If you give respect, more often than not, you'll  receive respect in return. However, the rules changed when I began working for the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Their rules clashed with what I was originally taught. When I challenged the prison’s rules and regulations, my actions were met with retaliation by the prison’s upper management.
 
My life would then take a dramatic turn for the worst. I didn’t know it at the time, but their retaliation effected me emotionally and physically. Although my health was negatively affected, these events helped reveal a secret I kept for 30 years.