MORE TALES FROM THE YARD

About the Book

The life of a Correctional Officer is not always the same day after day. We never know what is on the minds of the inmates. Is it going to calm and quiet? Or is this the day they riot because they are bored or a change is coming? Life in prison is not easy for either Officers or inmates. Learn how the inmates learn to adapt and get along when different egos and cultures are thrown together. How they pass their time every day when nothing changes. Life is not all quiet and peaceful and solitary confinement taxes one’s mental health. How do they pass their time with each other. The staff are outnumbered greatly and reinforcements are not always close at hand. Humor on both sides helps everyone to get along without compromising security or familiarity. But when things go south, both sides know which one they are on. This is the life each has chosen and both sides know that life goes on and that at the end of the day one side is going home. After all it’s the life both sides have chosen.

About the Author

The author, James R. Palmer, spent twenty years serving his country in the military. He then spent several years in the corporate world before joining the Department of Corrections in Kentucky. He spent his entire career at (LLCC) Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. He was also an FBI-trained hostage negotiator. Now retired, he still resides in Kentucky. These two books were written because he wanted to provide the uninformed a glimpse of what happens inside those four walls of either concrete or chain link fence and razor wire. To get a feel of what it’s like to be ‘incarcerated’ with some of society’s worst and some not quite so bad. A chance to read about the stories of some of the things that transpire inside. Those who retired from the DOC always said they would write a book, but none ever did. So, he did. The first book, Doing Time Eight Hours a Day: Memoirs of a Correction Officer, was published several years ago. This is the sequel: More Tales from the Yard, Stories from Inside the Prison. Here it is, please enjoy.