In this episode, Jake is doing his best to be a father. Family comes first. Before podcasting, before work. He has his feet in two worlds of overwhelming worry and responsibility. Being a father of three, and being a sergeant in a community jail. As a professional he faces unchecked violence, false accusations which carry their own anxieties and baseless blemishes to his reputation. He faces the danger of fentanyl and even unknown drugs coming inside the walls. Sergeants and officers around the country face problems with their administration more concerned with the trauma that inmates endure, while saying nothing to support their own staffers. Around the country, children are at home warm and well fed, but are waiting for mom or dad to come home from a job that mandates they stay. They come home beat-to-hell tired and breaking at the seems from stress. There is no recognition by the media for the good work they do, little encouragement from the pro-police community, and no knowledge or understanding of their challenges by the public they protect. This is life for corrections officer in 2024. Lets look at a few cases from recent weeks.

Jake Joke: uncommonly bad but he's holding it together with duct tape today.

Thank you Jake for contributing to this show, we see you tired, stressed and doing your best.