Escorting Officer

Persona by Paul

Name: Derek Stern

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Lives in: Essex with his wife Shirley, 4 kids aged 17, 15, 14 and 12, as well as 2 dogs.

Likes: Sports, especially football (Colchester United), going to the pub, cars, would love to have a Jaguar one day.


Education and experience

Left school aged 16, worked in factories for a while and then got a job as a prison officer. Worked his way through 6 different prisons in 3 different counties in England over the last 25 years.

Role and responsibilities

Escorting Prison Officer for prisoners who need external (to the prison) medical attention.

Technical skills

Firearms certified, blue belt in Jiu Jitsu

Subject domain skills and knowledge

Knows the regulations of the prison and external visits like the back of his hand.

Motivation and desires

Looking to do 10 more years of work and then retire and buy himself that Jaguar. Likes jobs to be done by the book, limited compassion for prisoners.

Goals and expectations

To get his prisoners to and from the hospital as smoothly as possible with minimal delays.

Obstacles to their success

Is aware of the person centred care model but thinks prisoners these days are treated too softly and has been the subject of several complaints about his attitude towards prisoners.

Unique assets

Can still bench press 130kg and used to compete as a national level powerlifter until 5 years ago.

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