Texas prison guard salary ranks 47th

[Blake]

"....PRISON PAY
Correctional officer salaries, annual mean wage
Top five
California, $61,000
New Jersey, $56,960
Massachusetts, $53,090
Nevada, $50,120
New York, $46,760

Bottom five
New Mexico, $30,400
Texas, $30,100
Louisiana, $26,940
Mississippi, $23,470
Source: U.S. Department of Labor

The paper also calculated that there's an overall "one guard per 5.28 inmate ratio in California versus a one guard per 7.03 inmate ratio in Texas," though the two states have about the same number of inmates"

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/texas-prison-guard-salary-ranks-47th.html?m=1

[Blake]

That's terrible....they definitely deserve a raise.

[DJR210]

Not fair considering the hard work and dedication that goes into a career that prestigious.

[Rogue]

but there's no state income tax in Texas, right?

[TE]

tbh why the attention whoring troll baiting thread? We all know how this ends up.

[spurraider21]

starts at 0:19


http://youtu.be/HIgO2uVanbg?t=19s

[xmas1997]

I lump the whole prison industry with the cancer industry, and the oil industry. All are rip offs that bleed the country dry and take advantage of those without resources IMHO.
And they are now such huge conglomerates that to change them for the better would cause the country to spiral into another depression.
But there are better alternatives.

[TDMVPDPOY]

But there are better alternatives.

it is better just to nuke the places...seriously those clowns will never contribute to society, i dont believe in 2nd or 3rd chances in life....

[xmas1997]

it is better just to nuke the places...seriously those clowns will never contribute to society, i dont believe in 2nd or 3rd chances in life....

I can understand your frustration. One thing is for sure, they are not in the business of rehabilitation.

[Blake]

I lump the whole prison industry with the cancer industry, and the oil industry. All are rip offs that bleed the country dry and take advantage of those without resources IMHO.
And they are now such huge conglomerates that to change them for the better would cause the country to spiral into another depression.
But there are better alternatives.

I'm not sure you mean by "cancer industry" but I'm guessing you agree there should be reform.

One step would be to get the pot heads out of jail.

[Blake]

but there's no state income tax in Texas, right?

Correct, but I'm not sure that difference makes up for it.

[xmas1997]

I'm not sure you mean by "cancer industry" but I'm guessing you agree there should be reform.

One step would be to get the pot heads out of jail.

Oh what the hell, I'll bite.
What I meant was they are all big money making industries and in the case of the cancer industry, they make no money finding a "cure", whereas they do make lots of money in "treatment".
I am sure you can find the parallels in the prison industry and the oil industry.

[Sybok]

I lump the whole prison industry with the cancer industry, and the oil industry. All are rip offs that bleed the country dry and take advantage of those without resources IMHO.
And they are now such huge conglomerates that to change them for the better would cause the country to spiral into another depression.
But there are better alternatives.
Run for public office and fix it. Or just blog about it. Either way will make significant change.

[Wild Cobra]

Another libtarded thread...

Top five

5 California, $61,000
6 New Jersey, $56,960
10 Massachusetts, $53,090
Nevada, $50,120
4 New York, $46,760

Texas, surrounding states

47 New Mexico, $30,400
42 Texas, $30,100
Louisiana, $26,940
50 Mississippi, $23,470

The numbers I put in front of the states are their ranking by cost of living.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I lump the whole prison industry with the cancer industry, and the oil industry. All are rip offs that bleed the country dry and take advantage of those without resources IMHO.
And they are now such huge conglomerates that to change them for the better would cause the country to spiral into another depression.
But there are better alternatives.

:lol not mentioning the church industry that takes advantage of morons like you

:lol "Give 10% of your income to me and god will set you freeeeeeeeeeeee!"

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Another libtarded thread...

Top five

5 California, $61,000
6 New Jersey, $56,960
10 Massachusetts, $53,090
Nevada, $50,120
4 New York, $46,760

Texas, surrounding states

47 New Mexico, $30,400
42 Texas, $30,100
Louisiana, $26,940
50 Mississippi, $23,470

The numbers I put in front of the states are their ranking by cost of living.

So are you saying California has double the cost of living that Texas has?

[Wild Cobra]

So are you saying California has double the cost of living that Texas has?
When it comes to buying a house, of which a large part of a persons paycheck goes... Then there is taxation, of which Texan's get to keep a greater percentage of their income...

It is at least close.

Average house price Texas: $176,000

Average house price California: $299,000

Now when you are looking at a home near a large city, without commuting great distances, they are around $800,000+ in California. I wonder how much the housing is around these prisons, vs. the housing prices near prisons in Texas.

http://www.statisticbrain.com/home-sales-average-price/

1 Hawaii $425,000
2 Washington D.C. $372,900
3 New York $329,900
4 Massachusetts $319,900
5 California $299,000
5 New Jersey $299,000
7 Connecticut $279,000
8 Colorado $252,900
9 Maryland $249,900
10 Alaska $248,500
11 Montana $245,000
12 Rhode Island $239,900
12 Delaware $239,900
14 Washington $239,000
15 Virginia $235,000
16 Vermont $230,000
17 New Hampshire $229,500
18 Oregon $225,500
19 Wyoming $215,000
20 New Mexico $200,000
21 Maine $199,900
22 Utah $193,500
23 North Carolina $189,500
24 Pennsylvania $184,900
25 Illinois $179,500
26 Florida $179,000
27 Texas $176,000
28 South Carolina $170,900
29 Wisconsin $169,000
30 Louisiana $165,000
30 Idaho $165,000
32 Minnesota $164,900
33 South Dakota $164,000
34 Tennessee $162,900
35 Alabama $162,000
36 Georgia $150,000
37 Mississippi $149,900
38 Arizona $149,000
38 North Dakota $149,000
38 West Virginia $149,000
41 Kentucky $145,000
42 Kansas $144,900
42 Oklahoma $144,900
44 Missouri $142,900
45 Arkansas $140,000
46 Nevada $138,000
47 Nebraska $135,000
48 Indiana $130,000
49 Ohio $129,000
50 Iowa $135,500
51 Michigan $114,000

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Oh ok now you're moving the goal posts because the cost of living argument was bulllshit.

[Wild Cobra]

Oh ok now you're moving the goal posts because the cost of living argument was bulllshit.
Believe as you wish.

I'm not going to show you my whole hand at once. If you recall we have had such discussions of wages, poverty rates, etc before. The bottom line is states like Texas are cheaper to live in so they generally have cheaper wages. Wages and cost of living track pretty close whereas the highest cost of living states have in general the highest wages and highest taxes, and the lowest cost of living states, among the lowest wages and lowest taxes.

I was only showing how much of a total joke the OP is.

Like I said...

Another libtarded thread...

[Blake]

Another libtarded thread...

Top five

5 California, $61,000
6 New Jersey, $56,960
10 Massachusetts, $53,090
Nevada, $50,120
4 New York, $46,760

Texas, surrounding states

47 New Mexico, $30,400
42 Texas, $30,100
Louisiana, $26,940
50 Mississippi, $23,470

The numbers I put in front of the states are their ranking by cost of living.

Oh look. In a roundabout way, WC called me libtarded. Who could have seen that coming.

Type in San Antonio vs LA:

http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/

[Wild Cobra]

Housing in Los Angelas is 146% more, meaning it costs 2.46 times as much.

That's more than double.

Thanks for agreeing with my argument Blake.

[Blake]

Housing in Los Angelas is 146% more, meaning it costs 2.46 times as much.

That's more than double.

Thanks for agreeing with my argument Blake.

Housing isn't the same thing as cost of living.

it's one part of it.

[Wild Cobra]

Housing isn't the same thing as cost of living.

it's one part of it.
No shit Sherlock, but since it usually is a very large part of a person's income, it makes for a more important assessment when comparing wages. COLA does not account for many things properly. One thing our government has done to abuse it is to reduce the effect of housing and food prices so they don't have to increase benefits like SS as much as is realistic.

Did you read my post #17?

It appears if you did, you didn't understand the importance I was placing on housing.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

:lol so one element of cost of living is a more important comparison than all elements of cost of living

[Koolaid_Man]

I know a prison guard in Cali that makes 100k / yr...

[Blake]

No shit Sherlock, but since it usually is a very large part of a person's income, it makes for a more important assessment when comparing wages. COLA does not account for many things properly. One thing our government has done to abuse it is to reduce the effect of housing and food prices so they don't have to increase benefits like SS as much as is realistic.

Did you read my post #17?

It appears if you did, you didn't understand the importance I was placing on housing.

I don't care how much importance you put on it.

CNN's cost of living calculator is better than your silly opinion.

[xmas1997]

I don't care how much importance you put on it.

CNN's cost of living calculator is better than your silly opinion.

Trollish remarks are to be dismissed as rubbish.
:lol

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I don't care how much importance you put on it.

CNN's cost of living calculator is better than your silly opinion.

:lmao cost of living the newest thing WC is an expert on

[Wild Cobra]

:lmao cost of living the newest thing WC is an expert on
I'm no expert on it and neither are you.

Do you deny that the OP was a hit piece based on ideas not expressing the whole truth?

[monosylab1k]

"....PRISON PAY
Correctional officer salaries, annual mean wage
Top five
California, $61,000
New Jersey, $56,960
Massachusetts, $53,090
Nevada, $50,120
New York, $46,760

Bottom five
New Mexico, $30,400
Texas, $30,100
Louisiana, $26,940
Mississippi, $23,470
Source: U.S. Department of Labor

The paper also calculated that there's an overall "one guard per 5.28 inmate ratio in California versus a one guard per 7.03 inmate ratio in Texas," though the two states have about the same number of inmates"

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/texas-prison-guard-salary-ranks-47th.html?m=1

:lmao :lmao :lmao :tu :tu


That's terrible....they definitely deserve a raise.

:lmao


Not fair considering the hard work and dedication that goes into a career that prestigious.

:lmao :tu

:tu


tbh why the attention whoring troll baiting thread? We all know how this ends up.

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao


it is better just to nuke the places...seriously those clowns will never contribute to society, i dont believe in 2nd or 3rd chances in life....

:lmao


Housing isn't the same thing as cost of living.

it's one part of it.

:lmao :lmao :tu

[Clipper Nation]

My trollish remarks are to be dismissed as rubbish.
:cry

:lmao:tu

[xmas1997]

I am the dumbest troll on this site so I laugh at my own idiocy! :lmao:tu


CN with the goods about himself, laughing at his immature childishness.
How novel, and how insignificant, but oh so truthful.
:lol

[Blake]

Trollish remarks are to be dismissed as rubbish.
:lol

If this place was moderated, you'd have been banned months ago, troll.

[Clipper Nation]

CN with the goods about himself, laughing at his immature childishness.
How novel, and how insignificant, but oh so truthful.
:lol
Xmas with the hypocrisy, changing quotes after whining about that tactic yesterday :lol

[xmas1997]

If this place was moderated, you'd have been banned months ago, troll.

How can a troll accuse someone else of being a troll, especially when they aren't?
Doesn't that mean he is not a troll?
Makes sense to me.
If and when I become a mod, you are one of the first trolls on my list.
Enjoy your trolling while you can.
:lol

[boutons_deux]

CA prison guard union is obviously strong.