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http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#53-0000Sorry but $50,000 annual salary is not "getting paid."“It’s been referred to as the bottom rung in the career ladder in criminal justice. This is considered dirty work,” criminal justice professor Chris Menton tells us.
It’s been referred to as the bottom rung in the career ladder in criminal justice. This is considered dirty work
“The people who end up in these jobs are people who couldn’t get a job as a police officer, couldn’t get through law school, couldn’t get a job as a federal agent,” adds Menton, who actually worked as a corrections officer himself because he couldn’t find work after college.
Once they get into this line of work, corrections officers get little recognition — unlike police officers, who are out on the street and dealing with the public every day.
“Corrections in general is the ugly stepchild of the justice system,” says Bruce Bayley, a criminal justice professor at Weber State University and former correctional officer. “Out of site out of mind.”
Didn't know this.
CO's get paid though... NY state CO's start at 50g's a year...
Can we at least hit 6-figures before we use that term?
its above da national average, and it goes up after 4 years where you max out at under 100k..like i said, you get paid.