“If you have integrity, courage, commitment … let’s talk,” the Maine Department of Corrections beckons on its website’s career opportunities section.
As of early December it had 45 vacancies, including 37 correctional officers but also an English teacher at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland a good indication of the range of jobs in the state’s prison and juvenile detention system. It’s currently responsible for 1,750 inmates and 6,700 individuals on probation.
The department’s workforce of 1,075 people consists of 456 correctional or juvenile officers and more than 100 supervisory staff. The remaining jobs range from intelligence and clerical positions to food service, plumbers and vocational instructors.