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Hi Everyone – this month is “Off the Clock” month on Corrections.com. What do you all do to unwind?.. full thread

Our topic this month focuses on staff and their leisure time. I will begin with the following; while traveling to work and being searched prior to entry into the main building reflects that this is not your normal 9-5 job. Behind those walls and fences is another society in itself. Offenders are housed there, and some will eventually be released. Yet, others will not be going home. There are certainly many emotions staff experiences as they enter their places of employment, perform their job duties during their shifts, deal with a number of problems and violence most people will never experience, and at the end of the shift return home... .. full story

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