Reply ID: cq83
Comments from Kylajohnson81

July 10, 2018

Hello, Kyla.

I am glad to hear from you again. I thought I wasn't gonna hear back from you at all.

So you looking to be a counselor in prison? I am sorry, but I have to be honest with you. It is a really good blessing that you want to help people in prison, to make a difference in someone's life. You wouldn't believe a lot of B.S. people go through that work in prison. I've been locked up since 2004. It has been 14 years now, and I have seen a lot.

For one, a lot of counselors and medical staff women go through hell. What I mean is about 80% of the prisoners here pull out on them and show them, and jack off on them. What respect is that? Yeah, some of them like it and a lot of them don't. They also call them out of their names, and so on.

So it's a lot of B.S. you will have to put up with. That's for sure a thing. I hope you will have the willpower to be strong about it and be able to take it. Just ask some of the workers that work in a prison. I ain't telling you all these things just to scare you away or trying to change your mind. No, not all. I'm just telling you the truth about what goes on here in a Florida prison almost every day.

What kind of stuff would make me trust a counselor with helping me on a bad day? Well, for me, someone who would listen to my feelings and thoughts, and not judge me about how I am feeling at that point. See, that would help a lot if you did go beyond your work and did daily check-ups. But, in a lot of cases, you may have a case load of 100 or 300 inmates assigned to you. So that would be hard to do daily check-ups.

Kyla, I really pray to hear back form you and that you understand everything that I just said. I really hope to hear back from you really, really soon. Take care, keep your head up, and stay strong.

Always a friend,
Jack M. Branch

Jack M. Branch #R17203
Florida State Prison
P.O. Box 800
Raiford, Florida 32083-0800