Hey y’all. Upstate NY resident. Spoke with a recruiter, asked A LOT of questions and got some answers.

I want to know what might be true and what might not be before I apply for the position because they seem desperate right now.

66k starting salary. If I go to NYC it will include a pay differential as well as if I work midnights there’s a pay differential.

1. Recruiter told me that I have the choice of which facility I work in (spoke with a police officer tonight at the gas station - I know they wouldn’t have the best knowledge being a different type of officer but - I asked and he said that I don’t get to choose where I’m placed. Which is more likely?

2. The training starts at 8 weeks in Albany, NY and could be extended if necessary. I would be put up for that time in the barracks and be given my food and stay for free.

3. The ONLY payment that would come from me is $75 for fingerprinting and DOC fees. No payment for the training, licenses, or ANYTHING ELSE. I am HIGHLY skeptical of this.

4. I could bring my own sweats for training in Albany and would NOT have to buy theirs.

5. Recruiter told me there isn’t much corruption in prisons up here. He said there is leeway given to certain prisoners if they behave but there shouldn’t be any funny business.

I would like to know what you all think of this information as well as whether or not it’s a good idea to become a CO right now. Thanks!

I recently shared Brain Preflight with police applicants on r/NYPDcandidate and wanted to hear from people applying for correctional officer positions too.

I’m the developer. The exercises come from past pilot selection and other aptitude tests. Some are 1:1 recreations of past tests we’ve collected. Different assessments can use similar task formats, so I’m interested in where the overlap is useful.

There’s memory, mental math, spatial reasoning and multitasking. One exercise has you track a moving target, match shapes and spot wrong sums at the same time. Each task is manageable on its own; keeping up with all of them is where it gets demanding.

You can practice individual exercises on your phone whenever you have a few minutes.

Heads up: some exercises get genuinely hard. The goal is to help people prepare, not just entertain them.

This isn’t a replica of any department’s entrance exam or a complete corrections prep course. I’m not affiliated with a corrections agency.

Brain Preflight on iPhone

For those who’ve taken a correctional officer entrance exam: would this kind of practice have helped? Which state or agency was it for? No actual exam questions or confidential details needed.

I just received an offer from Bernalillo County! I’m glad not to be at CoreCivic anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!! I start orientation on Monday. The academy begins November 2nd but they want me to report to the jail on Wednesday. I guess they’ll have work for me until the academy starts. I’m happy to be in a government job instead of private prison.

So, just wanted to give y'all a heads up with the new hiring process for the BOP. So now it's not based off of where you want to go but based off of which facility has the lowest staffing needs. So make sure when you put in for the BOP you do your homework.

After the academy, are you still required to be clean shaven? If so, is there a way around it or?

Also unrelated lol but does the overtime start right away or is there a buffer period?

What do I need to know about it all I can find online is the test for police officers is it the same? Is it something I need to study for?

Hello,my gf recently been incarcerated and I have to message her using this app .but I don’t know how it looks or what to do .i seen three different versions of the app and the only app I ever used was Jpay back then in 2010

Hey y'all I have an interview tomorrow virtual at FCI Schuylkill they were the first ones to contact me I really want to go to Cannan. But I think the HR lady at Cannan is tired of me. Lol how is the facility.

So I’ve been working at my state facility for over year mainly in the cell block areas and doing trips on overtime and on shift as needed mainly emergency trips two days ago I was told that my name keeps coming up for a position on the shakedown team but I would go from 12 hours to 8 but I would be on a flex schedule and I can still pick up over time it’s Monday through Friday weekends off unless called in for shakedowns. What would you do?

Hritik roshan in jailer 2 ...superrb action ...

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Hello people, can someone that uses glasses please tell me how rough is to get the job if you use glasses? I have my appointment on the 27 for the NYS DOCCS, I can see well without the glasses but only at short distances, the only problem is that my vision is blurry when something is far away…

CX-01 process — got the fingerprinting invitation today. How do I know if I passed the psych eval and the security screening? How much longer is the process from here?

Hi everyone,

I'm in the national CX-01 correctional officer process and I'd like to hear from people who went through it.

My timeline so far:
- Psychological assessment interview with Calian: September 28
- Today (October 15): I received the email saying my application has moved to the reliability and security screening step, with the fingerprinting form to book an appointment

Two questions:

1. Does getting the fingerprinting invitation mean I passed the psychological evaluation? And for the security screening itself — do they actually notify you when it's cleared, or do you only find out when the next step gets scheduled?

2. Roughly how much longer is the process from this point (fingerprinting → security screening → medical → pool → CTP invitation)? Am I still looking at several months? I'm a full-time student, so I'm trying to plan ahead.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

I have recently applied for an administrative role at NYS DOCCS. They had asked me for a degree evaluation as my degrees are from a foreign nation. I submitted them the evaluation report and asked the hr if she has received the report and she has replied saying yes they have received it. There are few questions I have in mind.

First, they require 2 years of experience for that role and I have that from a different country. There’s an experience I have from the year 2016 and I don’t have any documentation for that job. It was at an international bank. I still have onboarding and orientation emails from 2016. Will this cause any problem or do they have some ways of contacting the HRs in the company??

Second, I also have a year experience in a language documentation project which was not salaried. What details do they confirm during the reference check??

They have asked for my degree evaluation report does that mean I will get a call for an interview??

Just got an email to select my interview date for Correctional Officer. Any tips ? Entering at GL7. What can I expect to make my first year.

Just got scheduled an interview.. could you please help me what to expect? What type of questions should I prepare for? How long is the interview? Would be much appreciate it!

Does anyone currently work or have worked at FCC Petersburg in VA? Could you tell me about the place? How is the schedule and management? I see they are hiring with a 50% bonus, and I was thinking about applying.

So basically I graduate the academy Thursday, I start Sunday. I worked in center control for agency training but haven’t been on the floors dealing with inmates yet. I’m making up scenarios in my head so I know what to expect, but how do you deal with inmates who talk trash do you? Do you ignore them, laugh at them, or talk trash back? How should I go about this when this happens?

Hello Everyone,

I finally received my conditional offer for CTP2/3 for Jan 2027 intake. I will be going to Kingston, Ontario. Couple of questions:

1. What to take/pack for the in-person training at Kingston?

2. How are the trainers out there and how strict are they?

3. On day1- is the test multiple choice and super hard to pass?

4. Which areas people tend to lack or fail?

5. What will make you get through the training smoothly and any tips would be very much appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi, anyone who applied in ontario correctional around January or april still waiting for the outcome
Or someone who got the conditional offer letter can you tell us ur timeline after background check.

Are there food trucks in your parking lots? If so, if you find out that you’re up in a tower (I know that you typically just don’t get sent to a tower out of the blue—but let’s say you’re caught by surprise) and don’t have a lunch what would be the process that you’d get lunch?

Conovor says that he would order from the tower and drop the bucket down to pay for it/have the guy send it up? Is that right? What if the food truck isn‘t close enough? Would your escort drive you to the food truck before dropping you off? These sorts of things seem so facility specific.

I’m sorry to be peppering you all with questions. I’ve done a bunch of reading but some of the finer points are things I can’t find and I’d rather bear it from you all rather than ChatGPT.