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Into the Shadow: Diary of an African-American Female Correctional Officer
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About Into The Shadow: Diary Of An African-American
I’ve worked for both Federal and State Correctional Institutions a total of 29 year, and I am so proud to be a part of such an elite group of men and women. This book is about my goals and aspirations; therefore. I choose not to talk about the haters because every transfer or promotion was preselected due to my hard work and God’s grace This career is not for the weak or faint of heart. You either run with the big dogs or stay on the porch. I chose to get off the porch and run with the big dogs. There were times when my big girl panties were not big enough; that was when I had to pull my pants up and feel my imaginary balls, no joke. There are no secrets revealed about the state or federal prison systems. These pages are filled with my journey and final destination in a male-dominant field.The day the magic happened, I was coming across Central Park at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lexington and saw all the white shirts standing on the front steps I knew that was want I wanted to be. So my journey began, but it took a village. I’m still impressed by what I saw that day. I made many sacrifices along the way. I would receive a phone call from the Captain while I was on vacation asking if I could cut my vacation short one or two days early because he needed me to come back to the institution. I would be home watching television when the phone would ring and off to work I would go, no matter the time or the hour.The thing I never gave up was my integrity, how to treat people, and the values that my parents instilled in me. I never forgot where I came from. I never stood on anyone’s back to get ahead. I did my best to help anyone along the way. To teach them the best way I knew how, to be an open book. I got mine on my feet and not in the sheets. My personal life was nonexistent. As bad as it might sound, I loved every phone call because in order to reach my goals, I needed to come out of the shadows.And The Lord answered me, and said,” Write the vision, and make it plain upon the tablets. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though it tarry wait for it; because it will surely come, it will tarry”. Habakkuk 2: 2-3
