A new officer laughed at an inmate today the way this place teaches you to, and I felt how easy that road is. I don't walk it anymore. I treat the men in my charge as people and I keep my own decency intact, and I've made my peace that the job won't take either from me.
More people experience this than they realize.
Refusing to let the work strip the humanity from the people in your charge or from yourself.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.