Stories of a Correctional Officer

By Robert C. Jensen

This book tells the story of my career in the American penal system as a Correctional Officer, Juvenile Correctional Officer, Transport Officer, and Jailer.

Section One enumerates some of the stories of working in a federal prison with 2,200 Inmates. This section tells the story of what happens with officers in a prison.

Section Two describes the problems inmates have - usually problems caused by other inmates.

Section Three deals with inmate – transportation problems. I transported inmates in a bus, a van and a sedan.

Section Four addresses problems in a juvenile facility with 250 inmate’s young men living in confinement and close quarters.

Section Five describes problems I encountered in the County Jail working as a Jailer, Transport Officer, and Sergeant. Additionally, I worked as a Court House Jailer

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669872665

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Rev. date: 03/30/2023

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CONTENTS

Dedication

SECTION 1

Correctional Officer

Chapter 1     How I Went from a Security Officer to a Correctional Officer

Chapter 2     First Time in the Unit

Chapter 3     Tower 1 to Tower 2

Chapter 4     Seventeen vehicles on the Perimeter

Chapter 5     Gun Shots Fired

Chapter 6     Looking Like a Snowman

SECTION 2

Inmates - Problems

Chapter 7     Cell Phones and a Bucket

Chapter 8     Found in the Fog

Chapter 9     Contraband Fifty Pounds of Chicken

Chapter 10   Searching for Contraband

Chapter 11   The Disturbance

Chapter 12   The Inmates Return to Their Units

Chapter 13   Inmate’s Heart Couldn’t Take It

Chapter 14   Inmate with a Cell Phone

Section 3

Transporting Inmates

Chapter 15   Delay After Delay

Chapter 16   Fire at the County Jail

Chapter 17   Sick Inmate Aboard the Bus

Chapter 18   A Typical Day for a Correctional Officer

Chapter 19   A Person Can’t Drive the Perimeter That Way

Chapter 20   Inmate with a Problem

Section 4

Dealing with Juveniles

Chapter 21   How I Got Pepper -Sprayed by my Partner

Chapter 22   Playing with Weed- Eaters

Chapter 23   Run, but You Can’t Get Away

Chapter 24   Juveniles First Job

Section 5

Working in the County Jail

Chapter 25   Working in the County Jail

Chapter 26   An Inmate Disrupts the Court

Chapter 27   Inmate Attempts to Escape the Hospital

Chapter 28   The Day I Almost Got Shot

Chapter 29   Inmate Needed a Shower

Chapter 30   Ways to Tell an Inmate NO

Chapter 31   The Final Chapter

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all the people who supported me throughout the writing of this book. Those who are in it and not identified know who you are. This book is dedicated to all those people who helped me throughout my career in Corrections, the lieutenants, captains, majors, deputy wardens, and wardens.

A Special thanks to the Sheriff Arturo Granado of Reeves County, Texas You are one of the best in the business, and I worked with the best when I worked for you. I would also like to thank the staff members and correction officers I have worked with over the years, who are some of the best in the business. Whether it was to move an inmate or manage a major crisis, they were the best at what they did and how they