How To Be A Correctional Officer and Not Get Killed
by KENSIR
How To Be A Correctional Officer and Not Get Killed is a raw, cinematic look inside the psychological reality of working behind prison walls. Part survival guide, part memoir, part warning. KENSIR pulls readers into the tension, politics, violence, brotherhood, and mental warfare correctional officers face every day. Written with brutal honesty and thriller-like intensity, this isn’t just a book about corrections. It’s about what surviving the environment does to the human mind.
This book is currently offered as part of a Reader Review Soft Sale.
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As the author, I’m sharing this early version in the hope that you’ll provide constructive feedback—on grammar, storyline, character development, and any pertinent details—from a reader’s perspective. Your honest critique will directly help shape and strengthen the final edition.
Please note: this copy will no longer be available after July 31. The official sale launches August 1st.
Thank you all so much for your love, support, and appreciation. It means more than you know.
What readers are saying
“This book should be standard issue at every academy in the country.”
— Sgt. M. Washington, CDCR
“I've buried coworkers (Mentally). This book could have saved them.”
— Lt. D. Harmon, 22 Years in Corrections
“Brutal, honest, and necessary. Nothing like this exists anywhere else.”
— Sgt. P. Monroe, FL DOC
“KENSIR says what every veteran CO thinks but nobody writes down.”
— Officer K. Thompson, GA DOC
“Read this before your first shift. Not after.”
— Officer M. Davis, IL DOC
“Refreshing, my buddy Stewart out at NDOC sent me here! Great layout brother. ”
— Preston Childs SPD #Oregon
“The details, I know this is one for the books! ”
— E.Banks
“This book is nothing less than amazing and it is a MUST HAVE! Especially if you’re in this field of work you’d definitely wanna pick up all knowledge This book has to give.”
— Jonathan Brooks
“Looking forward to reading more from you, this instantly grabbed my attention and left me wanting to real more. Keep up the great work brotha ”
— Branti B
“Really impressed by the creativity and passion behind this memoir. It’s refreshing, a novel that genuinely supports unique first hand storytelling. Wishing you continued success and growth as you inspire more readers! ”
— Tenay
“This book really stuck with me. It’s honest, insightful, and packed with lessons about survival, awareness, and personal growth that apply far beyond any single environment. I found myself picking up valuable takeaways on how to think differently, stay grounded under pressure, and learn from real-life experiences. I genuinely enjoyed it and believe a lot of people could benefit from reading this—especially anyone interested in growth, resilience, and learning from situations most people never get to see.”
— Clifford - Las Vegas
“This book immediately pulled me in. Even from a short portion, the writing made me feel fully immersed—as if I were actually there. I could clearly see the surroundings, hear the sounds, and feel the atmosphere. It was vivid, engaging, and kept me excited and focused the entire time. I’m definitely looking forward to reading more.”
— Darryl Mobley
More books by KENSIR
The Tier Commandments
The " How To Be A Correctional Officer and Not Get Killed" Study Guide
Before this book, I wrote another one: How to Be a Correction Officer and Not Get Killed. That book was the story — the whole thing, start to finish, what happened to me and what I did in the middle of it to still be standing at the end. This book is what's left after you take that story and boil off everything except the doctrine.
Every commandment in these pages is something I lived first and taught second. I am not quoting Sun Tzu or Frederick Douglass or Viktor Frankl because I read them in a seminar and thought they sounded right. I'm quoting them because I found them after I'd already learned what they were talking about the hard way, and their words were the first time I had language for something I'd already survived.
So before you open Commandment I, understand what you're actually holding. This isn't a textbook written by someone who studied corrections. It's a doctrine written by someone who was inside it — who made calls under pressure that didn't always go right, who carried some of those nights home and had to figure out how to put them down, who is not writing to you from a podium but from the same tier you're standing on. If you want the full story of how I got here, read the other book. If you want what I extracted from it — the parts that are teachable, repeatable, and built to keep the next officer alive and intact — that's this one.