Members of The New Jersey Department of Corrections present information on career opportunities to the Law & Public Safety class at Cape May County Technical High School.
Don’t join the NJDOC, literally one of the worst careers ever. They honestly do NOT pay you enough for what you do, the inmates in the prisons eat better than you, the schedule is terrible, and the turnover rate is ridiculously high (no surprise there). I’m so glad I only did this job for 4 months and left to a software engineer position making 4 times the pay. Seriously guys, the 3 months you’ll be in the academy is the same 3 months you can learn Python in a coding bootcamp and earn serious money rather than checking inmates’ rectum and working weekends. Work smarter not harder…
I would not encourage my children to work corrections. I did it for several years and it's a suck job. Society puts prisoners away to forget about them. Staff are included. The standards are low and the conditions are crap. Inmates never bothered me. Fellow guards slept with inmates, snuck them in contraband, and helped them escape. Police officers hated us because so many of us get arrested. They wrote us parking tickets while we worked. Why are those speaking wearing guns? Jail guards aren't armed on-duty. The host of Tier Talk on TH-cam is a boob.
In New Jersey they are now considered Correctional Police Officers and have pretty much the same power as an officer on the streets, just can't write tickets.
@@hectormunoz7966 Anyone looking for power needs self-introspection. CO's don't enforce laws. They enforce institutional rules. They don't present cases to courts, participate in Grand Jury investigations, or apply for warrants. They work tiers with low-life people. Accepting applications from 18-yr olds indicates desperation. I respect all the men and women serving but as a CO veteran, I don't recommend this shit job. Cops hated us so much; they wrote us parking tickets while we worked. They told our union to go to hell. That's because of the conduct we displayed.
@@hectormunoz7966 They don't make arrests. They enforce institution rules. They can't develop cases, cultivate informants, participate in Grand Jury investigations, transfer to Marine Bureau, Aviation, plainclothes, or detective. Can't drive to the ocean and look at the water.
Excellent presenation, I will share it with my Criminal Justice students.Thanks for posting!
Don’t join the NJDOC, literally one of the worst careers ever. They honestly do NOT pay you enough for what you do, the inmates in the prisons eat better than you, the schedule is terrible, and the turnover rate is ridiculously high (no surprise there). I’m so glad I only did this job for 4 months and left to a software engineer position making 4 times the pay.
Seriously guys, the 3 months you’ll be in the academy is the same 3 months you can learn Python in a coding bootcamp and earn serious money rather than checking inmates’ rectum and working weekends. Work smarter not harder…
I thought they get paid good and the benefits are amazing since it’s a government job
@@eduardoandes2287 not as good as it used to be ..and the pay in nJ is not enough
Would like to learn more about the coding thing trying to do something in the IT field myself but hard finding jobs entry level
@@SteezyBeats thats the part they Never tell you about...just getting in...
Cant their salaries go up to 90,000?
I would not encourage my children to work corrections. I did it for several years and it's a suck job. Society puts prisoners away to forget about them. Staff are included. The standards are low and the conditions are crap. Inmates never bothered me. Fellow guards slept with inmates, snuck them in contraband, and helped them escape. Police officers hated us because so many of us get arrested. They wrote us parking tickets while we worked. Why are those speaking wearing guns? Jail guards aren't armed on-duty. The host of Tier Talk on TH-cam is a boob.
In New Jersey they are now considered Correctional Police Officers and have pretty much the same power as an officer on the streets, just can't write tickets.
@@hectormunoz7966 Anyone looking for power needs self-introspection. CO's don't enforce laws. They enforce institutional rules. They don't present cases to courts, participate in Grand Jury investigations, or apply for warrants. They work tiers with low-life people. Accepting applications from 18-yr olds indicates desperation. I respect all the men and women serving but as a CO veteran, I don't recommend this shit job. Cops hated us so much; they wrote us parking tickets while we worked. They told our union to go to hell. That's because of the conduct we displayed.
@@hectormunoz7966 What power?? The only power they really have is the ability to carry..... Anyone can make an arrest if they wanted too.
@@hectormunoz7966 They don't make arrests. They enforce institution rules. They can't develop cases, cultivate informants, participate in Grand Jury investigations, transfer to Marine Bureau, Aviation, plainclothes, or detective. Can't drive to the ocean and look at the water.