I got to do room searches.

Guys used to bring food and keep it in there like bunks.

And like this one guy was on a protein kick and we found like a dozen hard boiled eggs in his locker the one time.

Like the whole unit smelled and we couldn't figure out like what it was.

And it was like, we opened up his locker and it was like,

what are you doing? Like I need my protein. Like, you know, I got to have my eggs. I'm like, have like two and make sure you eat them like the whole. Welcome back to another episode of Locked In.

We have a unique guest on the show today sharing a very unique point of view.

Jill Schlossberg was an employee for the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Fort Dix Low Security Prison that I myself was formerly incarcerated in.

I'm very excited for you to hear her perspective and my conversation with her as we dive into a

behind-the-scenes look from an employee's perspective of the federal prison system.

Remember to grab your official locked-in merch at ianbick.com and use code locked-in to get 50% off your order. And while you're on the ianbick.com and use code locked in to get 50% off your order and while you're on the

ianbick.com website remember to sign up for our mailing list so you could stay updated on all the

exciting things we have going on in the locked in podcast now sit back relax and get ready to lock

in with jill shlausberg jill welcome to locked. It's an absolute pleasure to have you today. Thank you so much for having me. I think you're our first former Bureau of Prisons employee. Or is a subcontractor or were you a physical employee? No, I was actually a physical employee. And I was trying to think on the drive, like,

I was trying to do the math of, was I there when Ian was there. I was like, I don't think I was.

I started in 2012 and then I left in 2013. And you were at Fortex? Yep. This is so cool. Like,

when you sent me that email, that was like the most excited thing I was, I was like really pumped for it. Me too. Because we've been wanting someone that worked in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I'm on a board for reentry and the woman who's the executive director is a former case manager. Oh, awesome. For the FBOP. And, you know, we're trying to get some former guards and stuff.

But the fact that I was at Fort Dix, you were there as an employee.

And I've dealt with a mental health therapist and psychologists that work there, which they weren't the best to put it lately.

I'm sorry.

No, it's okay.

I mean, I understand like there's a lot of overwhelming circumstances and understaff, and it's changed a lot too. And this was 2016. Okay. But why do you decide to get into that field? So it's funny. Like, I was trying to think of what possible questions you could have to ask me. and I'm like, this is the one he's going to ask me.

...