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.
In days gone by sexual offenders were treated very badly by most of the population. There are now so many of them that the only ones who have a very hard time are child molesters (baby rapers). Anybody can request PC for pretty much any reason. They may, or may not, get it. There are a couple of housing units around the state that house only sex offenders, they mostly get along with each other. PC is mostly called "special needs" now days. The department often changes labels to pretend problems no longer exist. The main problem with PC is that they can not mix freely with GP prisoners. Most of them like it just fine that way. Other than that they have the same privileges as other inmates with the exception of some jobs, depending on the nature of their offense and the nature of the job. (This is a bit of an oversimplification. Custody classification and job assignment regulations is actually fairly complex and my knowledge base is stale.)
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Like I said, I have never been a street cop. I suppose it might make a difference if they thought you were lying, or if they wanted to tell how solid a witness you were. Maybe he is a confirmed left-hand weenie wacker and if you say he was using his right that would tend to indicate you were lying. I very honestly don't know the answer.
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As I have been retired for some years they don't impact me at all. The court decision on the population cap has had a huge effect, moving many prisoners out of prison and onto the streets. Also, federal court decisions at a lower level have mandated huge expenditures of resources for medical care for inmates to the point where state prison inmates get much better health care than do most people on the streets.
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The system can not, and does not "correct" behavior. If all goes well, at some point in his/her life the prisoner decides to get their act together. At that point whatever rehabilitative programs may be available will have the opportunity to work. The idea that incarceration, in and of itself is a rehabilitative exerience is a myth. Most life prisoners do have the opportunity to get out, eventually. At that point they may be too old, too infirm, or too tired of the life and will go striaght. Or not. Prisons keep prisoners from committing crimes against the general public while they are encarcerated. That is all that can be realistically expected.
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Probably the same thing as tampering with evidence in any other law enforcement setting. Of all of the rules violation reports I have seen I have NEVER seen one for evidence tampering.
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If it hasn't changed since I was working, you need two years in grade before you can take the test for the next step up.
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Not really my area of expertise. I worked in prisons, with already convicted felons rather than jails, with misdemeanants. I BELIEVE that if you are in a position to post bail you can do an in-and-out. If they actually book you they would take your clothes but probably not your contact lenses, those are considered a medical appliance, like glasses. You would be transported with waist chains and leg irons in all probability though you would probably not appear in court shackled. However, sometimes the courts really frown on FTP as it is a violation of your promise to the court and even if you are in a position to pay immediately they might hold you to appear anyway. Like I said, not really my field.
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