Awards

• Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (New Voice Nonfiction) 2024

Overview

If you have ever wondered what happens in prison, Time Served is for you. It's an in-depth memoir from a Correctional Officer's perspective. The incarcerated population have written many books, but only a few have been written by prison staff. Meet T.L. Cromwell, an African American woman, who shares her truth about 21+ years of TIME SERVED in prison. She shares her experience working in an environment that was often mudane, mixed with incidents of extreme violence and terror.

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"""Time Served pulls no punches in revealing all the underlying emotional challenges of the job. It humanizes the correctional officer's job and relationships in my different ways. More so than almost any other prison system title, Cromwell provides an invaluable and rare lok at inmate relationships and how they are afected by imprisonment."" -Midwest Book Review ""A thought-provoking book written form the ""other"" side of the bars. Time Served provides a much needed insight from a Black Woman's perspective inside the prisons. A must read."" -Professor Christian Green West Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA"

Author Information

T.L. Cromwell is a retired Correctional Captain who worked for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for 21+ years, walking the ""Toughest Beat in the State."" Reading, writing, and traveling the world is what she enjoys most. So far, she has traveled to over 25 countries, on five continents. Cromwell is a well-read, gifted writer who always knew she wanted to write books. Cromwell retired in 2015, and relocated to spend time with her beloved daughter and family. She is currently working on her next book, a follow-up to TIME SERVED.

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