Do you have any experience or insight about working in a boot camp corrections facility?

I worked in a youth detention center in Nashville, Tennessee for about 18 months as a training officer (not for the juveniles but the staff an officers). It's a rough environment with little pay, as SSG Tim Everett said. We had inmates convicted of rape, armed robbery, drugs, and murder. Those probably won't be the type of juveniles a boot camp would allow in, but the gang situations in all those environments add another dimension of danger.

I work in a state penitentiary, we house rapist, child molesters, murderers, thieves, druggies, we house it all. If you can think of it we have it. Several things to think about:

The pay, is it going to meet your salaried requirements? Some places pay decent, while some pay almost nothing.

The environment, these offenders are scum, but you almost have to treat them like they never done anything. They will run you to death, and there are way more of them than there is of you. I work with 128 alone everyday.

The employer, what is there reputation? Are they safety minded? whats there turnover like? Turn over in corrections is outstandingly high. Heed my warning when I say if there turnover is high, proceed with caution and investigate. I worked for a company who cared less about my safety and it almost got me and several other officers hurt.

Your attitude, these inmates will push you to the limit youve never seen. They have more rights than you and I. Can you mentally blow off every cussing and threat they give you and work on?

Im not trying to scare you out of corrections, but I do it everyday, 16 hrs a day, it is a hard field to grow a custom to. If you can handle it, go for it!

P.S. I would recommend a county jail as they are locked up most of the time.

Good luck in your adventures! If you have any questions, let me know!

As a former CO at a Women's prison that had a Boot Camp within the facility. The offenders had their own living unit and did not mix with the general population. I know the Co's that worked in the Unit were mostly Veterans and lovedworking there because of the military style of the program.