The corrections officer had been summoned back to the institution on a Wednesday afternoon, fourteen weeks into an administrative leave that had already begun to feel interminable. The call from his supervisor had been brief and businesslike, explaining that certain historical intake records required his institutional knowledge to locate and interpret, and that his presence was needed urgently to assist colleagues who were struggling with a file transfer that had become time-sensitive. He drove the familiar route from his home in south Edmonton, still wearing his civilian clothes since he had not been issued any instructions about reporting in uniform, and parked in the staff lot as he had done for nearly two decades of service. The security officer at the main entrance recognized him immediately and waved him through with a nod of professional courtesy, and he made his way toward the administrative wing where he had been directed to report. It was in the corridor leading to the records office that he first noticed the document posted on the wall beside the shift supervisor's station, a single sheet of paper bearing the institution's letterhead and displayed at eye level where every passing staff member would encounter it throughout their working day. His own name appeared prominently in the text, accompanied by his employee identification number and a recent photograph pulled from his personnel file. The notice instructed all staff members that he was not permitted to enter the premises under any circumstances and that his presence on institutional property should be reported immediately to security and management. He stood before this document for several minutes, reading and rereading its contents while colleagues walked past him in the hallway, some averting their eyes and others offering looks of unmistakable sympathy. The investigation into whatever unspecified conduct had prompted his administrative leave remained officially ongoing, its conclusion nowhere in sight, and yet here was a document that had transformed him from a senior officer under review into something resembling a trespasser in his own workplace, his photograph displayed like a warning to his peers about a danger he apparently posed.