[pumpkin1984]

I was in class today and we had a guest speaker. She informed the class of working in a women state prison but she didn't go into a lot of detail. She let us know that it would be good money and there are lots of opportunities. But there is a line of safety that is very fine and your never really safe. Is the pay worth the risk? Is it better to work at a women's facilty or a men's? She did tele-medicine and liked what she did.

[TheCommuter]

I completed an LVN program in Southern California in late 2005, and a female nurse from the California Dept. of Corrections spoke to our class prior to graduation to attempt to recruit some of us. She stated that the pay for LVNs in the prison system topped out at about $6,100 monthly, and that her lifestyle is nice.

Not one single student completed an application by the time she was done with her spiel. Nobody was interested. But, hey, the money is good. New LVNs start out at $24 hourly.

[Nrsndlz1]

I have worked in corrections for 10 years and spent 2 years with female inmates. Talk about exhausting! These women are very time consuming compared to dealing with male inmates. I could triage 100 males before I could see 20 females. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

[Blackcat99]

Originally Posted by Nrsndlz1

I have worked in corrections for 10 years and spent 2 years with female inmates. Talk about exhausting! These women are very time consuming compared to dealing with male inmates. I could triage 100 males before I could see 20 females. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

I totally agree. Female inmates are much more difficult to deal with then male inmates.

[nancykday]

Originally Posted by Nrsndlz1

I have worked in corrections for 10 years and spent 2 years with female inmates. Talk about exhausting! These women are very time consuming compared to dealing with male inmates. I could triage 100 males before I could see 20 females. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

i have worked i a female prison for 11 years and love it. yes the females are more demanding, but you remain fair, firm and consistant. no is still no, they may complain, but they get over it, it is really not much different then dealing with children. women are mor mouthy than male i/m. btw please excuse no capitalization, i just broke my right wrist in a fall and having trouble typing with one hand

[Suzn628]

I have worked in a womens correctional facility for 5 years now as a LPN. It is a very trying job at times because of the neediness of women who are incarciated. It seems at times they just lay in their beds and see how many medical problems they can have. Other times you could not ask for a better job. For instince when an inmate walks in to Medical Department for discharge and tells you if it werent for the nurses they would have never made it through their sentence.

[texascowgirl]

i would NEVER work in a female prison. i did two weeks at a female detention center, as a contractor, and that was enough. much more difficult and more aggravating than dealing with males.

Originally Posted by pumpkin1984

I was in class today and we had a guest speaker. She informed the class of working in a women state prison but she didn't go into a lot of detail. She let us know that it would be good money and there are lots of opportunities. But there is a line of safety that is very fine and your never really safe. Is the pay worth the risk? Is it better to work at a women's facilty or a men's? She did tele-medicine and liked what she did.

[danissa]

I have never worked in a womens prison, but we have one in our area, which means our NICU gets the drug withdrawing babies etc, from these Mothers. I know they are locked up for their mistakes, and once they are discharged from the unit back to the prison, we only see them for the one hour per day that they are allowed to visit with their baby. But, the way they are brought into the unit to visit is so sad, they are shackled to two guards, handcuffs only taken off when they get to the room their baby is in. This is in full view of other parents, who you can imagine, as human nature goes, all watch with horrified interest. Any "normal" interaction that goes on between parents then stops, and all are on alert, aware of the prescence of the two guards sitting outside the room, (being paid to sit there for an hour and read btw!).
Inhumanity at its best..our unit is locked,and once they are inside the door, the woman couldn't escape anywhere! It's all such a big drama, played out to a watching audience, and at the end of that ONE hour..a crying woman, shackled again and taken away from her baby, until that one hour the next day.

saddens me, i know they are in prison for a reason, but the suffering of a mother and child, together for only one hour a day, helps no-one.
just my experience, btw, everyone will have different experiences of actually working in the prison, I know, this is just a different viewpoint.

[MadisonsMomRN]

I agree... I would MUCH rather deal with male inmates over females anyday!!