18 months working the floor in units from minimum to maximum including ISU including stints in both mens and womens prisons is where I get my assertions from.
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Oh.
Okay.
Uh, how do I say this - as someone who used to be in your
EXACT SAME POSITION*, I was able to empathize with the people on the other side of the door. The problem was that the population I worked with had made bad decisions and didn't know what a "good" decision was. They also were (for the most part) teenagers.
Dealing with a kid who had stabbed his step-parent 47 times, then tried to tie-off when he was in juvie holding,
then turned into a raging maniac when he was off his meds (including climbing the fence and razor wire at our max security building and running around on the roof), and - for the kicker - leaving a ####-smeared piece of paper that he slid into my locker... yeah, that was difficult. He made the choices, though, and I can live with it. (I also can live knowing he's behind bars for life, but that's another story.)
But blanket statements like what you're proposing? Uh, no.
And if I could be so bold as to suggest something?
Get. The ####. OUT. Of corrections. Unless you are close to retirement or have a significant investiture in a pension system,
GET OUT. That job field damages mind, body, and spirit. I should know.
* - And if it's not the exact same one, it's close enough for rock 'n roll.