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- 9: Inquiring Minds Want to Know
In this episode, I am going to answer several of the questions this podcast has generated since it started. In just less than 3 months, this podcast has grown to over 1300 downloads, and hundreds of Facebook likes. But, it has also generated a lot of questions such as:
- What made you want to start a podcast about prison?
- What positive things did you do outside of prison to stay healthy?
- Are you going to have a show dedicated to the women who work in Corrections?
- Are you going to interview inmates on this show?
People are curious about where this is podcast headed and why I started it, so let's see if I can find an answer for some of theses inquiring minds.
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
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...17 min - 8: Growing Up with a Correctional Officer - Interview with Dr. Jaclyn Brandhorst
In this episode, I have invited Dr. Jaclyn Brandhorst as a guest. She has been researching stress, employee assistance programs, and PTSD in a correctional setting. She has been impacted herself by correctional stress because she grew up with it. I know, because she is my daughter.
After you listen to this episode, if you would like to contact Jaclyn, share your stories and help Jaclyn with her research, feel free to reach out to [email protected]
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
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...30 min - 7: The Golden Rules of Being a Rookie
In this episode, I want to talk to the rookies and the soon-to-be rookies out there. You applied for the job, you’ve been through the academy, and now you are working in a housing unit as a Correctional Officer. You look around and see a lot of other officers who seem comfortable in what they do, but how do you become a good Correctional Officer? Start by being a good rookie. I’m going to share what I feel are the four golden rules that will take you from being a rookie to being a solid correctional officer.
Finding Your Purpose: Crafting a Personal Vision Statement to Guide Your Life and Career! by Michael CantrellKeys to Your New Career: Information and Guidance to Get Hired and Be Successful as a Correctional or Detention Officer by Michael Cantrell
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
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...16 min - 6: Avoiding Staff Manipulation
In this episode, I want to talk about a taboo subject in Corrections. Something that happens to everyone who works in Corrections in one form or another, yet it is rarely admitted or discussed openly. Manipulation.
Staff manipulation comes in two forms, one is when inmates “get over” on the rules. The other is when a staff member is corrupted by inmates to do the unthinkable.In this podcast we talk about why inmates manipulate us, how they manipulate us and how to stop them
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
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...12 min - 5: Leadership - How to Handle Mistakes
One of the things I have learned working in prison is just how much leadership matters. Whether it is the way you lead your team, your housing unit or just an inmate work detail. Leadership matters. What I was thinking about this week is how we as leaders handle our mistakes.
This is the first of many episodes where I will focus on Correctional Leadership.
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
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...8 min - 4: Family Stress and Correctional Work - Interview with Kathryn Cantrell
This episode I sit down and talk with a very special person who knows a lot about living with a Correctional Officer and the stress they bring home. My wife of more than 28 years, Kathryn. Kathryn and I will talk about how corrections changed our social life, our children's life and our marriage.
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
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...24 min - 3: Mental and Physical Preparedness
An article came out this week on ESPN about UFC fighter Anthony Smith. A UFC heavyweight, he is probably one of the most in-shape people you could meet. That’s why his comments about fighting an intruder in his house are enlightening. Smith described the fight as “terrifying” and “one of the toughest fights he has ever had.” I will argue that it was not one of the toughest fights he has ever had, it was one of the toughest fight he was not mentally prepared for. He has been in many fights. What he had never experienced was “being attacked” by another human being.
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
#prisonofficerpodcast
...7 min - 2: How I became a Prison Officer
My personal journey in Corrections, and how it rewarded me and changed me. From the ancient walls of Missouri State Penitentiary to the craziness of working a mental health ward at the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, MO.
Finding Your Purpose: Crafting a Personal Vision Statement to Guide Your Life and Career! by Michael CantrellKeys to Your New Career: Information and Guidance to Get Hired and Be Successful as a Correctional or Detention Officer by Michael Cantrell
Send us Fan Mail
Support the show
NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
#prisonofficerpodcast
...23 min - 1: Introduction - The Unplanned Career: My Road to Corrections
Every career has an origin story — mine started almost by accident. In this first episode, I share how I stumbled into corrections, what kept me there for 30 years, and what you can expect from The Prison Officer Podcast. Whether you're brand new to the job or a seasoned veteran, this is where it all begins.
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
#prisonofficerpodcast
...7 min - Welcome to The Prison Officer Podcast
I know the podcast has been around a while, but Apple podcast wants a trailer....drop me a note and tell me what you think.
Hello and welcome to The Prison Officer Podcast. My name is Michael Cantrell and I spent over 28 years working in some of this country’s toughest prisons.Most of you don’t know, but over 500,000 people work in jails, correctional centers, and prisons in the United States. Those correctional workers walk into a manmade hell each day and face some of the toughest criminals and most violent mental health inmates the U.S. has to offer. They spend eight or more hours a day forgotten by the society that depends on them. There will be no hero’s welcome for the lives they save today. There will be no fanfare or parades. Instead, they will have feces thrown at them and they will wade through blood to prevent the next suicide or stabbing on their watch.
If they do their job right today, no one will know. If they do it wrong, it will be front-page headlines tomorrow.
When the shift is over, they will be expected to drive home and act just like everyone else. To forget the images of killing, rape, blood, and violence that rattle around in their mind. To look at their wife and kids with love, and not let them know that evil does really exist.
The Prison Officer Podcast is my way to have a conversation about these officers and their resilience and leadership, their sense of duty, and their successes.
Please join us at www.theprisonoofficer.com
Be Safe out there!
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NEW RELEASE — The Weight of Justice: Leadership Lessons from Inside America's Toughest Prisons: A Correctional Officer's Journey
Buy on Amazon or Kindle: https://amzn.to/3PLr5tR
Available worldwide through Books2Read: https://books2read.com/WeightofJustice
POWER SKILLS: Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills for Correctional Officers, First Responders, and Beyond
Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mBeog5
See Michael's books and author updates at:
www.CantrellWrites.com🎙️ Support The Prison Officer Podcast
Go deeper with The Prison Officer Podcast on Patreon. Inside Behind the Wall, you'll get:
• Exclusive content
• Behind-the-scenes insights
• Leadership discussions
• Bonus episodes and resources👉 Join here: https://www.patreon.com/ThePrisonOfficer
📬 Connect with Michael
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePrisonOfficer
Website: www.theprisonofficer.com
Take care of each other and be safe behind those walls and fences.
#prisonofficerpodcast
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About Prison Officer Podcast
From the publisher's feed
The Prison Officer Podcast is a place where prison officers and correctional staff share their experiences, discuss leadership, cope with stress, and learn survival strategies for one of the…
toughest careers out there. Hosted by Michael Cantrell, this podcast delves into the lives, dreams, and challenges faced by those who work inside the walls of our nation’s prisons. It features interviews, insights, and discussions related to the unique and demanding world of corrections. Whether it’s overcoming difficult leaders, understanding rehabilitation, or addressing misconceptions about incarcerated populations, the Prison Officer Podcast provides valuable perspectives from professionals in the field.
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