Corrections department seeks to hire teenagers as detention officers
The Department of Corrections is asking the legislature to lower its minimum hiring age from 20 to 18.
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The Department of Corrections is asking the legislature to lower its minimum hiring age from 20 to 18.
The Department of Corrections is asking the legislature to lower its minimum hiring age from 20 to 18. The agency filed a similar legislative request in 2019, when no lawmaker agreed to sponsor the bill. Unlike the 2019 proposal, this year’s request stipulates that 18 and 19-year-olds would work as detention officers with limited job responsibilities. The bill filing deadline is Jan. 20 and the regular session convenes on Feb. 7.
Kenneth Manning applied to work as a state correctional officer on his 20th birthday. Manning was accepted into the Oklahoma Department of
Kenneth Manning applied to work as a state correctional officer on his 20th birthday.
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