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In addition to the outdated facilities, the guard staff was underpaid, undertrained, and insufficient to manage the ever-increasing number of inmates. Guards at the Montana State Prison during this period were some of the lowest paid correctional officers in the United States, ranked 115 out of 120 state and local institutions.
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Louisiana State Penitentiary is the largest correctional facility in the United States by population. [121] In 2010, the prison had 5,100 inmates and 1,700 employees. [ 122 ] In 2010, the racial composition of the inmates was 76% black and 24% white. 71% of inmates were serving a life sentence. 1.6% had been sentenced to death. [ 123 ]
The starting salary for an entry level correctional officer is $50,551, according to the state’s website. Dwight A. Weingarten is an investigative reporter, covering the Maryland State House and ...
Average correctional officer vacancy rates for fiscal year 2023 were 30% for state-run facilities and 42% for CoreCivic facilities, which house over a third of Tennessee’s 19,000 prison inmates ...
A look at 2022 Bristol County salaries shows the Sheriff's Office employs about two-thirds of the top 100 earners — and nearly half are prison guards.
The median annual wage for criminal investigators was $86,940 and $65,540 for patrol officers, in May 2020. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $38,420, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $146,000. [166] The median wages for police and detective occupations in May 2020 were as follows: [166] $86,940 for detectives and criminal ...
Police departments have been under pressure to rethink their funding for the past few years. In states where police budgets are not in question, some are actually trying to drum up more funds to...