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Call From My Son In Prison
I received a call from prison and it was my son telling me he had been arrested. I was shocked and didn’t know what to do. I called the prison to find out when I could visit my son. I was able to visit him within the first week when he was in the County Detention Center. Everyone goes into a detention facility first. I didn’t really have any expectations, had no idea of what it was going to be like.
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How I Found Out My Son Was In Prison I never thought I’d be a mother with a son in prison. I found out my son was in trouble when I was watching the news. They showed his picture and said he was armed and dangerous; I thought they were going to kill him. He did find a lawyer and turned himself in. He was held in the County Jail and then sent for classification. It […]
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Note from Editor: The facility names have been changed to generic names. Prison Survival I am an Old Guy (OG). Actually I’m an old white (WOG?) who recently completed his first bid up-state in Prison#1 and had to learn prison survival. My stamp? DUI, interfering, resisting, FTA, and a little bit of weed. While my attorney haggled over these charges with the prosecutor I languished in Prison#1 for four months. Upon receiving my sentence I was sent “up […]
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My Background as a Correctional Officer I was a former female correctional officer for the state of California several years ago and worked in a level 3 and 4 male prisons throughout my six-year career. A level 3 prison is designated for the less violent offenders and level 4 prisons are designated for the most violent offenders who have life without the possibility of parole. I took the Sergeant’s exam for the state of California where I scored […]
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Correctional officers monitor and supervise adult offenders in a manner that ensures the safety and well-being of the public, the staff, and the inmates themselves. This is a definition that is given to us at the academy; but, the duties and training of a correctional officer are so extensive that it’s not fair to think of them as prison guards. A GED would be sufficient enough to get a job inside a correctional facility as […]
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Yard Time Described by an Correctional Officer As a correctional officer I’d like to share information about the time your loved one in prison typically has outside in the yard. Level 2 and 3 inmates receive several hours a day of yard time if they don’t have a job or have to be in school. Although inmates enjoy getting out of their 9’X 6’ foot cells, it can be very dangerous and troublesome going on […]
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