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"I go to work every day knowing I might die," corrections officer Kaitilin Clark said. Volusia corrections officers plead for safer conditions; manager calls it a union tactic Skip to main content
A prison officer (PO) or corrections officer (CO), also known as a correctional law enforcement officer or less formally as a prison guard, is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and regulation of prisoners. They are responsible for the security of the facility and its property as well as other ...
Demonstrations erupted Monday when officers at the upstate Collins and Elmira prisons refused to enter the facilities for their shifts in protest of their current working conditions, after a ...
The union, which represents about 4,000 corrections officers and other corrections employees, has been regularly sounding the alarm on dangerous working conditions at prisons across the state.
Officers of the department are represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (the CCPOA). It was founded in 1957 and its stated goals include the protection and safety of officers, and the advocation of laws, funding and policies to improve work operations and protect public safety.
Correction officers are responsible for the care, control, custody, work performance and job training of inmates. Duties include: Inspecting facilities for safety and security, and safeguarding supplies and equipment. Supervising meals, recreation, and visitors. Maintaining logs.
Richland Correctional Institution is a minimum and medium security prison at 1001 Olivesburg Road and has 2,579 inmates as of June, according to ODRC spokeswoman JoEllen Smith.
Correctional institutions are notoriously secretive about their security policies, but this much can be said: It isn’t normal for a guard to fire a gun inside a prison. In policing, guns are carried by most rank-and-file officers. But the correctional system places far tighter restrictions on the use of firearms.