Berlin, NH: 08/28/2009. Construction of the federal prison in Berlin, NH is 70% complete. Construction of the federal prison in Berlin, NH should be completed September 2010. Federal Prison in Berlin, NH will employ 340 full-time staff.

Federal officials say the prison will employ about 340 people when it opens in the fall of 2010.

About 210 of them will be new hires including everything from cooks and clerical workers to guards.

Guards start at almost $38,000 and hit $43,000 after two years.

That doesn't count overtime or benefits.

But as appealing as those numbers are, they won't be for everyone.

Cathi Litcher, with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, stressed that the feds want to hire from the North Country.

But getting a job starts with two major requirements.

The first is US citizenship.

"The second one is, it is public law, Congress approved it, Congress passed it. You have to be hired prior to your 37th birthday."

That's because the people who work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons are considered law enforcement officers.

And they want younger workers who can handle physical chores, if necessary.

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