The Cage Keeper
“I open the doors fast so the hinges don’t squeak and I run the beam of my flashlight over the beds. I try not to shine it in anybody’s face while they’re sleeping but sometimes I have to if their hair is in the way or something. They don’t like that. Emma, this black woman from the projects of east Denver, she’s mean; once I shined the light in her eyes and she threw her clock radio at me, yelled something like, “Get that damn light outta my face.” I had to put her on restriction and cancel fou...r of her weekend furloughs for that. Emma has ten kids and I guess I’m supposed to feel sorry for her when she can’t get back to Denver to see them after throwing a radio at me. Fact is, I’m not too popular around here anyway. Leon is, though.Leon’s black and he lifts weights down at a gym near the university here in Boulder. His father’s a realtor like mine, so he didn’t grow up poor. And he doesn’t let any of the black inmates come across with their “Hey, brother”MoreLess
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