CORRECTION OFFICER STATISTICS

Last Birthday:

58, (Metropolitan Life Actuary Statistics 1998)

Mortality Rate:

2nd Highest of any occupation ( Society Actuaries 1994)

Assaults:

80 per day,

over 29,1000 Last Year

Inmate Population:

6.8 % average annual increase over the lat 10 years

Officer Staffing:

3.1% average annual increase over the lat 10 years

Self-Defense Training:

Virtually none after the initial academy while 80 of us are assaulted per day.

Turn Over Rate:

15.1%

Rate of AIDS:  

15,697 asymptomatic HIV Cases (HIV in Prisons 1997, Bureau of Justice Statistics)

AID/HIV:

7,234 confirmed AIDS cases

(Criminal Justice Institute 1999 Corrections Year Book)

*Source: Corrections USA, “from The Tier…”, Newsletter, Volume 2000, Issue 2.8