correctional officer
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During testimony last week, Tomas Rivers, a correctional officer from State Correctional Institution Huntingdon, where Mangione was first held, described conversations he had with the accused, according to Rolling Stone:
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
Is correctional officer the job someone applies for when they have made all the right life choices?
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
Last month, a correctional officer who worked at FCI Dublin was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Demetrius Haley worked for the prison operated by the Shelby County Division of Corrections as a correctional officer from January 2015 until July 2020, when he resigned to join the Memphis Police Department.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
I had been to this prison often enough to be familiar to many of the correctional officers, but as I entered I was met by a correctional officer I’d never seen before.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
