Sunday, November 27, 2005
A HEART'S CRY
(From anonymous email.)
In my ___ years of work in corrections I have seen several suicides, murders and assaults. Some staff may tell you "Ah! They deserved what was coming." (Mostly referring to inmates.) But to me it didn't matter if it was an inmate or staff that died. It still affected me, and I know it affects ALL staff. “Normal” people’s work does not involve death. Corrections staff deal with this much more than a "normal" job.
While working in corrections I lived two lives—my outside life and my other life behind the prison walls. It’s hard enough dealing with the outside world. The life we live inside the walls of a prison can be such a heavy burden. My life was affected much more than most corrections staff. I was raised very strictly. I went to private schools, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I became a corrections officer.
In my ___ years of work in corrections I have seen several suicides, murders and assaults. Some staff may tell you "Ah! They deserved what was coming." (Mostly referring to inmates.) But to me it didn't matter if it was an inmate or staff that died. It still affected me, and I know it affects ALL staff. “Normal” people’s work does not involve death. Corrections staff deal with this much more than a "normal" job.
While working in corrections I lived two lives—my outside life and my other life behind the prison walls. It’s hard enough dealing with the outside world. The life we live inside the walls of a prison can be such a heavy burden. My life was affected much more than most corrections staff. I was raised very strictly. I went to private schools, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I became a corrections officer.
