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The Career of a Correctional Officer

Published: Sept. 9, 2014, 5 a.m.

Interview by Beth Lenstra with Marty Hathaway, Correctional Officer for the State of Iowa with the Iowa Department of Corrections at the Iowa Medical Classification Center (IMCC) at Oakdale regarding Marty’s career, a typical day as a correctional officer, the attributes of a good correctional officer, and how a real day in the life of a correctional officer differs from how it is depicted in television and the movies.