Maybe more than anyone in the office, Jackson considers her job a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week endeavor. Most parole officers prefer male clients because women on parole tend to be exceedingly needy. Jackson, who prides herself on her life-coaching and mothering abilities, handles only women. She works a 40-hour week and then spends weekends pounding the pavement looking for employers willing to take a chance on her parolees.
