Pros
Full-time job with pay and benefits. There's always more than enough work to do to keep busy. Paid holidays off and on site training.
Cons
There's no room for growth as a clinician working in the prison. You have to have a PhD in psychology to advance to a senior level position. In every other private sector job, having a Masters degree and being licensed is sufficient enough. Haven't had a raise prior to them taking over the contract where I'm at and they didn't give anyone raises coming through the door. You have to work very hard for little money while senior level staff make 2x the salary doing half the work. The moral amongst the onsite senior level staff is low and the people who are in corporate are far removed from the day to day stressor of employees who are unable to trust any of the managers. I guess this is standard no matter where a person is employed.
