That is a great question. Over the last two years I have been working really hard to build up a little company called Corrections Tees. Corrections Tees was developed for one reason, to give Correctional Officers a place to buy t-shirts that are based on the crazy world they work in. There were plenty of places to get Police and Fire shirts but not Corrections.
See, too often Correctional Officers are not given any respect for the job they do. Don't believe me. Google "Correctional Officer" in the news section and all you will see is news about the bad things CO's do. That is the major problem working in the place were no one sees what you do. It is like working in the sewer. No one gives a damn until there is shit all over the streets or Mary Jane can not flush her toilet.
So why the blog? One of the interesting things that has happen since I started peddling my t-shirts is I have gotten a chance to interact with all sort of fine men and women that do this crazy job. The more I interacted with them, the more I see there is a very interesting story to tell. While most people would find reading about the job of a sewer working would be like watching paint dry. The real stories of CO's are much more interesting, funny, crazy and sad. While we have been getting some play on TV with a bunch of "Lock Up" shows, they do not really spend much time getting the back story about the officer, they usually spend a ton of time telling how Joey got popped for breaking and entering and how he is going to adjust to his new surroundings.
Couple of things I hope to do with this little blog.
- Sell more shirts! Or at least tell you my crazy thinking about some of our designs. Hey Momma needs a new pair of shoes and being furloughed three days a month does not help.
- Share funny stories and insights into the weird world that Correctional Officers work in.
- Rant. I have some strong views on certain subjects. Like which Star Wars movie was the best...Empire Strikes Back...everyone knows that.
- Exchange information about the job. You can never know enough about all the various uses an inmate can find for toilet paper. Give them a truck full and they could have stopped the oil spill in the gulf!
- Laugh at stuff that most people would say would be way wrong on the PC scale. Sorry general public, until you have patted down a Hells Angle wearing a thong, you have no real point of reference, so you should just move on to another blog.
- Make you smile!
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