 On July 1, 1952, she was appointed as the first female parole officer for the Colorado Department of Corrections, at a starting salary of $305 per month.With an average caseload of 42 women, Curry supervised inmates aged 15 to 65 in the Cañon City Penitentiary and the Colorado State Reformatory for Women.These inmates had been convicted of a range of crimes, including embezzlement and murder.