Wasted Honor

About the Book

Revised July 27, 2010 - Working for twenty five years inside the prison walls, it has become harder than ever to keep staff safe. Smaller budgets and less staff, employees struggle to keep their heads above water and be safe.This effort has become an ever lasting challenge. This book was written from a personal view to help understand the dynamics of working inside a prison no matter where it is. Correctional Officers are heroes but never recognized as such in our community. Retired as a deputy warden and having the opportunity to work all custody levels I have been putting these thoughts into words. This book is written to be inspirational and provide insight how to focus on your dreams to attain your anticipated success in a most honorable and ethical way. Filled with adversity, challenges and reality, it is an inside view of your world inside the walls. Watching your friends and family fall to the stress and politics; it is important we don’t let these dreams turn into wasted moments and wasted honor.

About the Author

Carl ToersBijns Since his retirement from corrections in April 2010, Carl has been performing the role of an activist in the area of public awareness of mental illness and the incarceration of war veterans and the severely mentally ill persons. He is also currently a senior advisor to the LEOAC (Law Enforcement Officers Advocacy Council) that works closely to issues related to personnel and legal issues. Carl is also a current board member of David’s Hope Inc. a non-profit organization for the mentally ill and a member of the Arizona Criminal Justice Mental Health Coalition. Carl, a retired deputy warden, started with the New Mexico Department of Corrections in the year 1985. His experience working inside the New Mexico prisons spanned from 1985 through 2005 when he re-located to Arizona to go work inside the Arizona prisons from June 2005 through April, 2010. Carl has an Associate Degree of Arts – Criminal Justice Administration w/ honors from the American InterContinental University and graduated in 2006. A native of Columbus Ohio, he recently moved to Riverside California where he spends his time writing short stories and various articles for Yahoo Voice, Corrections.Com and other publications. Carl’s war experience consists of spending two years in the U.S. Army as a combat medic serving a 1 year tour in Vietnam during the period of 1967 to 1968. He earned the Combat Medic Badge while engaged with the Americal Infantry Division. Mr. ToersBijns has previously authored two books titled Wasted Honor and Wasted Honor2 – Underground Power that describes his experiences as a correctional employee in both New Mexico and Arizona prison systems.