r/NorthCarolina • u/poppypbq • 2d ago
Has anyone ever worked at Central Prison hospital in Raleigh in any capacity? What is it like? discussion
If you are a nurse even better.
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u/Present-Loss-7499 2d ago
I was a correctional officer for several years and made many trips through CP receiving and into the hospital. I also worked transportation there for about 4 months and had to go the hospital area frequently to move inmates to and from receiving. That may not be much help but I can try and answer any questions you have. Most of my time was spent there between 2015-2017
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u/Stinkyclamjuice15 2d ago
I bet you know my friend Chris Hoerning. Big tall fucker on steroids.
Worked there around that time
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u/Present-Loss-7499 2d ago
May have seen him but I can’t be sure. I was actually based out of Neuse Correctional, but I worked there while our prison was shut down for repairs. Lots of tall fuckers on steroids during my time there. LOL.
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u/poppypbq 2d ago
How sick were the patients there? Or were many them in drug detox?
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u/Present-Loss-7499 2d ago
How sick? That would vary, I guess but they do have a part of the hospital devoted to long term care (inmates that require constant care), but I never dealt with them. Also, keep in mind that a lot of the patients at the hospital at CP aren't actually inmates that live at CP. A large portion of the inmates that come to CP are from other state prisons that don't have that level of medical care or have a security risk that prevents them form going to civilian hospitals. Once they are cleared to return to their prisons, they leave. it is always changing. When I worked transportation there part of my job was to take inmates to chemo treatments in Chapel Hill because that was something the hospital at CP did not do.
As for the detox stuff, I can't say but I would imagine it isn't a lot. Unless they are a pre-trial safekeeper or get a hold of something bad they would have already detoxed in county long before getting to CP.
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u/ncblue44 2d ago
I would put in for Butner Federal Prison. They are low on Nurses and the quality of life is better.
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u/whataboutbobwiley 2d ago
i would stay away from the other butner. one with youth offenders and severe violent folks…that place is rough
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u/poppypbq 2d ago
I’m looking for contract work though. I can’t find an agency giving out contracts for butner federal prison .
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u/AgnosticTheist 1d ago
probably because working there requires an extensive and expensive background check.
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u/irondevil518 2d ago
I was an officer at CP and was assigned to the hospital back in 2018. It was definitely an interesting place to work. If it's during the week, it's crazy due to other prisons coming in and out for whatever the reason. And other inmates going to and from appointments all the time. Whenever it's time to hand out food, the officers have to hand it out to the inmate. Also, constant understaffing. Officers in the hospital are the most likely to be pulled to other areas of the prison.
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u/poppypbq 2d ago
How sick were the prisoners there? Or were many them there for drug detox?
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u/irondevil518 2d ago
If an inmate was housed in the hospital wing and wasn't just visiting, they very likely had a serious medical condition. Examples: a guy who looked like he was a Simpsons character due to liver failure. And another who was there because he tried to blow his head off with a shotgun after killing a girl, then going on a high-speed chase.
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u/stalelunchbox 2d ago
Confused about the last guy. That seems like a traumatic injury that would be dealt with in a civilian hospital before he even went to trial. That or it had left him with lifelong disabilities?
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u/irondevil518 2d ago
From my recollection, he had reconstructive surgery at a civilian hospital then because the local jail couldn't handle him after the surgery, they brought him to CP because they are able to do the continuing care he needed.
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u/Huge_Deke19 2d ago
I have a friend that works there….awhile back he walked in on a prisoner wrapping his intestines around a pencil….so yea it’s like that
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u/Alpha_Delta_Bravo 1d ago
Was this the same guy that stuck pencils/pens/etc up his urethra. I saw that guy quite a few times. He loved that shit.
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u/stalelunchbox 2d ago
Are you sure that wasn’t Central Regional Hospital?
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u/Huge_Deke19 2d ago
Guess you haven’t been following the state of our prison system
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u/stalelunchbox 19h ago
I’m sure it’s not that far off from the state of our mental health care system. After all they’re basically 2 sides of the same coin.
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u/afrancis88 2d ago
If you want to get in the state system, it may be beneficial. I interviewed for a position there in 2017. It was the most depressing place I have ever been. The clinicians interviewing me didn’t seem to give a fuck and just going through the motions. I thought I was on hidden camera that’s how awkward it was.
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u/poppypbq 2d ago
Luckily for me it’s a contract position. Don’t think id ever be a state worker in North Carolina.
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u/stalelunchbox 1d ago
They need nurses at Central Regional, not sure about contract work but they’re definitely understaffed.
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u/galacticprincess 2d ago
I've never worked there but I've visited there. It's the most depressing hell hole I've ever had the misfortune to experience. No AC, for one thing.