CA/ State Prison RN job question

In Jan 2007 RN's starting were making $7650 a month. Regardless of what the web site says.
In a nutshell some facilities are extremely difficult to work for. Back Stabbing sums it up but mentally taxing is more like it. Correctional work is great (for me) been doing it 4 years love it! Its Who you work with as proffesionals that is the issue not who you care for that cause problems. Each facility has its ups & downs.

Would prefer to discuss off board.

7650.00 a month, wow. but how is this so, i can't find anything on this. I did call a recruiter and they did say I would start out at 7045.00 a month. I am wondering what nurses are clearing base pay a year? I am highly interested in working for this department if this is true about the pay. I have worked about 6 years in a prison as a correctional officer here in nevada, so wouldn't be an unusal setting for me.

This is where the $7045 a month starting pay is mentioned:

http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/CareerOpportu...urseCF-O-C.pdf

However, if you work for some of the Bay Area facilities where the cost of living is higher, then the pay starts at $7766 a month.

If you notice, there's also a pay range where you make more, presumably, after you put some time in. So, this may account for the varying salary figures.

The federal reciever set the pay.
not sure when it will start, i believe january.
The 107,000 is for the bay area prisons.
CTF, SVSP, San Quintin.
the rest of the state i believe is going to be 97,000, still not bad.
the bay area prisons have a different rate.
If you work in a yard, you will have 3 day weekends every week.
4 ten hour shifts, days, and they don't usually get mandated.

If you work in the CTC/ER its open 24 hours, so you could get a screwed up shift, just like a hospital, and those in the CTC/ER get mandated for overtime, so screws up your plans.

nice thing is you get vested after 5 years with 12.5%, so you could retire at 55.
And no one can really touch the pay.
Outside of the prison pay sucks in san diego.