Brothers Campfire Toasts Corrections

Hello, Benjamin from Brothers Campfire here!

I hosted another public speaking bit at the prison yesterday. We call ot Toastmasters or a Gavel club, but I am not sure if it is registered through them or not.

I am excited about it as it is moving in a good direction to help offenders when they get “back on the streets.”

It is difficult with my ears though. I can only. hear about half of what is being said and thay is frustrating.

The ears have been a problem for a while. Typically, they get clogged with earwax rather easily.

I feel proper care has been taken with power tools. I may upgrade my ear protection to protect them even more. It is hard to have a discussion without functioning ears.

A functioning stomach is necessary today. There will be a potluck for our department.

Halfway through my Correctional experience, it has been determined thatt when staff retention is a priority, it is time to treat folks like human beings. At this point, it is a little awkward in our relationship.

Relationships require work.

Emotionally unatatched in this one sided courtship, All this time it has been a dirty business of flesh for cash , so why change now?

I wish, just wish, that when I went to the Academy, that proper training was given.

Policy was preached, integrity was paramount. As a twenty-something keen on being the department’s finest, I endeavored.

What they should have taught was, there are more than fifty shades of grey, it is a political environment and regulations are a tool to be used against your enemies.

Ah well.

Had I not taken the hard-nosed path of a straight and narrow in my career, I would assuredly become someone I did not like.

Author: Benjamin

Benjamin Thiel is a husband, father, correctional professional and author of The Ongoing Tale at Brothers Campfire.

6 thoughts on “Brothers Campfire Toasts Corrections

  1. Under the mask.. says:

    I think most of us (including some “used and abused” sheriffs here) have been hurtfully reminded at least once at work that we are (only) employees — until employees become sparse! And, as you note, it is sometimes solely up to us to make it (and keep it) an honest living. Frustrating.

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  2. Homemaking in the Dunes says:

    I hear you. In the decades, I worked in mental health I was treated as though I was a number, until they found very few could do what I was doing. Mainly, I wasn’t ending up in the ER with injuries that lead to workman’s comp., and my restraint percentage was the lowest in the agency. However, I left to move across country(I would most likely still be there) and the agency has gone down hill. People refuse to work there because the clients needed a higher level of care than in-home care with one person. Thank you for the work you do.

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  3. henhouselady says:

    I worked in a campus police office before I retired. i understand what you are talking about here. Good luck with your ears.

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