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James L. Windeck, M.D.
PRISON DOCTOR
PRISON DOCTOR
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I felt like I was in another time frame when I went to my first job interview at a prison to work as a prison doctor. It was old, noisy, appeared unclean, and run by guards who appeared lazy to me. The segregation area was like an old dungeon. I left and did not return.
Five years later I interviewed at another prison, run by a private prison company. It was an entirely different situation. I took the job.
When I was often asked at social gatherings what type of medicine I practiced my answer would be Internal Medicine with some tidbits of all the other specialties. The next question was usually my location of practice. When I answered that I was a Prison Doctor there was a sudden silence as if they were thinking, “Oh Oh, what do I say now”? Some didn’t say anything and others would say “how interesting”. And it was very interesting, different in only the location of “my office” and the types of patients I would see, as well as the setting itself, which was obviously very different from a private practice. The medical aspect was the same however.
In my book I paint a picture of what it looked like, how it felt to be there, and describe some of the personal aspects of inmates lives, and how they survive, both in the open world and in the closed world. Most are very quiet but many want to talk to someone with whom they feel comfortable.
ADDENDUM--This book has become so popular that I have added an additional 22 pages of stories.
Five years later I interviewed at another prison, run by a private prison company. It was an entirely different situation. I took the job.
When I was often asked at social gatherings what type of medicine I practiced my answer would be Internal Medicine with some tidbits of all the other specialties. The next question was usually my location of practice. When I answered that I was a Prison Doctor there was a sudden silence as if they were thinking, “Oh Oh, what do I say now”? Some didn’t say anything and others would say “how interesting”. And it was very interesting, different in only the location of “my office” and the types of patients I would see, as well as the setting itself, which was obviously very different from a private practice. The medical aspect was the same however.
In my book I paint a picture of what it looked like, how it felt to be there, and describe some of the personal aspects of inmates lives, and how they survive, both in the open world and in the closed world. Most are very quiet but many want to talk to someone with whom they feel comfortable.
ADDENDUM--This book has become so popular that I have added an additional 22 pages of stories.
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