The Chronicles of a Correctional Officer: The Officer

For James Decker, wearing the badge was supposed to mean something. Fresh out of the academy, he’s ready to serve, protect, and make a difference. But inside the walls of Echo Unit, nothing is what it seems.

Thrust into a world where tension crackles like a live wire, Decker quickly learns that the rules he studied in training don’t mean much when you’re face-to-face with hardened inmates and when the officers around you might not have your back.

As power shifts, alliances form, and secrets surface, Decker must decide what kind of officer he wants to be: the kind who follows orders, or the kind who survives.

But when one wrong move could cost him everything including his life will Decker make it through his first year behind the wall?

Raw, real, and grippingly authentic, The Officer is the first installment in The Chronicles of a Correctional Officer series a powerful look at the unseen battles fought every day by the men and women walking the toughest beat in law enforcement.