Hundreds of high schools across Texas offer classes to prepare students for careers in law enforcement, including corrections. This career-training program is the biggest of its kind in the country, enrolling almost 162,000 students in the school year that just ended.
Every year, more than 2,500 Texas teens take classes focused on working in prisons and jails, studying subjects that include how to restrain prisoners and administer first aid in a prison setting. The Texas Education Agency sets curriculum standards, though teachers can use additional material.
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So the prison department has hired a recruiter to develop relationships with high school training programs, hoping to make it easy and attractive for graduates ages 18 and older to become corrections officers. The agency “is exploring the option of establishing a pipeline for high school” students to become employees, Director of Communications Amanda Hernandez wrote in an email.
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Texas Recruits High School Kids To Be Corrections Officers
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I know I shouldn't be surprised that the state of TX has high-school level programs to train more corrections officers, and yet I am.
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Hey Texas isn't rated the worst state to live and work in by accident!
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I think this kind of belongs here - Illinois abolishes cash bail and will presumptively allow people on their own recognizance in most situations. This is a big step forward for more fair legal experiences regardless of income.
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Yeah, I think it’s a positive change.
I understand the general ‘concern’, but I think it’s a correction that’s long overdue.
How much money you have should never be a part of justice, and that’s what the bail system is.
Dangerous criminals can still be held , pending their trial…. But the judge will need to pronounce that.
I understand the general ‘concern’, but I think it’s a correction that’s long overdue.
How much money you have should never be a part of justice, and that’s what the bail system is.
Dangerous criminals can still be held , pending their trial…. But the judge will need to pronounce that.