01/26/2024
Coworker shared this from another coworker. It rings true..
We wish you knew how we feel when we walk through those gates and hear them lock behind us. How we feel when walking up a corridor, not knowing how many fights there will be that day. Maybe a stabbing, someone getting sliced from a razor, someone drunk from homemade alcohol, or high from drugs smuggled in. Listening to the cat calls to the females (and sometimes the males, too). Will there be a staff assault today? Watching the inmates movements, plus watching out for other co-workers, like, a nurse walking through the block, a counselor or unit manager. A coach or minister, a secretary, librarian, someone from the front office...they walk through not realizing how many inmates are watching them wondering how they could do them harm. We try to have their backs at all times. We work holidays, weekends and through most of our family functions. We come to work sick, so we can save our days to spend with our kids. Stress levels can run high, but we're pro's at hiding it. We don't bring our problems at home into work...no time for that crap. We don't make friends as Correctional Officers when at work...we add to our family. We are like brothers...and sisters...arguments here and there, but in the end, just like family we have each others backs. As a Correctional Officer, we try to keep the community safe from any escapes. As a Correctional Officer, we try to keep each other safe. Even protecting inmates from inmates, it happens all the time. You never hear anything about our jobs, but it's time..
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My Friends, Safe Out There!