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Thanks PsyGuy. Good info!

On 2/03/15, PsyGuy wrote:
> TJJD (Texas Juvenile Justice Department) laughed, actually
> laughed when C-SCOPE/TRS wanted to pitch the product to
> them, they were the only one. Ive only visited but from my
> limited experience:
>
> 1) Its very organized and controlled, you dont have to stand
in a
> hall and watch students at the lockers or anything. The
students
> are for the most part well behaved. This is an opportunity
for
> them to get out of their enclosures (cells) and do something.
A
> lot of them really do want to to make changes.
>
> 2) The problem is a lot of them are truly socio paths, these
are
> not nice kids while a fair number of them have remorse, for
> truly the worst offenses we have (murder, rape, etc), a lot
of
> them know the system and their mistakes will just make them
> better predators later, when they are released. These
students
> are VERY good at playing the victim of society, they will
> manipulate you if they can. The smallest breach of policy or
> protocol they will use as leverage to extort or blackmail
you,
> simple things, like "can you call my mother when you get home
> and tell her Im okay, i lost my phone privileges for getting
beat
> up". You make the call and the next day or a few days later
the
> same kid will come to you after class and say 'You broke the
> rules and if you dont do me a favor Ill report you and my
> girlfriend (who you really called) will back me up." These
kids
> are the dangerous ones, the real dangerous ones they make
> slasher movies about.
>
> 3) The money is very good considering its a clock in and
clock
> out job, you never take anything home (every assignment and
> scrap of paper stays in the facility, no communication that
isnt
> monitored goes in or comes out). There are no meetings or
> extra curricular programs. They dont use TRS though they use
> ERS which is the State "Employee" retirement system, it takes
> twice as long to get vested (10 years) but the benefits more
> stable, still its not as good as ORP.
>
> 4) Some of the corrections officers are borderline criminals
> themselves. the older ones (with the grey hair) tend to be
the
> best, they have a lot invested and its a job to them, they
have to
> much to risk. The younger ones seem to just barely be on this
> side of the law, when there is a scandal or a security breach
its
> usually a younger CO (corrections officer) thats the problem.
> There is a reason why male COs have almost no contact or have
> dual patrol with female COs when handling female inmates. As
> a teacher there will always be at LEAST 2 COs in proximity to
> your classroom and its not surprising to have a student in
leg
> restraints (so that they cant rush you or anyone else) nor a
CO
> in the back of your classroom.
>
> 5) The sup is the best, you will be supported as long as you
> follow procedures and rules. If a student is problematic you
> wont see them again. Texas has very little sympathy for these
> kids, and they really are beyond their last chance. You wont
get
> cheated, taken advantage of or anything. Come in do your
> lesson, do your job go home and you will NEVER have a
> problem.
>
> On 1/07/15, Considering wrote:
>>
>> I was a public school teacher for some 15 years but resigned
>> in order to start my own business. Now that the business
>> is running fairly well and my wife can handle it, I am
>> considering getting back into the profession. However,
>> I really don't want to go back to the public school setting
>> and am seriously considering applying at a prison school.
>>
>> Does any of you out there have any experience working in
> one
>> and, if so, can y'all share any information on what it is
>> like to work in this environment/classroom. No detail is too
>> small, so elaborate as much as you like! LOL
>>
>> As I side question, I withdrew my contributions to Texas TRS
>> to start the business I mentioned, so was wondering how
>> long to takes when starting fresh to become "re-vested" in
>> the retirement system and get a yearly pension upon
>> retirement for good?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any assistance/answers!

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