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

Several years ago he married the mother of a correctional officer, and former prison staffers said he was known for writing poetry and frequently expressing gratitude for the work done by correctional officers.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

But 20 minutes later the session was over, Ayham’s trial was postponed once more because, the judge said, the family had refused to cooperate with the boy’s court-appointed correctional officer.

From Los Angeles 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