Goodreads asked Mark Dostert:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Mark Dostert My most recent (and only) book is based on the year and three days I spent working as a Children's Attendant at Chicago's 500-cell juvenile jail. The position turned out to be unarmed jail guard. As one staff member told me my first week there, "All you have is your mouth." The book is what I hope is an honest as possible chronicle of the downs, ups, and in-betweens of being a rookie jail guard.

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