet-talk those low-lifes. They don't sweet-talk.

Answer 5

Sometimes ex convics jus can handle the outside world anymore and enjoy being locked up more so they violate their parole to be sent back to the big house. Why this happens,no one is certain but alot of them do it for whatever reason everyday. So I suspect that your husband falls into this category, unfortunately. Maybe they like playing the game like little boys or something, or just like living where the outside world cant bother them, they get free room and board with no real worries at all. But either way I think its time for you to move on and start a whole new life again with someone else, as hes showing a pattern here that hes not going to change anytime soon. Good luck

Answer 6

Not if it is a male prison, and it probably is. It shouldn't be allowed, and neither should the opposite. I really can't understand why a women would want to work in a male prison. Do they like the idea of bossing and controlling men?

Answer 7

If is a very stable job with good benefits. I am not a prison officer but I know people that are. I would put your husband in solitary confinement until he changed his mind.

Answer 8

a quote by G Gordon Liddy
"Now, the guard force, on the other hand, these are people who wanted always to be in law enforcement, wanted to be police officers, couldn't make it into the academy, much less out of the academy. So then they want said, well, I'll be a fireman, but they keep setting fire to themselves, so they can't do that. They can't go back to the farm because their father won't let them near the machinery. They keep breaking it.

Finally, in desperation, they become prison guards. They are the world's, as a class, stupidest people. "

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Answer 9

No .. dont take unless - you are very strong minded person .. These creatures in jail have the amazing ability to twist people's minds - with their mind games - can you imagine this example all those cons giving it - who's your man shagging today ..every day - Believe me - it will have a knock on effect on your relationship - you will change...whatever you do - best of luck ..

Answer 10

Go for it.

The selection process is tough and you have done well to offerred a job.

When i went for it a couple of years ago i got down to the last 16 from 1000's of applicants. I didn't get through but have a friend who has worked as a PO for years and he loves it.

Just do it.