The path to working as a correctional officer in a prison seems to be based on gender in how people will get into that field. The men will come from a military or police background, which allows them to have more background history then most women. Women correctional officers tend to come from backgrounds that have nothing to do with law or prisons. This pay will be more for women because they don’t have jobs that pay as well as correctional officers do, but for men it is less than some other jobs. Many officers that Britton interviewed said they basically drifted into their job. Also 44% of the men Britton interviewed said they came from the military so they had the military background to help them get in, which being a correctional officer can sometimes be similar to the military. Women usually don’t come from a military background or have been in the military, but they are told by someone that they are offering a job. Many times women have to be trained for the specific duties that they will be doing.
The money that they are getting to be a correctional officer is better than a woman would get if she just sat a desk all day. However, for a man it would be a little less than other jobs only because they have other male-dominant jobs such as construction that makes money because of the hard labor they are putting in. Many people that Britton interviewed say it was their best option because it offers good money and great benefits. Being a correctional officer will also allow people to get retirement when it is time to retire and it is still good money that they will get, enough to live well off of. It also allows good benefits for their family because they will have dental and medical which many people don’t have now days. They still have very well advantages because of the recession now days they are able to have money and live off of a good living as long as they stay at this position.
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