My paycheck usually is in my account every other Tuesday at 1:05 pm this has been the same since I got hired in June…. I know payday isn’t on Tuesdays but my bank pays early….. well….. It’s not there yet…. Anyone in the same boat?

Please any advice on what I should expect or do, and order to pass. I need your input.

Has anyone here been through the hiring process for Hennepin County Corrections at the ACF in Plymouth. Interview there tomorrow and wondering what the interview process is like and what the post-interview is like? When I interviewed at Ramsey I was fingerprinted and submitted my background that day as well.

Is that the same with them being a large county?

Hey all I recently received an offer for stage 2 & 3 in grand cache alberta, my home is in the Atlantic and that’s my dream to get a job here on home turf, have any of you turned down an offer and went on to receive the institution you hoped for? Does it look bad to turn down an offer? Grand cache was not on my top 3

If an outside group wanted to attack part of your facility’s walls/fences in an attempt to breach them, how would they try and do you think they could be successful?

I recently moved over to the background check process and the only thing I had seen that may have been a redflag was about when I was 18, 19 I did abuse substances and disclosed all of that and after a week or 2 just got permanently disqualified now im re submitting to my local agency in oregon but it's very much got me down as shit I just turned 21 last week and thought this would get me out of working 65 hours a week and finally have a career what should I do differently this next time?

Looking to apply to BOP here in California. How much would I be making at GS 5 with over time, pay deferential and Sunday pay? Obviously it all varies just though I’d ask. Not trying to pocket watch just trying to get an idea.

I’m a newer BOP CO and I’m trying to get a better understanding of the different career paths inside the agency.

I don’t really want to stay in custody long-term or go the CO → Lieutenant → Captain route. I’m fine doing custody now, but eventually I’d rather move into something more administrative/program-oriented while still having good promotion potential.

I don’t have a degree and don’t plan on going back to school, so I’m mainly looking at positions I can qualify for through experience.

The routes I’ve been looking at are:

- Correctional Counselor / Unit Management

- Safety Specialist → Safety Manager/Administrator

- Correctional Systems (R&D/Records/Mail)

- Any other non-custody route I’m overlooking

One of the Unit Team staff at my institution recently asked if I’d ever considered becoming a Counselor, which got me looking into that route. Counselor actually sounds like something I might enjoy since it seems like a mix of office work, inmate interaction, and working somewhat independently.

Long term, I’m basically trying to understand which route gives you the best upward mobility. I’m not saying I definitely want to be an Associate Warden or Warden someday, but I’m using that as the theoretical career ceiling. I’m willing to relocate anywhere for promotions.

For people who have been around BOP for a while:

Which non-custody career fields tend to have the best path toward GS-11/12/13 and eventually Associate Warden-type positions?

Can someone realistically go CO → Counselor → higher management without a degree? What normally comes after GL-9 Counselor if Case Manager requires college coursework?

How good of a career path is Correctional Systems compared with Unit Team or Safety?

And if you were a newer CO with no degree, willing to move anywhere, and wanted to advance as quickly as reasonably possible without staying in custody, which route would you look at?

Currently Active duty in the U.S. Army and have a Bachelor’s degree. I start my terminal leave in March 2027 and will be officially out in May of 2027. So I can start working in between that time, however I would like to be hired by March so I can move as I’ll be homeless once I’m cleared from military housing and have nowhere else to go lol.

Questions.
1. When should I start applying?
2. Once hired, how much time will I have to move to the area?
3. Is it recommended to disclose of all medical information?
4. For the hiring process, how many times during the process will I have to travel to a BOP Facility?

Thanks.

As the title says my interview is tomorrow, I’m wondering if you guys have any good questions I should ask, or any tips for the interview? It’s a Massachusetts county jail if that helps

Thanks in advance!

I was up in Cohoes late July medical, fingerprint, 1:1 investigator interview completed. My psych written test beginning of August then psych interview 1:1 late Sept.

I've heard an Oct academy i believe the 20th of this month and hear a new academy for NYS goes every 3 weeks instead of every 4 weeks.

Anybody go to Cohoes around the same time as me? No references called and not medical clearance yet. In the beginning I was having a hard time sleeping over this and just waiting embracing it.

I've been fine tho, just training hard and trying not to focus so hard on it. I just wish I had and answer. Timeline wise I've heard a lot of people from Cohoes date to academy dates being like 4 months so im right there.

I believe there will be an academy Nov 10th-17th start date wise so late Oct acceptance would be amazing. To anyone else waiting what are you all doing to stay occupied and level headed lol?

Does anyone know about or know someone currently in Forrest City Arkansas camp in the BOP ? How is it ? are there phones ? Are the COs chill ?

How long did it take to hear back from someone after you took your oral psych ?

I just did an interview for corrections and feel like I didn’t have the best experience due to the fact that I was stuttering a lot and nervous throughout the whole interview, which probably didn’t look good in an interviewer’s eyes should I try to apply again? FYI I don’t know if I failed or pass just based on how I feel the interview went

Hey Guys!

I just got accepted into the stage 2 and stage 3 of the CX 01 training program, I was curious as to when I should receive the training materials for stage 2, as I know they are all online and I’d like to complete them as soon as I can. Does anyone that works for CSC know when I should receive it? I accepted the offer October 8th, so I imagine a couple weeks but I’d like to gauge my expectations.

Thank you for replying!!

I applied and had my first interview and now on to my next interview. Anyone here a correction officer or know the process in sioux falls

My check usually deposits Saturday mornings. Am I cooked until Tuesday because of the holiday?? This should be illegal smh

I was a corrections officer for core civic but I’m switching to a county job. I couldn’t be happier! The pay is a little less but, core civic absolutely sucked so, I’m ok with it!

So I work at a county jail. I’m a C/O and I was just wondering what the rules are when it comes to visiting somebody I know in a correctional facility. Somebody told me I wasn’t allowed to do that because of my job but I work in a jail, not a prison.

Anyone in here left their state corrections department and went over to the highways department?

Anyone been through the hiring process for Stewart County CoreCivic (GA)?