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.
Not as far as I know, though the rules may have changed since I retired over nine years ago.
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You certainly meet the educational requirements. In CAlifornia at least you still have to pass the physical, background and get through the academy. The department generally prefers to hire counselors that have some custody background but it is an open, entry level position and you can hire directly into it (or at least that was the case when I was working, nearly ten years ago).
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Yes. There is no civil service regulation or law that prevents the hiring of the family of ex-felons to be correctional offiers. If you are, or even were, heavily gang involved that will possibly cause her to be looked at somewhat suspiciously for fear she may be a "mole" but it would not in and of itself prevent her from being hired.
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Yes. It does not even have to be repoted to the employer (or at least did not when I was working) AS LONG AS THE EX-FELON IS NO LONGER UNDER DEPARTMENT SUPERVISION, I.E. PAROLE OR PROBATION (OR SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION MAYBE TOO, I AM UNSURE OF THAT ONE). There is still a law against ex-offenders coming on prison grounds without the permission of the warden. There are also issues about firearms storage and access if the C/O owns personsal weapons.
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When you catch an illegal alien crossing the border, is he deported immediately?
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What's the back-story behind the cow mascot and eat-mor-chikin campaign?
As far as I know there are not hard restricitons about ink, though clearly if you have things that look like gang tattoos or strong non-standard political statements you will have a problem. If you have a lot of ink you may want to wear a lot of long-sleeved shirts.
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The real problem will be if it slows you down much, especially on the radio. If it does it could become a serious issue. Some people their stutter becomes worse when they become nervous, or frightened, or otherwise stressed. As far as I know there is no such thing as a no-radio position. I would be much more concerned about that than about a slight stutter in face-to-face confrontations.
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I don't quite follow your question. Visitors must be approved to visit inmates. Background checks are done on visitors, at least in California. The visitor obtains a visiting form, usually by mail from the inmate. The visitor fills it out and returns it and it is processed. The visitor is approved (or denied). If I remember correctly if the visitor is approved the prison notifies the inmate and it is up to him to notify the visitor. If they are denied the prison notifies the visitor directly.
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