To answer your question I was asking more along the lines of the respect they do not get. Too many people refer to them as "just guards", even though they put their lives on the line every day to keep the american people safe. If they didn't do the jobs they do these monsters would be out on the street. My husband is a corrections officer and I see how the police officers do not even give them the respect they deserve. It just really bothers me. I would never be offended by an average person thinking of them that way but the police should understand more what they do on a daily basis. The way the media talks about CO's, they make them out to look just like felons themselves, because the only media they get is when one turns bad (bringing in drugs or other contraban, beating an inmate ect.) 99% of the good things they do are kept quiet. I joined a group online that is supposed to be for wives of LEO's, and they put in the description that it is for CO's also....well they even shun me a little, I stopped posting on that site for that reason. I just want to get a better understanding as to why people do not view them as law enforcement. They take the same oath as other LEO's, they unhold the law inside and out of the prison walls. If someone is in trouble outside the walls and he is around he HAS to respond, it is his job. I just wish the media would give them more of the good attention so the average citizen would see what they have to put up with. Even resturaunts that offer discounts to LEO's do not extend it to CO's, which doesn't make any sense to me, not that I really care if we get a discount or not it's just the principle of it, they shouldn't exclude them just because they aren't on the street. A cop can go an entire day and not have to deal with a serial murderer or rapist ect. but when my DH goes to work he see's thousands a day, and I have to sit at home and wonder if today is the day that one gets bored and takes him out. Sorry this is turning into more of a worried annoyed wife rant lol. I just want everyone to really understand what they do, and wish they would get the respect that they deserve, that's all. Anyways I've made this long enough I'll stop now....thanks to all of you for listening to me. Anyone who hasn't responded feel free to put up your opinions, or responses. I hope I have not offended anyone in anyway.
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