Comments on: What I Learned In Jail

By: Hillcrest Cottage

Hillcrest Cottage — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:22:39 +0000

“Wow” is the word of the day.

By: Susan (5 Minutes for Mom)

Susan (5 Minutes for Mom) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:44:20 +0000

I saw the name of your blog in our Ultimate Blog Party and I was like… what??? I had to come and check out your site.

I have often wondered why people choose to be corrections officers… it seems to me like one of the worst jobs in the world? Do you have any posts about why you chose this job? If you do, please let me know… I’d love to read it.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:45:42 +0000

I have a friend that works in Parole and Probation adn she comes home with some of the greatest stories of how people think they can get away with something. She has a story about a guy who was picked up for possession of marijuana…and he was so happy to share his story about “how pot saved my life”. (His dealer showed up for him to a make a buy. He had been working with something flammable in the garage. So he walks out of his garage to purchase his pot and something – don’t remember exactly what – ended up catching the flammable stuff on fire and his garage blew up. So to him “pot saved my life.)

By: polly

polly — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:04:00 +0000

does “silence of the lambs” ring a bell on blast from the past LOL!!!!

By: d

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:28:33 +0000

I don’t think I could work in a jail…that’s a lot of learning.

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:12:49 +0000

Whoa! You are one tough mama!

By: Musings of a Housewife

Musings of a Housewife — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:51:38 +0000

That is hilarious. I can only imagine that you have many more stories to tell.

By: Terra

Terra — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:52:45 +0000

Ok your title cracked me up! Hope you get some “fancy” visitors for that one!

Second I think number 12 would be a blast.

By: Les

Les — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:12:24 +0000

Well, I’ve never personally worked at or been in a prison or jailhouse, but there was a federal correctional facility in my hometown while I was growing up, so several of my friends’ parents worked there. I learned that Super Bowl Sunday is like a full-fledged fiesta at that facility. Each and every inmate got a 2-liter of soda, a large pizza of their choice, a box of twinkies or ding dongs to enjoy during the game. Sometimes riots resulted. Gee, I wonder why… Maybe one guy got 11 twinkies instead of the standard 10…

~Les

By: April

April — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:02:20 +0000

1. Never walk around with your hands in your pockets.
2. There’s a fine line between officers and inmates. Several officers have crossed over that line and have had the opportunity to see things from the other side.
3. Only eat things from the kitchen that an employee makes – not an inmate.
4. Don’t put anything between you and the door when an inmate is present.
5. Don’t let crazy little old men hump your desk to show you what the other inmates are doing to him.

Yep, that last one is a keeper!