foxfanazer Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 I'm in the process of applying for a job as a prison officer so I'd just thought I'd see if anyone on here does it or has done it? If so any advice or warnings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 7 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: I'm in the process of applying for a job as a prison officer so I'd just thought I'd see if anyone on here does it or has done it? If so any advice or warnings? I think you'll have to have abit about you either doing the prison officer job or an actual police man or women. You'll see some ****ed up things whilst working in them roles. You will have to be mentality tough too and expect some shit possibly even abuse. Good luck hope all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 14 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: I'm in the process of applying for a job as a prison officer so I'd just thought I'd see if anyone on here does it or has done it? If so any advice or warnings? I haven't but al the press I hear about the goings on in prison would put me off. Fair play if you do though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 My brother was a prison officer in a young offenders gaff, absolutely horrible. He claimed he loved it but it was daily confrontations and abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 I think if you show respect to the inmates then you'd be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lako42 Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 33 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: I'm in the process of applying for a job as a prison officer so I'd just thought I'd see if anyone on here does it or has done it? If so any advice or warnings? Absolutely everything I have read about this job has been negative. Understaffed, overworked, unsafe. But I'm sure some people love it, plus Sam Bailey won't be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 Be easily bribed so the prisoners respect you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 I've heard that prisoners only respect the guards that assert their dominance so you have to go and shit on one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 9 minutes ago, Wookie said: I've heard that prisoners only respect the guards that assert their dominance so you have to go and shit on one This, and don't forget to post an update on how this went if you are still able to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 I was once sanctioned for not applying for a job at the Glenfield young offenders unit. The jobcentre thought being a static security guard would automatically qualify me to do the job. It was suggested by them and when I looked further at the requirements online I thought no way could I do it or would get the job. Firstly it involved escorting young offenders about driving (no license) and secondly it also meant searching them. I felt that because of my age and lack of physical strength I would be putting myself and other officers and possibly members of the public at risk. Apparently when I explained this using my common sense when looking for the right job was not a good enough reason not to apply. I once read a book called Screwed which was a true story written by a prison officer. Some years ago so things may have changed but some of the officers were as corrupt as the prisoners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 Have a good friend who has been doing it for 25 years, now the head of prisons in his state. Its a tough job, but he says you treat everyone with the respect they deserve, which os based on how they act toward you. He has worked with some of the most disgusting human beings i can imagine but works to make them better people. Given the people he has dealt with.. i am constantly amazed by his attitudes of fairness. It can be scary, disgusting and disturbing... but people who do it well are doing a great service to the community. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 32 minutes ago, ozleicester said: Have a good friend who has been doing it for 25 years, now the head of prisons in his state. Its a tough job, but he says you treat everyone with the respect they deserve, which os based on how they act toward you. He has worked with some of the most disgusting human beings i can imagine but works to make them better people. Given the people he has dealt with.. i am constantly amazed by his attitudes of fairness. It can be scary, disgusting and disturbing... but people who do it well are doing a great service to the community. Good Luck I have a cousin who is also a prison officer and i was considering the career myself once and so i asked a few questions. he pretty much said the same. He said every day is a new day and whatever happened yesterday has to be left there. Be professional but be firm when needed. The minute they know you are intimidated and let them get away with stuff, they will make life very hard for you. He said that if you treat them like adults and not talk down to them, or be condescending then they will for the most part be more co-operative. He said that for alot of them the only thing they are clinging to that they have left is their last shred of dignity and its important to them so they will defend it. And if they cant defend it, they wont forget the incident and will remember you.. He had a colleague who's nose was broken by a lifer for something that was done 2 years before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boots60 Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 Can't see a problem. McKay & Barrowclough seemed happy enough & Fletch, Godper & Blanco etc al seem pleasant enough to spend 40 hours a week with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 37 minutes ago, boots60 said: Can't see a problem. McKay & Barrowclough seemed happy enough & Fletch, Godper & Blanco etc al seem pleasant enough to spend 40 hours a week with. The bad news is he's been assigned to supervise the Genial Harry Grout's wing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk3since03 Posted 7 April 2017 Share Posted 7 April 2017 I wouldn't have the patience for that kind of job! I'd probably taze the prisoners just for a laugh for being the scum they are! Good on you for going for it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Kemp Posted 8 April 2017 Share Posted 8 April 2017 Good friend of mine has been doing it for many years and loves it. It's very much a common sense job and you've got to be prepared to dish out a dig or too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 16 May 2017 Author Share Posted 16 May 2017 Passed everything so far. Got a fitness test, maths and English test and situation based role play exercises to do next week and that's the application done. Still not 100% sure it'll be for me but I don't think I'll know until I try. The money is a massive draw as I'm just stuck in dead end retail jobs currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 16 May 2017 Share Posted 16 May 2017 4 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: Passed everything so far. Got a fitness test, maths and English test and situation based role play exercises to do next week and that's the application done. Still not 100% sure it'll be for me but I don't think I'll know until I try. The money is a massive draw as I'm just stuck in dead end retail jobs currently It's worth a shot mate that's for sure. Well done on passing everything so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 16 May 2017 Author Share Posted 16 May 2017 Just now, Costock_Fox said: It's worth a shot mate that's for sure. Well done on passing everything so far. Cheers mate. I don't do things by halves though as it's one of the worst category A's in the UK. It has a 47% Muslim population which is massive when you consider the next biggest has only 11%. Causing massive tension there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 16 May 2017 Share Posted 16 May 2017 6 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: Cheers mate. I don't do things by halves though as it's one of the worst category A's in the UK. It has a 47% Muslim population which is massive when you consider the next biggest has only 11%. Causing massive tension there Sounds rough. I've looked at it before and considered it as I live near Glen Parva young offenders but not sure I could handle it. I know it's completely different but have you watched that US program where they send members of the public undercover for 60 days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 16 May 2017 Author Share Posted 16 May 2017 11 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said: Sounds rough. I've looked at it before and considered it as I live near Glen Parva young offenders but not sure I could handle it. I know it's completely different but have you watched that US program where they send members of the public undercover for 60 days? No haven't seen that. Sounds interesting. What's it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 16 May 2017 Share Posted 16 May 2017 1 minute ago, foxfanazer said: No haven't seen that. Sounds interesting. What's it called? Other than the first and last episode of every series it is really good. 60 days in... and then the name of the prison. Must be ****ing mad going in as an inmate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 16 May 2017 Author Share Posted 16 May 2017 1 minute ago, Costock_Fox said: Other than the first and last episode of every series it is really good. 60 days in... and then the name of the prison. Must be ****ing mad going in as an inmate. Oh as inmates! Thought you meant prison officers. I'll give that a watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 16 May 2017 Share Posted 16 May 2017 1 minute ago, foxfanazer said: Oh as inmates! Thought you meant prison officers. I'll give that a watch Some of them are ex prison officers but yeah inmates . Ive actually got a friend who was a prison officer and he is not in any way what you would expect one to be. Quite a camp gay bloke, can't imagine he got on too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 17 May 2017 Share Posted 17 May 2017 At least it's a growth industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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