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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

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