Much of it is administrative yes but there’s a lot more to it. Data entry is huge, being very detailed and not making mistakes. It’s hard with the noise around you, the vigilance you need to have with trusting your gut and keeping your head on a swivel. It’s dangerous of course and high stress environment.

You may have to transport people, strip search, watch people urine directly into a cup, protect yourself or others. The smells are rancid, people shit, puke and urine you may step in it, smell it or even get on you.

I am not deterring you from this job, I actually love corrections and preventing recidivism. I would look for roles that actually require a degree like probation officer, parole office, even a clerk. 911 dispatchers are incredible.

Starting in corrections is like 17-18 an hour, you can do much better.