Bob Walsh
Stockton, CA
Male, 60
I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
It would depend on the jurisdiction I expect. The Watch Commander, who in California is a Lieutenant, has operational control of the prison during non-business hours. I suspect it is the same in many other jurisdictions. The watch commander can ban a visitor pending review by higher authority, though must have at least some sort of reasoning to do so and there would be paperwork attached to such an action . Banning an employee from the grounds takes a higher authority than the watch commander (again in California.)
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That would depend a lot on circumstances.
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I have no idea. However, in most states it is a peace officer position and virtually all peace officers have and need a driver's license. So my educated guess is YES.
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Lately not much as I have been retired for close to ten years now. The biggie in California is the population cap which has forced the state to release about 40,000 felons from custody. The federal takeover of the inmate health care program has also caused operational problems within the department.
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Good question. I don't have a good answer any more. You need to meet the height-weight ratio. There is no minimum height requirement, there may be a maximum one but I don't think so. You need to have decent hearing and reasonable (but not perfect) vision without corrective lenses. (You can't wear glasses under a gas mask and you need to be able to function while wearing one.) I don't believe there is a color vision test. I think there is a physical agility test, but I don't know what it is. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Sorry, not by end of the business. My GUESS is that it is a good thing and they are preparing to release him, maybe into some sort of a pre-release program, near his address of record. That is, however, only an educated guess. I have almost zero experience with the federal system which is apparently what you are dealing with.
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My experience is in a PRISON, not a JAIL. There is a difference. In prison, the answer is YES, when we ran them through the METAL DETECTOR (not body scanner) they had to take their shoes off..
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