long-term memory the aspect of memory in which knowledge is stored permanently, to be activated when cued; it is theoretically unlimited in capacity. recent memory the ability to recall events from the immediate past. remote memory the ability to recall events from the distant past.
The following states paid the highest average annual salaries for correctional officers in 2011: 1  New Jersey â $69,310. 2  California â $66,930. 3  New York â $61,140.  Massachusetts â $ 1 60,700. Rhode Island â $58,690.
Officers earn their pay by working rotating shifts that last eight hours a day, five days a week. The 428,040 prison officers who worked in the United States averaged $41,340 per year, or $19.88 per hour, as of May 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.