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Subject: 11x7


Author:
screwball (screwing)
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Date Posted: 10:17:57 07/19/07 Thu
Hey, So what is up with 11x7 lately? Seems like its the new cool shift to be on. The girls are pretty smoking too.
Subject: things you find on the net


Author:
caution
[Edit]
Date Posted: 18:51:01 07/17/07 Tue
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1172661033/How_to_Escape_from_Handcuffs
Subject: CPO'S GET 4% FROM JANUARY 2007.


Author:
VOTE NO CO'S. GET MORE RETRO.
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Date Posted: 11:49:18 07/17/07 Tue
We have settled a tentative agreement for a one year contract. The contract will cover the period from January 1 to December 31, 2007. The terms of the agreement are:

4% cost of living increase effective January, 2007.

A $2 million reclassification pool to be used for upgrades, based upon the mutual consent of the union and the Commonwealth. TO BE NEGOTIATED THIS SUMMER!

7.5% increase in the car allowance.

Stand-by pay will be increased to $17.50.

Shift and weekend differentials will be increased to $1.25/hour.

A process will be established to review and convert 03 positions.

A labor management committee will be established to review the use of "07" private contracts by the Commonwealth.

Improved bereavement leave language.

An additional dollar per member per week will be added to the Health and Welfare Fund for vision and dental benefits.

$35.00 per member will be added to the Training and Career Ladder Fund.

Increase reimbursement for legal expenses from $1500 to $3000.

The agreement includes no concessions by the union!

Once the final contract language is completed, copies will
distributed via email, postal mail, and worksite meetings. The ratification vote will take place after that.

WE WILL BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON A NEW 3 YEAR CONTRACT THIS SEPTEMBER!!

In Unity,

Bob Cutting, Local R1-75 President
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Subject: co


Author:
bad
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Date Posted: 06:14:17 07/15/07 Sun
http://www.voy.com/211885/
Subject: What a mouth


Author:
Watcher
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Date Posted: 19:42:49 07/14/07 Sat
Who is this Stacy chick? She realy has a big mouth for someone with only 2 years in.
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Subject: Thats private prison


Author:
hj
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Date Posted: 12:29:03 07/07/07 Sat
Suicide Exposes Squalor In Privately Run GEO Group Texas Prison
BOISE, IDAHO – After months alone in his cell, Scot Noble Payne finished 20 pages of letters, describing to loved ones the decrepit conditions of the prison where he was serving time for molesting a child. Then Payne used a razor blade to slice two 3-inch gashes in his throat. Guards found his body in the cell’s shower, with the water still running.

“Try to comfort my mum too and try to get her to see that I am truly happy again,” he wrote his uncle. “I tell you, it sure beats having water on the floor 24/7, a smelly pillow case, sheets with blood stains on them and a stinky towel that hasn’t been changed since they caught me.”

Payne’s suicide on March 4 came seven months after he was sent to the squalid privately run Texas prison by Idaho authorities trying to ease inmate overcrowding in their own state. His death exposed what had been Idaho’s standard practice for dealing with inmates sent to out-of-state prisons: Out of sight, out of mind.

It also raised questions about a company hired to operate prisons in 15 states, despite reports of abusive guards and terrible sanitation.

Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by The Associated Press through an open-records request show Idaho did little monitoring of out-of-state inmates, despite repeated complaints from prisoners, their families and a prison inspector.

More than 140,000 U.S. prison beds are in private hands, and inmates’ rights groups allege many such penitentiaries tolerate deplorable conditions and skimp on services to increase profits.

“They cut corners because the bottom line is making money,” said Caylor Rolling, prison program director at Partnership for Safety and Justice in Portland, Ore., a group that promotes prison alternatives.

Payne, 43, was placed in solitary confinement because he escaped from the prison in December by scaling a fence and eluding capture for a week.

He was among Idaho inmates sent to the prison in Spur, Texas, run by a Florida-based company called the GEO Group. The business operates more than 50 prisons across the United States as well as in Australia and South Africa.

Soon after Payne’s suicide, the Idaho Department of Correction’s health care director inspected the prison and declared it the worst facility he had ever seen. Don Stockman called Payne’s cell unacceptable and the rest of the Dickens County Correctional Center “beyond repair.”

“The physical environment … would have only enhanced the inmate’s depression that could have been a major contributing factor in his suicide,” he wrote in a report on Payne’s death.

Stockman said the warden at Dickens ruled “based on verbal and physical intimidation” and that guards showed no concern for the living conditions.

After Idaho’s complaints, GEO reassigned warden Ron Alford, who told the AP he was later fired. He insisted GEO did not provide enough money to make necessary improvements.

“They denied me everything. To buy a pencil with GEO, it took three signatures. They’re cheap,” Alford said in an interview. He disputes Stockman’s findings on his treatment of Idaho inmates.

GEO spokesman Pablo Paez declined to comment on Alford’s performance and would say only that the company had been working to address Idaho officials’ concerns. But on Thursday, the state announced plans to move 125 inmates from Dickens to other facilities, citing the poor living conditions.

The private prison business has been booming as the federal government seeks space to house more criminals and illegal immigrants.

“Sometimes it may be a better situation for the inmates, and sometimes it’s not,” said prison consultant Douglas Lansing, a former warden at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, N.J. “Monitoring is a vital component. You can’t just move them out of town and forget them.”

That appears to be largely what happened with Idaho’s inmates.

The prisoners were sent to Dickens in August from another GEO-run Texas prison after complaints about abuse by guards.

But in the following seven months, Idaho sent an inspector to Texas only once. That inspection found major problems, including virtually no substance-abuse treatment, and a complete lack of Idaho-sanctioned anger-management classes and pre-release programs.

There’s no evidence the inspector’s recommendations were followed. And no one from Idaho visited the prison again until after Payne’s suicide.

Most of the time, the Idaho prison employee responsible for monitoring the GEO contract used only the telephone and e-mail to handle grievances, which also included complaints about inadequate church services, poor food and limited recreation time.

Each time, Alford insisted everything was under control, according to correspondence reviewed by the AP.

The new director of the Idaho prison system concedes his department did not adequately review the inmates’ treatment when he took office in January.

“If I had to do it over again, I would have,” Director Brent Reinke said.

Former Director Vaughn Killeen said he couldn’t afford more aggressive monitoring during his term that ended in December.

“We weren’t happy about the things that were going on down there,” Killeen said. “We didn’t have that level of budget to accommodate full-time monitors.”

Some other states are more vigilant. Washington state, for instance, has 1,000 inmates in Arizona and Minnesota and places full-time inspectors at the prisons. A superintendent visits every six weeks.

Problems with GEO prisons are not limited to Dickens.

Elsewhere in Texas, a female inmate’s family sued GEO in 2006 after she committed suicide at the Val Verde County Jail near the Mexican border. LeTisha Tapia alleged she was raped by another inmate and sexually humiliated by a GEO guard after reporting to the warden that guards allowed male and female inmates to have sex.

In March, an investigation into sex abuse allegations at another GEO-run Texas prison led to the firing of a guard who was a convicted sex offender.

And at GEO prisons in Illinois and Indiana, hundreds of inmates rioted this past spring.

The complaints have not hurt the company’s balance sheet. It reported profits of $30 million in 2006, four times the amount reported in 2005.

Inmates at Dickens say conditions have improved since Payne’s suicide.

Hot and cold water problems have been fixed, and cleanliness was judged “adequate,” according to a May 31 report by a new Idaho contract monitor.

But prisoners still complain about sewage from adjacent cells, poor medical and dental care, and a lack of educational programs. Inmates like Robert Coulter, who was convicted of robbery, say authorities should have acted sooner.

“They basically put us down here and just dumped us,” he said.
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Subject: Morrissey


Author:
Douche
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Date Posted: 05:51:44 07/07/07 Sat
Sgt. Morrissey is a DOUCHE.
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Subject: Ouch!


Author:
Cronkite
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Date Posted: 06:30:10 07/06/07 Fri
Security video from Geoghan slay hits Web
By Michele McPhee/ Exclusive
Boston Herald Police Bureau Chief

Friday, July 6, 2007

State correction officials are investigating whether the killer convicted of strangling and stomping a pedophile priest posted a security surveillance video on YouTube showing prison guards desperately trying to pry open cell doors as the murder took place.

The Herald was alerted to the posting yesterday in a handwritten note purportedly written by Joseph Druce, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the Aug. 23, 2003, slaying of 68-year-old John Geoghan.

“The truth about officer involvement in John Geogan’s (sic) death,” the taunting note says, directing the reader to www.youtube.com/Joseph Druce. “The truth about officers allowing J.G. to die through their neglect.”

The 10-minute video was posted June 12 under the heading “the first of many.” It shows a gaggle of correction officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center pulling at the cell doors of Druce’s cell.

In 2005, the Herald obtained a security video that showed Druce coldly pantomiming Geoghan’s murder - a tape that showed how he used a paperback book to jam the sliding cell doors.

“We have no idea where he got it from. We don’t know where the tape came from or how it got on the Internet,” DOC spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said last night. “It is under investigation.”

Wiffin said inmates do not have access to the Internet.

Steve Kenneway, president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, said the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety should “immediately use any legal remedy available” to get the security tape off the Web.

“We are deeply concerned that an internal security video was posted by an inmate or an inmate’s family,” Kenneway said. “It’s absolutely a public safety issue, posting emergency response actions of correction officers on the Web.

“State officials need to do everything in their power to get it taken down,” Kenneway added.

In 2005, Druce’s lawyers sent a subpoena to the Herald after the paper published pictures from a security video shot inside his cell. In the macabre video, Druce re-enacted choking the priest with a pair of gym socks, using Geoghan’s own sneaker as a tourniquet to tighten the noose. Then he climbed on top of his cell cot and jumped off repeatedly, showing how he crushed the priest’s frail body.

Druce was already serving a life sentence for murder when he beat and strangled the defrocked priest, a convicted child molester.

He is now suing the state, claiming in a hand-scrawled 12-page civil suit that he is a political prisoner who is suffering physical abuse at the hands of correction officers.
Subject: Hows my little buddy Dave Dumplin


Author:
Gravy
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Date Posted: 07:09:43 07/05/07 Thu
Has little Dave Dumplin retired yet or is he still deep in his Napolean personna....
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Subject: Sounds like we better take it !


Author:
Voter
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Date Posted: 17:44:42 06/29/07 Fri
READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH!

Dear Member,

As you may have heard, we are at the stage of the mediation process by which a tentative agreement has been reached for a successor collective bargaining agreement. The executive Board has accepted the following proposal in the hope that three years worth of work will have been compensated through the terms of this agreement. We will attempt to break each paragraph down for your consumption, and explain as much as possible the language changes and implications of said change.

Last year, the state refused to make a fair offer, and the Executive Board, after conferring with the general assembly, walking around facilities, and posting the offer on the intranet, did not put the Commonwealth’s August 29, 2006 offer before the membership. It was contended that the offer did not address the years already worked, and although the package topped out a little over 4000 dollars per member, the state needed to do better than the offer cited.

On June 14th, 2007 the state offered a contract that in some ways makes up for a financial loss over the past years, and delivers monies that will be used for retirement purposes. Please review the following breakdown with an open mind. Highlighted areas reflect the explanation of the changes.

During the past three years the executive board has attempted to exploit every available avenue to obtain a fair contract for you and your family. Consideration of this offer has been given because your families have been asked to fight through a very difficult fiscal time in this union, and the we as a board believe Commonwealth has now put their best foot forward. To that end, it is the board’s opinion that an offer of several thousand dollars and a significant pay raise going forward are issues that must be weighed by the membership and their families. The sick time language is an issue we struggled with for years. Many of you, like the executive board, believe that you are worth much more than you will ever be offered.

The reality is, our course of action is currently limited to non-binding procedures that are, at best, a gamble. If this deal is rejected, we have been informed that we should not expect a “better” offer. It is a contract to put about 6300, to 7000 dollars in the pocket of each member, and includes a pay raise of more than one hundred dollars a week when you combine the 8% and the 3% as of July 1, 2007.
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Subject: PLEASE READ...Then THINK! This post is CORRECT!


Author:
From Union Issues Board
[Edit]
Date Posted: 08:17:15 06/29/07 Fri
Date Posted: 10:20:06 06/29/07 Fri

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Well,everyone has complained loud and long about the E-Board letting the body decide whats best for them and now you'll get your chance.Quit blaming them for the last 4 years. It wasn't their fault.They fought hard with very little support and endured the rants of an otherwise lazy uninformed body.So here's what your gonna get if you vote yes.A lousy raise,loss of a significant amount of retro,language for sick time,unsubstantiated freedom,FMLA and the respect of every other state ageny in the state thats been watching us.Here is my slant on the proposal.We've gone a long long time and indicated to the powers above that we deserve more.And we do.OER has jerked us off long enough. The end is in sight and we need to take it there. Time for arbitration.Even though its non binding I think the Patrick administration would honor the decision.It would be political suicide not to.I also think that if this was voted down, OER would come right back with the same offer minus the sick time language.Why??Because of the amount of retro OWED to us.And I think they're worried they'll have to pay. ITS OUR MONEY!!!I dont know why some of you think its been too long or its too much. Just because Romney/Healy said no more retro doesn't mean its so.Ask the states college professors.I think an arbitrator would take language change right off the table because no other state agency has been asked the same. We are being targeted and the arbitrator would see that.As far as pay increases he would probably take a percentage average of what other agencys got and give us that.And as far as retro I thing we would get a whole lot more.Let me say this again. ITS OUR PAST EARNED MONEY!!!If in the end we lose (and I dont think we will)so be it.At least we used ALL the available channels we could. But if we give in to this crap now we will certainly send a message. And thats that the state can jerk us off as long as they want, offer us shit, and be secure knowing that we'll fold like accordians in the end.Take some pride in yourselves,stand tall and say no to this bullshit contract offer.Our jobs require lots of personal sacrifice under exteme conditions and we deserve to be compensated for it. VOTE NO!!!!!
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Subject: A must read


Author:
stupid cos
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Date Posted: 00:53:06 06/29/07 Fri
http://www.voy.com/211885/
Subject: VOTE HERE


Author:
Dave
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Date Posted: 01:47:54 06/23/07 Sat
http://b14f.myhomepoll.com/
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Subject: contract/finnell


Author:
mci-f c.o.
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Date Posted: 15:06:14 06/21/07 Thu
Does anyone think that the reason we haven't got a contract in 43 months is beacause the state is spending so much money on matirial to make Finnell's uniforms?
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Subject: Contract


Author:
Hmm
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Date Posted: 07:50:54 06/21/07 Thu
THE WORD IS STIKE!!!!!!!!!! Have the balls and stand up for what is right!! we need to make a stand NOW. We're worth more than the state thinks .For all you supers pick this involves you too!!!! Or are you afraid to lose your position?
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Subject: The current proposals Real Numbers


Author:
st
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Date Posted: 04:13:02 06/19/07 Tue
Dear MOCOFU Members:

After you read the most recent proposal agreement for the contract that expands beyond the normal 36 month period to 42 mos this is what they are offering:

You take your base salary (and the proposal does not say anything about the use of overtime –and its hardly relevant anyway) e.g. Sgt step 7 @ $28.11/hr x .08 or (8%) for (9) mos and you get $3386.88. Add the $3,000 “bonus” (it is anything but a bonus more like a carrot) and you get $6386.88 as the increase over FORTYTWO MONTHS. This represents a 3,3% (you divide your total compensation e.g. $188,918.52 into the $6386.88 to get the percentage increase) increase. It is a mistake to take into account the proposed 3% that takes effect July, 8 2007. Yes ladies and gentlemen they got the language they wanted too. You might argue that we are at an impass. Well I don’t think an arbitrator would do any worse. Going down the middle we would do better at arbritration. Please tell your stewards no. Vote NO.
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Subject: D.O's suprise retirement party


Author:
Lets head out
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Date Posted: 18:28:38 06/18/07 Mon
It looks like we are going to have a good turn out. I hope everyone can make it. Cheap beer an entertainment. 6/29/07 at the emerald society in Roslindale. I bought my ticket today and I got Friday off and I'm hopping to get some of the old veterans out for a night.I think there will be some blasts from the past at this one.
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Subject: Why do we pay for a union web site if they can't even keep it up dated.


Author:
It's no wonder we have no fair contract.
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Date Posted: 17:41:09 06/16/07 Sat
Subject: contract


Author:
It's time to take it
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Date Posted: 14:02:53 06/15/07 Fri
The new contract offer is not that bad. Let's end this madness and accept the contract offer. VOTE YES!!!
Vote no, and this will drag out for another year. More of our union money spent, etc... The only major downfall is the rookies make out like bandits... VOTE YES
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Subject: what ever


Author:
sk
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Date Posted: 19:32:23 06/12/07 Tue
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Correctional Officers
Nature of the Work
Working Conditions
Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement
Employment
Job Outlook
Earnings
Related Occupations
Sources of Additional Information

Significant Points

The work can be stressful and hazardous.
Most correctional officers are employed in State and Federal prisons.
Job opportunities are expected to be excellent.


Nature of the Work [About this section] Back to Top

Correctional officers are responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve time in a jail, reformatory, or penitentiary. Correctional officers maintain security and inmate accountability to prevent disturbances, assaults, and escapes. Officers have no law enforcement responsibilities outside the institution where they work. (For more information on related occupations, see the statements on police and detectives and on probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, elsewhere in the Handbook.)

Police and sheriffs’ departments in county and municipal jails or precinct station houses employ many correctional officers, also known as detention officers. Most of the approximately 3,400 jails in the United States are operated by county governments, with about three-quarters of all jails under the jurisdiction of an elected sheriff. Individuals in the jail population change constantly as some are released, some are convicted and transferred to prison, and new offenders are arrested and enter the system. Correctional officers in local jails admit and process about 12 million people a year, with about 700,000 offenders in jail at any given time. When individuals are first arrested, the jail staff may not know their true identity or criminal record, and violent detainees may be placed in the general population. This is the most dangerous phase of the incarceration process for correctional officers.

Most correctional officers are employed in State and Federal prisons, watching over the approximately 1.4 million offenders who are incarcerated there at any given time. Other correctional officers oversee individuals being held by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service pending release or deportation, or work for correctional institutions that are run by private for-profit organizations. Although both jails and prisons can be dangerous places to work, prison populations are more stable than jail populations, and correctional officers in prisons know the security and custodial requirements of the prisoners with whom they are dealing.

Regardless of the setting, correctional officers maintain order within the institution and enforce rules and regulations. To help ensure that inmates are orderly and obey rules, correctional officers monitor the activities and supervise the work assignments of inmates. Sometimes, officers must search inmates and their living quarters for contraband like weapons or drugs, settle disputes between inmates, and enforce discipline. Correctional officers periodically inspect the facilities, checking cells and other areas of the institution for unsanitary conditions, contraband, fire hazards, and any evidence of infractions of rules. In addition, they routinely inspect locks, window bars, grilles, doors, and gates for signs of tampering. Finally, officers inspect mail and visitors for prohibited items.

Correctional officers report orally and in writing on inmate conduct and on the quality and quantity of work done by inmates. Officers also report security breaches, disturbances, violations of rules, and any unusual occurrences. They usually keep a daily log or record of their activities. Correctional officers cannot show favoritism and must report any inmate who violates the rules. Should the situation arise, they help the responsible law enforcement authorities investigate crimes committed within their institution or search for escaped inmates.

In jail and prison facilities with direct supervision cellblocks, officers work unarmed. They are equipped with communications devices so that they can summon help if necessary. These officers often work in a cellblock alone, or with another officer, among the 50 to 100 inmates who reside there. The officers enforce regulations primarily through their interpersonal communications skills and through the use of progressive sanctions, such as the removal of some privileges.

In the highest security facilities, where the most dangerous inmates are housed, correctional officers often monitor the activities of prisoners from a centralized control center with closed-circuit television cameras and a computer tracking system. In such an environment, the inmates may not see anyone but officers for days or weeks at a time and may leave their cells only for showers, solitary exercise time, or visitors. Depending on the offenders’ security classification within the institution, correctional officers may have to restrain inmates in handcuffs and leg irons to safely escort them to and from cells and other areas and to see authorized visitors. Officers also escort prisoners between the institution and courtrooms, medical facilities, and other destinations outside the institution.

Bailiffs, also known as marshals or court officers, are law enforcement officers who maintain safety and order in courtrooms. Their duties, which vary by location, include enforcing courtroom rules, assisting judges, guarding juries from outside contact, delivering court documents, and providing general security for courthouses.



Working Conditions [About this section] Back to Top

Working in a correctional institution can be stressful and hazardous. Every year, correctional officers are injured in confrontations with inmates. Correctional officers may work indoors or outdoors. Some correctional institutions are well lighted, temperature controlled, and ventilated, but others are old, overcrowded, hot, and noisy. Correctional officers usually work an 8-hour day, 5 days a week, on rotating shifts. Because prison and jail security must be provided around the clock, officers work all hours of the day and night, weekends, and holidays. In addition, officers may be required to work paid overtime.



Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement [About this section] Back to Top

Most institutions require correctional officers to be at least 18 to 21 years of age and a U.S. citizen; have a high school education or its equivalent; demonstrate job stability, usually by accumulating 2 years of work experience; and have no felony convictions. Promotion prospects may be enhanced by obtaining a postsecondary education.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons requires entry-level correctional officers to have at least a bachelor’s degree; or 3 years of full-time experience in a field providing counseling, assistance, or supervision to individuals; or a combination of these two requirements.

Correctional officers must be in good health. Candidates for employment are generally required to meet formal standards of physical fitness, eyesight, and hearing. In addition, many jurisdictions use standard tests to determine applicant suitability to work in a correctional environment. Good judgment and the ability to think and act quickly are indispensable. Applicants are typically screened for drug abuse, subject to background checks, and required to pass a written examination.

Federal, State, and some local departments of corrections provide training for correctional officers based on guidelines established by the American Correctional Association and the American Jail Association. Some States have regional training academies that are available to local agencies. At the conclusion of formal instruction, all State and local correctional agencies provide on-the-job training, including training on legal restrictions and interpersonal relations. Many systems require firearms proficiency and self-defense skills. Officer trainees typically receive several weeks or months of training in an actual job setting under the supervision of an experienced officer. However, specific entry requirements and on-the-job training vary widely from agency to agency.

Academy trainees generally receive instruction in a number of subjects, including institutional policies, regulations, and operations, as well as custody and security procedures. New Federal correctional officers must undergo 200 hours of formal training within the first year of employment. They also must complete 120 hours of specialized training at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons residential training center at Glynco, GA, within 60 days of their appointment. Experienced officers receive annual in-service training to keep abreast of new developments and procedures.

Some correctional officers are members of prison tactical response teams, which are trained to respond to disturbances, riots, hostage situations, forced cell moves, and other potentially dangerous confrontations. Team members practice disarming prisoners wielding weapons, protecting themselves and inmates against the effects of chemical agents, and other tactics.

With education, experience, and training, qualified officers may advance to the position of correctional sergeant. Correctional sergeants supervise correctional officers and usually are responsible for maintaining security and directing the activities of other officers during an assigned shift or in an assigned area. Ambitious and qualified correctional officers can be promoted to supervisory or administrative positions all the way up to warden. Officers sometimes transfer to related jobs, such as probation officers, parole officers, and correctional treatment specialists.



Employment [About this section] Back to Top

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers held about 484,000 jobs in 2004. About 3 of every 5 jobs were in State correctional institutions such as prisons, prison camps, and youth correctional facilities. About 16,000 jobs for correctional officers were in Federal correctional institutions, and about 15,000 jobs were in privately owned and managed prisons.

Most of the remaining jobs were in city and county jails or in other institutions run by local governments. Some 300 of these jails, all of them in urban areas, are large: they house over 1,000 inmates. Most correctional officers who work in jails, however, work in institutions located in rural areas with smaller inmate populations.



Job Outlook [About this section] Back to Top

Job opportunities for correctional officers are expected to be excellent. The need to replace correctional officers who transfer to other occupations, retire, or leave the labor force, coupled with rising employment demand, will generate thousands of job openings each year. In the past, some local and State corrections agencies have experienced difficulty in attracting and keeping qualified applicants, largely because of low salaries, shift work, and the concentration of jobs in rural locations. This situation is expected to continue.

Employment of correctional officers is expected to grow more slowly than the average for all occupations through 2014. Increasing demand for correctional officers will stem from mandatory sentencing guidelines calling for longer sentences and reduced parole for inmates, and from expansion and new construction of corrections facilities. However, mandatory sentencing guidelines are being reconsidered in many States because of a combination of budgetary constraints, court decisions, and doubts about their effectiveness. Instead, there may be more emphasis on reducing sentences or putting offenders on probation or in rehabilitation programs in many States. As a result, the prison population, and employment of correctional officers, will probably grow at a slower rate than in the past. Some employment opportunities also will arise in the private sector, as public authorities contract with private companies to provide and staff corrections facilities.

Layoffs of correctional officers are rare because of increasing offender populations. While officers are allowed to join bargaining units, they are not allowed to strike.



Earnings [About this section] Back to Top

Median annual earnings of correctional officers and jailers were $33,600 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $26,560 and $44,200. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $22,630, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $54,820. Median annual earnings in the public sector were $44,700 in the Federal Government, $33,750 in State government, and $33,080 in local government. In the facilities support services industry, where the relatively small number of officers employed by privately operated prisons is classified, median annual earnings were $21,490. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the starting salary for Federal correctional officers was about $26,747 a year in 2005. Starting Federal salaries were slightly higher in areas where prevailing local pay levels were higher.

Median annual earnings of first-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers were $44,720 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $33,070 and $60,550. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $27,770, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $70,990. Median annual earnings were $41,080 in State government and $49,470 in local government.

Median annual earnings of bailiffs were $33,870 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $24,710 and $44,240. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $17,930, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $54,770. Median annual earnings were $30,410 in local government.

In addition to typical benefits, correctional officers employed in the public sector usually are provided with uniforms or a clothing allowance to purchase their own uniforms. Civil service systems or merit boards cover officers employed by the Federal Government and most State governments. Their retirement coverage entitles correctional officers to retire at age 50 after 20 years of service or at any age with 25 years of service.



Related Occupations [About this section] Back to Top

A number of options are available to those interested in careers in protective services and security. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers protect people and property against theft, vandalism, illegal entry, and fire. Police and detectives maintain law and order, prevent crime, and arrest offenders. Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists monitor and counsel offenders and evaluate their progress in becoming productive members of society.



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Further information about correctional officers is available from:

American Correctional Association, 4380 Forbes Boulevard, Lanham, MD 20706. Internet: http://www.aca.org
American Jail Association, 1135 Professional Ct., Hagerstown, MD 21740.
Information on entrance requirements, training, and career opportunities for correctional officers at the Federal level may be obtained from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Internet: http://www.bop.gov

Information on obtaining a position as a correctional officer with the Federal Government is available from the Office of Personnel Management through USAJOBS, the Federal Government’s official employment information system. This resource for locating and applying for job opportunities can be accessed through the Internet at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov or through an interactive voice response telephone system at (703) 724-1850 or TDD (978) 461-8404. These numbers are not tollfree, and charges may result.

OOH ONET Codes [About this section] Back to Top

33-1011.00, 33-3011.00, 33-3012.00

Suggested citation: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Correctional Officers, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos156.htm (visited June 12, 2007).
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Subject: New guards on the block


Author:
nice
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Date Posted: 13:49:35 06/12/07 Tue
New guards on the block
Female officers in men's prison face danger, command respect
By Robert Preer, Globe Correspondent | June 7, 2007

SHIRLEY -- Waleska Delgado was a study in contrasts as she began her rounds of a cellblock one recent morning at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, the maximum security state prison in Shirley.

The 39-year-old mother of two, who has a warm smile and soft features, wore multiple bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces -- all set against a dark military-style outfit, which included a black undershirt, heavy black boots, an American-flag arm patch, and a radio tucked next to her chin.

She chatted briefly with an inmate who had been having a problem with his eye, then stepped over to the duty station and went over her list of morning tasks. The first was to pat down a half-dozen inmates arriving from an exercise yard.

Donning a pair of surgical gloves, she swiftly and silently swept her hands over and across the men's bodies, then waved them individually into the unit.

"I rarely have problems with inmates," said Delgado, who was hired in 1991 and ever since has been working as a front line officer. "There are some men that don't like being told what to do by a female, but there probably are more inmates that appreciate women officers than those that don't."

Women guarding men was something unheard of in this country before the 1970s. As recently as 1977, the US Supreme Court ruled that states could legally bar women from working in male prisons.

In the past three decades, though, new legislation in states, as well as shifts in administrative policy, have opened the doors to prison as a workplace for women. Today, about 13 percent of correctional officers in the country are women. The proportion is slightly smaller in the Massachusetts correctional system, where 380 of 3,474 officers -- or about 11 percent -- are women.

At Souza-Baranowski, one of two maximum-security prisons in the state holding the system's most dangerous inmates, there are 26 female correction officers out of 378, or about 7 percent. Male and female officers wear the same uniforms. Women do everything the men do. The only exception is strip searches, but if there is an emergency, they can do that, too.

Like male officers, women in this profession often find themselves alone on a cellblock with 60 or more inmates. And correction officers in Massachusetts do not carry weapons.

"You've got your radio and that's it," said Ninabeth Fay-Butler, a captain who used to be the sole officer looking after 80 inmates on a lifers' block in the prison complex in Bridgewater.

The average pay for correction officers who have been on the job for five years is $50,000, according to the Department of Corrections.

The job is dangerous. In 1981, a few years after women began entering the profession in significant numbers, a female officer in New York state was murdered and mutilated. Many others have been attacked and injured.

Studies have found that female officers actually are slightly less likely to be injured or killed than male officers, according to Amy Farrell, associate director of Northeastern University's Institute on Race and Justice. She said the reason probably is that women tend to be assigned to institutions where security levels are lower and prisoners less dangerous.

Lieutenant Joanne Burke, who was hired as a correction officer in 1985 and now works at Souza-Baranowski, recalled an incident early in her career, when an inmate objected to something she had said.

"He lashed out at me," Burke said. "He reached up and grabbed me by the throat."

A sergeant came to her aid. "It ended very quickly. That's typical," she said. Burke sustained nerve damage but is now fully recovered.

Delgado said she has never been physically assaulted and has always been able to talk her way out of difficult situations. "You have to use your head," she said.

Delgado said she has endured verbal abuse from inmates, however. Early in her career she was assigned to MCI-Concord, where inmates were sent before being assigned to other institutions.

"It was a little rough. A lot of the inmates just didn't care."

Academic research has found that interactions involving male inmates and female officers do not have the macho challenging that happens sometimes between inmates and male officers. Sue Mahan, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Central Florida, said "aggression may be less likely when women are supervising."

Dan Dubrule, a correction officer at Souza-Baranowski, said female officers generally are more effective than men at dealing with inmates. "They'll get a little more respect. A perceived disrespect will seem even worse if it's done to a woman," Dubrule said.

Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti said that women officers seem to be better at communicating, which is an increasingly important skill in corrections. "Having women on staff also just seems to normalize things in an institution."

Massachusetts, even with its smaller-than-average percentage of correctional officers who are women, has been among the leaders in the United States in hiring women for correction jobs, according to Farrell. A woman, Kathleen Dennehy, was commissioner of the department until recently, and there are many high-ranking women in the agency.

"As you look at the management structure of the department, it is clear that many females have advanced through the ranks to become deputy superintendents, superintendents and department/division heads," said Acting Commissioner James R. Bender.

Female officers sometimes face resentment from male officers.

"There were some people who had the preconceived notion that women didn't belong in this business," said Burke. "I think the majority accepted me pretty quickly."

Correction officers, male or female, know they must depend on each other, and the stakes can be as high as life or death. Dubrule, who often works with Delgado, said he trusts his female co -workers. "If there's a fight, they'll run into a crowd and pull people out."

Captain Shawn Dewey, a shift commander at Souza-Baranowski, said he has great admiration for women in the business. "It takes a strong, tolerant woman to survive in this environment. They are put to the test, probably more than the male officers. They are not intimidated by the inmates or their peers."

Once a day, Delgado has to go to a prisoner's cell and shake it down, looking for contraband or weapons. On this day, she went to the assigned cell while the inmate was elsewhere and began methodically going through everything, clothing, mattress, sheets, books, papers, magazines.

"You try to put everything back the way you found it," Delgado said. "If you don't, they'll complain."

Clothes she found on the floor, she folded and put right back. "I don't know why they keep their clothes on the floor, but I'll put them back there," said Delgado, sounding like an exasperated mother straightening a teenager's room.

From this cell, she confiscated several pens, which the inmate had managed to connect for use as a manual remote control to change channels on his television without getting out of his bunk.

"It can end up being a good weapon. They'll wrap it in a newspaper. It can hurt," she said.

Even in a maximum-security prison, inmates are out of their cells most of the time, going to meals, programs, and recreation, or just hanging out in common areas. Correction officers are almost always interacting with inmates.

"The perception of the public is that they're in their cells 24 hours a day, and when they're not, they're chained up," said Burke. "It's not true."

Delgado said she understands that her main job is to keep the inmates safe and secure, but she also recognizes she is more than a guard. "You talk to them. A lot of times the inmates try to keep you talking. A lot of them look at you like a mother. It's strange to say, but some of them never had a mother. You do counsel them, whether you want to or not."

Robert Preer can be reached at preer@globe.com.



© Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company
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Subject: Caffin


Author:
Curious
[Edit]
Date Posted: 12:51:17 06/12/07 Tue
Why was Caffin taken out of Newline? Was it because she did her job?
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Subject: Civil Suit


Author:
Curious
[Edit]
Date Posted: 12:50:01 06/12/07 Tue
Who is the officer at Framingham that is filing a Civil Suit on the Administration at Framingham, and Capt. Beauregard at Walpole?
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Subject: hi


Author:
hi
[Edit]
Date Posted: 07:53:44 06/09/07 Sat
What is the deal with this Baldyga kid who transferred?
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Subject: June 14th


Author:
Mediation
[Edit]
Date Posted: 20:03:14 06/07/07 Thu
The next mediation session will be held on Thursday June 14, 2007 at the MCOFU union office between the hours of
10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The mediator's goal today was to familiarize himself with the MCOFU and Commonwealth negotiating teams and the proposals exchanged by both parties during contract negotiations. With this accomplished, he will develop a stratergy to try and resolve this matter expeditiously and palatable to both parties.
Subject: Mediation


Author:
Any word on what happened?
[Edit]
Date Posted: 13:57:14 06/07/07 Thu
Subject: JULY 1ST IS THE DAY


Author:
me
[Edit]
Date Posted: 13:43:22 06/06/07 Wed
If nothing happens tomorrow that is it! July 1st will be a new start for us. Strike is the only way! Starting on July 1st is great managment will have to prepare ahead of time. Call in the tac team and cpo's.. Hopefully the cpo's do not answer there pagers/phones that day and back us. Inform them now! We will get our point across and get a positive reaction then. They have to. Scabs taking overtime will be the only downfall. Teamsters already said they won't cross our line, so that shuts down the camp. Get ready boy's, July 1st is just around the corner.
11x7 might as well call in Sat. night, that forces there hand to do something quicker as they can't keep Sat.'s 3x11 running the show forever. Not sure what the max limit is 24 in emergency i think. UNITY BROTHERS
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Subject: June 7th


Author:
Waiting
[Edit]
Date Posted: 12:39:24 06/05/07 Tue
What exactly is going to happen on the 7th? If they like what they hear, are they going to let us know so we can vote on it? If they don't like anything,what happens then??
Subject: C.Johnson


Author:
Me
[Edit]
Date Posted: 06:18:02 06/03/07 Sun
Anybody fighting the alleged rumor that C.Johnson on I.P.S. is going to be a provisional Lt. working for Duval Patrick. I did not think the State still did provisional employees for Unit 4. How was she allowed to take the Lt's exam? She didn't even get her grade yet, what if she failed the test.
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Subject: Oontract


Author:
CO (Still waiting)
[Edit]
Date Posted: 21:33:14 06/01/07 Fri
What is going on with the contract?
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Subject: Barbed wire stickers


Author:
Are we showing support for this?
[Edit]
Date Posted: 15:30:18 06/01/07 Fri
THE BLUE BARBED WIRE STICKER

This product was designed to recognize a segment of law enforcement which often goes unrecognized, Corrections Officers. The Blue Barbed Wire sticker was designed to recognize officers within the corrections community. There are some 395000 corrections officers in the United States. These men and women are proud of the work they do and deserve to display their pride in a unique way.

The Blue Barbed Wire was created by a Deputy Sheriff and Corrections Officer from Massachusetts who was denied the opportunity to purchase a Thin Blue Line sticker because “he was not a police officer”.

The Blue Barbed Wire can be seen in the parking lots of correctional facilities through out the world. Since its inception in 2005, promotion has been a grass roots effort.
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Subject: Borden


Author:
SS
[Edit]
Date Posted: 16:28:33 05/31/07 Thu
Im a little late, but Sgt. Borden is a respectible officer. He has never been, nor ever will be a rat. He does his job very well and takes no crap. You all should be thrilled to have someone like that going to bat for you!! As far as Melo, if he is or was seeing her, well I am just so jealous!! You all should mind your own business about his personal life and worry about what you need to do inside the walls!!
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Subject: Thank you


Author:
Carl
[Edit]
Date Posted: 04:06:30 05/27/07 Sun
Thank you for allowing me to view this website while completing my graduate degree in Sociology.
I have come to the conclusion that despite the many number of you that work at these prisons, most would benefit from a job change and professional counseling.
It appears that numerous posts are made at several of these sites but in reality many of you double and in some cases triple post under other "handles"
I'm sure your job is difficult but life is too short to be angry at the world for the sake of a paycheck.
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Subject: Block Operations


Author:
I like Mike
[Edit]
Date Posted: 09:37:26 05/26/07 Sat
Buck ran a unit at Walpole for quite a few years and did a good job. I know Frramingham is a SERIOUS joint that is one of the most difficult to work in the state so Bucks performance may not be up to the quality of the TRUE Framingham officer, who has pride, is true, professional, motivated, hard working, conscientious, honest, literate, intelligent, ah who the hell am I kidding. Buck doesn't inundate the higher ups with D-Reports, he handles issues informally and actually deals with the cons rather than writing D-Reports. I know that is a foreign idea to allot of you but try it sometime, it does illicit some positive results.
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Subject: Mr. Perfect


Author:
Who cares
[Edit]
Date Posted: 06:03:00 05/26/07 Sat
How does Mr. Perfect Leneau look now? Good judge of character huh? Mr. Kiss ass messed up. Oh and good job hiring the red headed project worker, who constantly goes around telling people about her new breasts. Way to go Chris, I think your empire of sucking ass is crumbling.
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Subject: MP's


Author:
MP
[Edit]
Date Posted: 18:25:38 05/24/07 Thu
If your intitals are MP you need to LAY LOW. They say things come in three's!!
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Subject: We are at impasse!


Author:
So, how long does mediation take?
[Edit]
Date Posted: 09:01:28 05/20/07 Sun
To my union brothers and sisters.

Let me begin by thanking the 1200 union members and their families for engaging in what has been labeled the largest labor rally in the commonwealth in over ten years. This union came together, for the first time, to call on the Governor to treat this profession with dignity and fairness by answering the call to end this contract dispute with a fair deal. It was a day that will never be forgotten, and you should be proud of the accomplishment you participated in. Calls for a second rally have been heard, but let us first give the Governor an opportunity to answer the call.

Since the rally, we have met with the Governors office, and laid out the issues that brought us to the corner office in such a show of force. We have also filed a joint petition with the state declaring impasse, and while we hoped that the Commonwealth would waive mediation and proceed to fact-finding as they intimated they would, the Commonwealth, in fact, refused to waive mediation. We now must proceed to that forum.

That said, we have pushed for a speedy remedy to the mediation process, and the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration has already appointed a mediator to the dispute. We hope to schedule dates as early as the beginning of June to close this issue out.

We, as a Board, believe we are on strong footing to proceed in front of a neutral party. We have assembled the best possible team we could find to move through this process, and we hope to have the issue resolved quickly. 41 months have passed since your contract expired. We have held the line to this point, and frankly, the rally at the state house was a tremendous boost for this union. You demonstrated a willingness to come together for a common cause, your contract! We have repeatedly stated that you are the union, not the seven board members, and that in order for us to succeed, we must have the body united.

All these past months of insulting offers, and refusal to negotiate in good faith by management have done the one thing they thought was impossible. Their actions, intended to splinter this union, ignited only the anger of the membership. Their actions fused this body into one voice, a voice calling out for justice at the contract table. That one voice was prepared to act against the DOC on the 11th of May, but the meeting with the Governor’s office allowed cooler heads to prevail. Never forget that we are on the high ground, and if it is action that is needed, it will be legal action that is taken.
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Subject: rally


Author:
US
[Edit]
Date Posted: 16:10:15 05/11/07 Fri
Way to step it up at framingham. There were 100 people at the rally from framingham. That is the support the union needs.
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  • Re: rally -- lynne, 18:05:32 05/12/07 Sat
    • Re: rally -- grammar girl, 19:19:43 05/12/07 Sat
      • Re: rally -- WHere was Pat Morrisey???, 04:31:55 05/14/07 Mon
      • Re: rally -- it is clear lynne is no brain child, 03:41:42 05/15/07 Tue
Subject: Where was Fox?


Author:
CO
[Edit]
Date Posted: 11:22:22 05/10/07 Thu
It is absolutely disgusting that we were right across the street from the news station however they couldn't come out of their little cubicles to cover our rally for even a few seconds.......
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Subject: North Carolina


Author:
Capt. M.
[Edit]
Date Posted: 16:02:10 05/09/07 Wed
Taxes on homes, auto and home insurance are all approximately 55% less than in Mass. Electric in this area is very reasonable, around 60% less than in mass with National Grid. Duke energy is Hydro Electric and very efficent. Been down here around 2 weeks now and I love it. The people are awesome the weather is great, sales tax is a little high at 6.75% but new car sales tax is only 3%. Now if my wife will only come around life will be sweet. :)
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Subject: HELP


Author:
SLUGS
[Edit]
Date Posted: 11:48:05 05/07/07 Mon
Hey, can we get 2 of you almost 4,000 slugs out there who haven't posted anything on DEVALPATRICK.COM yet so we can at least hit the 200 comment mark?
Subject: rally


Author:
rally
[Edit]
Date Posted: 20:55:10 05/06/07 Sun
We all know that out of the 500 plus who are supposedly attending the rally, there's going to be a handful looking like idiots. If you're one of these idiots, please stay home. Please don't do the following: wear your cut off jean shorts, wear your ball cap on backwards, spit seeds into your dunkins cup, or make fun of the tree huggers at the biotech rally. Scratch the last one, you can tease them all you want. By the way, we still have more people in Mass. that care about riding atv's in state parks than care about getting a fair contract for their families' future.
Subject: Rotations


Author:
Why
[Edit]
Date Posted: 13:41:13 05/02/07 Wed
Let's see if rotations will take care of the senior staff for once. We have tons of people that have never been in units, nor had a rotation in one. As you can see there is 25 new people, plus many other junior staff 10 years and under that need to be put in a unit.
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Subject: STATE HOUSE RALLY BUS


Author:
PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!
[Edit]
Date Posted: 11:16:11 05/02/07 Wed

STATE HOUSE RALLY

TUESDAY MAY 8, 2007

10:00AM TO 12:00PM

BUSES DEPARTING:

8:15AM- BRIDGEWATER

8:30AM- CONCORD

8:00AM- SHIRLEY

7:45AM- GARDNER

8:30AM- NORFOLK

8:15AM- FRAMINGHAM

8:15AM- MILFORD UNION OFFICE

ALL BUSES WILL BE RETURNING FROM THE STATE HOUSE AT 12:15PM BACK TO THE DEPARTING LOCATION. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES!!
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Subject: MyIssue.DevalPatrick.com


Author:
blue
[Edit]
Date Posted: 06:10:59 04/30/07 Mon
everyone go on this site and post a message.. you have to create an acct. show your support. we need a contract..
Subject: RALLY


Author:
perplexed
[Edit]
Date Posted: 22:49:29 04/29/07 Sun
Can anyone explain to me how supposedly 600 plus screws have committed to taking 6 hours out of their day to go to the rally, yet only 150 have taken the 2 minutes needed to post a comment on DEAVALPATRICK.COM? We should already have at least 4,000 comments posted. Shouldn't we have more people in this state (i.e. CO's) concerned about supporting their families than whether or not we can use ATV's in state parks? Too busy feeling sorry for yourselves to speak up? Shameful!
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  • Re: RALLY -- Committed, 01:25:53 04/30/07 Mon
    • Re: RALLY -- then give them our signs!!! (DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA), 07:01:56 04/30/07 Mon
    • Re: RALLY -- Go Greyhound, 19:54:06 04/30/07 Mon
      • Re: RALLY -- Yes!, 03:50:03 05/01/07 Tue
        • Re: RALLY -- True, 19:37:30 05/01/07 Tue
          • Re: RALLY (NT) -- Because he needs an excuse when asked where he was!, 03:53:40 05/02/07 Wed
Subject: send the governor a message


Author:
http://devalpatrick.com/issue.php?issue_id=7578477
[Edit]
Date Posted: 20:16:09 04/29/07 Sun
Subject: Greasy haired hos.


Author:
interested
[Edit]
Date Posted: 17:12:39 04/27/07 Fri
So are the sheep and other small animals safe at Concord Farm? I hear she has a sexual harrassment charge against her now. Maybe everything that goes around does come around. Couldn't happen to someone who deserves it more. How many married men (blind married men) have bitten the dust so far?
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Subject: help out


Author:
US
[Edit]
Date Posted: 13:29:40 04/27/07 Fri
Go on deval patrick.com and show your support for us to get a fair contract.
Subject: Retirees


Author:
Retired
[Edit]
Date Posted: 13:19:23 04/26/07 Thu
Retirees need retro from 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 in order to get more pay in their checks from the time they retired. Without retro, retirees won't see any raise. Retirees deserve a contract with retro because they worked during those years. If an Officer retired in 2004 then the Officer will see the retro up to that year, ONLY, and will get a bigger check. The retirees will only get a raise during the time they worked , but they deserve a retro contract. Just think if it were you that retired just now in 2007 and there wasn't a retro contract. That means for four years you lose out. This is why the State wants to have a contract without retro. Not only does every Officer get less, but the State is trying to get out of paying every retiree more for the rest of there lives since 2004. Get the retro for those that did the time.
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