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I have a friend in the D.O.C. in Salem, Oregon. He is a guard at the State Penitentiary, in Salem. He tells me all the stories, I am sure you already know them, so I won’t bore you. They happen everywhere. He is one of those people that deals with his stress with humor. He also does not want to burden his family with what he had to go through on any particular day, so he keeps silent. What if there was a way to “get it off your chest” without telling anyone? What if it was quick, effective, and inexpensive?..
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