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Dr. Marla K. Patterson
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Marla K. Patterson, Ph.D. "retired from the
Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2014 after working
at the agency for nearly 24 years. She shared
working for he prison system as an intern at
the Federal Correctional Institute, Fort Worth,
Texas. She worked seven years as a drug
treatment specialist at the Federal
Correctional Institute, Seagoville, Texas. In
199, she began working at the United States
Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. She
transferred to the United States Penitentiary,
Marion, in 2002 where she was promoted to chief
psychologist. Dr. Patterson received a Master’s
Degree from Bradley University and a Doctoral
Degree from the University of North Texas." Dr.
Marla K. Patterson is the author of AS I
LIVE AND BREATHE: A Perspective from a Prison
Psychologist.
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According to the book description of
AS I LIVE AND BREATHE: A
Perspective from a Prison Psychologist,
"By focusing on her experience working
in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a
female psychologist gives an account
of the world inside the system.
Prisons are highly structured
environments with specific policies
and procedures to ensure consistent
orderliness, yet simultaneously there
exists an ever-present underlying
turbulence that threatens to erupt at
any time. At higher security prisons
these eruptions occur all too often,
and can range from absurd behaviors,
like self-administered liposuction, to
serious assaults and gruesome murders.
As I Live and Breathe provides a
glimpse into the federal prison system
and highlights some of the challenges
correctional workers face when tasked
with managing extreme criminals in a
dangerous and unpredictable world."
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