Back to Work

Looks like I am due back to work on the 16th of July!

Financially this is a big relief, but other concerns develop.  The biggest is the new population we will be receiving.

Those of you who know me also know that I work in a private prison.   For the past 10 years our population has been Oklahoma inmates.  We have become experts on how to manage Oklahoma inmates. 

Now we have to learn all about Arizona inmates.  We will be new to them just as they will be new to us.  This will be a very volatile time.

Anyone one who has ever worked around inmates before understands how they work.  They are always testing the staff.  I just hope we pass. 

I am the prison's designated non-violent crisis prevention intervention instructor, so I believe in non-violent techniques to deescalate potentially violent situations.  As you may guess, this is the minority viewpoint in prisons, at least in my experience. 

I am certain that the first few months w/ this new population, I will be called on to be the token attempt to calm things down before the "muscle" is sent in to settle things down. 

In some ways this is a necessary chain if events, as we will have to show the new population that our tolerance for violations of facility policy as well as Oklahoma and Arizona state laws is very low. 

At any rate, the next few months starting in July, should lead to some pretty interesting blog posts.  LOL.