Parris v. State Employees’ Retirement Board, PICS Case No. 09-1841 (Pa. Commw. Nov. 2, 2009) Kelley, S.J. (13 pages).

Extensive contact with prison inmates did not satisfy the requirement in Retirement Code § 5102 that a “correctional officer” be someone with a principal duty being the care, custody and control of inmates. The Commonwealth Court affirmed the decision of the State Employees’ Retirement Board.