Nope, nobody really "forces" them to stay, but being without a job makes advancements in life difficult...The Company closing up shop doesn't exactly do anyone any favors.
BREAKING… State to close Sullivan Correctional Facility
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JunkBoxFull
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I agree, to a very small degree. Same can be said for all the nitwits going to college for education in nothing they`ll be able to support themselves with later, either, but we`re suppose to feel sorry for them? Nope, i don`t feel any more sorry for those in the LE and corrections employment either. You know full well going into it, what you`ll be up against employment wise. There`s other work out there. My "give-a-fukk" button broke a long time ago.
Catskillkid
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Corrections officers from soon-to-be shuttered state prison apply to county - Mid Hudson News
MONTICELLO – Following Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement that she is closing down the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Woodbourne, state correctional officers who work there are applying for jobs at the Sullivan County Jail. Jail Chief Harold Smith said so far, 15 to 20 officers at the state...midhudsonnews.com
The County Jail is very short-staffed too. I toured it a couple of years ago. The CO giving the tour said at the time that essentially folks were applying for jobs there, getting training and then going to Orange County Jail (which isn't that far away) for way more money. I hate to have to pay more in taxes but we need to have full staffing at our critical facilities, and jails/prisons are definitely one of them.
Catskillkid
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Can confirm. I'm not familiar with this situation but my aunt works at Greenhaven in Dutchess County (not a CO...she works in inmate records I believe). There are stories like that from there too. Inmates can literally kill a CO with almost no consequences and if CO lays a hand on him it's lawsuits and dismissals.
God damn clown world is what we live in.
GOYABEAN
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Inmates injure eight COs at Green Haven - Mid Hudson News
STORMVILLE – Eight officers were injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility when four inmates attacked staff in an assault that lasted several minutes before officers were able to stop the violent attack. Two officers needed to be transported to Vassar Brothers Medical Center for treatment...
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True, no one forces them to stay. But here in Sullivan County a CO can make well over $100,000 a year with overtime. Not many high school graduates without nothing but that HS diploma will ever make that kind of money.
Catskillkid
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People with Masters Degrees often don't make that kind of money.
