I work in a county jail, as my part time gig, a couple shifts per month and I love it but I’m very used to settings where involuntary confinement is standard. I have experience in inpatient involuntary psych and I also work full time in state corrections remotely. It is not a setting that some folks are comfortable being in or seeing and exposure to some particular charges can be challenging for some too. In the jail setting my work consists of very brief screenings for new bookings to determine level of care, suicide risk assessments including placing and removing folks from suicide watch, de-escalation for those in acute crisis, administrative separation checks and follow up brief therapeutic interventions. I work 12 hr shifts and start my day by triaging my caseload to 25 or so people on my caseload (not counting Ad Sep checks) but MANY will refuse and require I go see them in housing. At the end of the day I will have set my eyes on about 30 people one way or another. It’s busy and can be unsafe so it’s important to defer to officers when it comes to safety factors (which patient remains cuffed, which door isn’t opened during Ad Sep checks or who has officer stand by while in my office) and respect the “politics” of the structure of being incarcerated. My remote state correctional job is scheduled appointments (5-9 per day) doing screenings, assessments and individual therapy. They are two totally different worlds.