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.
I have no idea. However, in most states it is a peace officer position and virtually all peace officers have and need a driver's license. So my educated guess is YES.
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Of course a Correctional Officer can buy stocks. Why wouldn't they be able to? If you buy low and sell high you can make money. If you do it the other way around you lose money. That is how it works. Investment strategy really isn't my field of expertise.
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My experience is in a PRISON, not a JAIL. There is a difference. In prison, the answer is YES, when we ran them through the METAL DETECTOR (not body scanner) they had to take their shoes off..
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That would depend a lot on circumstances.
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Good question. I don't have a good answer any more. You need to meet the height-weight ratio. There is no minimum height requirement, there may be a maximum one but I don't think so. You need to have decent hearing and reasonable (but not perfect) vision without corrective lenses. (You can't wear glasses under a gas mask and you need to be able to function while wearing one.) I don't believe there is a color vision test. I think there is a physical agility test, but I don't know what it is. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Sorry, not by end of the business. My GUESS is that it is a good thing and they are preparing to release him, maybe into some sort of a pre-release program, near his address of record. That is, however, only an educated guess. I have almost zero experience with the federal system which is apparently what you are dealing with.
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It depends. Assuming the former bad guy is genuinely trying to go along with the program AND the people who are supervising and helping him are genuinely interested in doing their job, it can be very effective. It has both a carrot and a stick. Under the current economic conditions (poor job prospects) the carrot is sometimes lacking. With the current prison and jail crowding the stick is sometimes underutilized. I guess my final answer is that in theory it is fine, in actual practice, especially in California and especially of late, it is lacking.
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