Unknown Warriors
This is what I’d like to share with the general public in our prison
community.
Dear Neighbor:
Have you ever paid attention to a Correctional Officer in uniform? Perhaps,
if you thought anything about him or her, you might have thought that
they are overpaid, "lazy" people. What, you might wonder, could they
possibly do to earn the big wages they make?
First of all, let me tell you that the wages they make are not that big and
they don’t begin to pay for the loss of family time, stress and danger.
Yes, you could say, if they don’t like it, they can go work somewhere else.
You need to thank God that these Correctional Officers are willing to put
their lives and their families on the line. They often work long hours. They
work all kinds of shifts and mandated overtime. And they have a career of
routine and boredom mixed with times of terror and death.
Correctional Officers for the most part don’t brag or even tell people what
they do. How many people want to go to work knowing they may die that day,
have excrement thrown on them or face many other dangers—all in the line of
work? No one wants to hear some of the disgusting things Corrections Offices
see or have to do on the job. Yes, you wear gloves when you work around
inmates, but all it takes is a tear in the glove or a cut on your skin, and
you face the danger of AIDS, MRSA or Hepatitis C that you could get yourself
and then take home to your family. And gloves don’t help when you have
excrement thrown in your face.
An Officer’s family goes through almost as much danger as the Officer in
other ways also. How many of you have to worry about gang-bangers
threatening your families?
So the next time you see a Correctional Officers in uniform, thank them for
what they do. They are putting their life on the line for you, your family
and your community.
Take care,
The Old Screw
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