I am talking about the CO on the video only. I am not talking about the county or any other person. The problem with video cameras is it doesn't show what it doesn't show. That CO could very well have called a supervisor, medical or both. We don't know. Somebody is liable for sure. I am just unwilling to place the blame on the CO without more evidence than this video which does not document his actions after he left the cell area.

Me and it was very rewarding, much more so than being a cop.

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A few reasons. The biggest being the unsung heroes who fight and survive terrible attacks or who run to the rescue of others, or who save the lives of inmates and staff who would otherwise die. They never get mentioned in the news, or have a movie made about them. The only time they are mentioned is when they screw up or when Hollywood demonizes them. I have seen acts of heroism that rival any in war. Prisons have plenty of decent people. Sometimes even the crooks are decent. many years ago i was terribly injured and in danger of dying. A double murderer in his 17th year of incarceration ran over a mile to call for help. My agency, through individual voluntary employee donations has raised millions of dollars for Special Olympics. You will never see that in the paper. Then, sometimes you get to see or be a part of a real subhuman piece of shit get a big chunk of karma rammed right up his ass, or through his veins.

Then there is the comedy of the institutions. There is nowhere on earth funnier than a prison.

I could go on, but i think that suffices.

@QCMGR
Corrections Officer is not?

That's not an option unless there is a security issue.

You admit you don't know anything about corrections and you say it's not an option? Of course it is an option. I have seen it scores of times. You call medical and say I have a guy exhibiting X symptoms. the nurse says "tell him to put in a sick call" or "he's faking, we have seen him 3 times today". Then they don't show up. You send call the shift supervisor and say, "Hey Captain, inmates Smith is doing x in his cell, I called medical and they said they aren't coming, what should I do?" Captain " You have done your job, I'll call them." Nurse, backed by Health Administrator, "We dont work for you, are you a trained medical professional?"

I have a specific story about this I can tell, that scared me to death. At the time I was Chief of Security at a maximum security prison. if you want I can tell you about it.

Thanks, I feel the same way. FYI, I was a cop for 7 years.

I'm not officially trained in corrections but our LEO's are tasked with jail duties such as booking a person in, releasing them, responding to their medical needs etc..

We do not have a nurse or medical staff. We call the medics to come evaluate the person. There is no saying, no in my situation.

I was the Chief of Security at a large maximum security prison in southeast Texas. An Inmate from a minimum security prison nearby had just received open heart surgery. His home unit was filled to capacity, so they sent him to me. He was housed in transient housing (No air conditioning) in August. As I was making my rounds I discovered this. The temperature was around 100 degrees with no breeze. As a Chief of Security, I am a housing authority and can house inmates anywhere I wish, within reason. I called medical and made sure they know this guy was on the facility. I ensured staff kept him supplied with cold water. I checked to see if medical had any beds open and they did. Medical has A/C. This guys had had open heart surgery the day before this. I ordered him to be moved to the medical bed in the a/c. In about an hour I got a call from the Director of Classification at agency HQ. She told me to move the inmate back to the transient housing. I asked why. She said that only medical and classification could order housing in that area. I knew that was false and she was trying to run over me. I advised her of the situation and my genuine concern that the stifling heat could kill the inmate. She said "Are you a doctor?" I replied, "No but I'm not stupid and anyone can see this is a bad idea". She then said " I'm ordering you to move him". I told her that she wasn't anywhere in my chain of command and he would be staying right where he was. She angrily hung up the phone. In about an hour I was summoned to a phone. It was the Region Director ( my bosses boss). he told me to move the inmate back to transient housing. I said "Yes sir" and moved him. At that point I sort of wanted the inmate to die (not really) but it would have driven home my point. There is so much about the corrections business that people don't understand because they can't see it. Shawshank Redemption is not where you learn about prison or custodial care. I was on video in front of that inmates cell 3 or 4 times that day. For the viewer it would appear that a high ranking official just looked in the cell and did nothing. That would be the opposite of the truth.

And the money will all he gone in 18 months

That's muh baaaaby boy! He was my everything and YOU killed him!

Ma'am, you have not visited him in the 19 years he has been incarcerated. There are no letters from you in his property. You have never sent money to his commissary account.

You don't know me! You bastard!
eta: I want his property, all of it, right now.

Okay m'am, here it is.

Property inventory

Gay porn magazine 2
1 old sock he jerked off into
Drawings of Satan fucking a baby

Thing is, individuals are personally liable, if they failed to follow policies or laws regarding the incident. Thing is lawyers don't go after guys who make 40k a year. They go after the big money. Every suit filed against me ever, (ad there were a lot) not only named me, but the agency director and the agency itself.

One day an inmate who was always trying to convince staff he was crazy, stood up on the railing on three row ( the third floor). He was shouting to everyone that he was going to jump. Almost immediately another inmate shouted " Do a back flip!" Another inmate told me, "Just go to the bathroom and I'll push him." They didn't like him because when he acted out it brought a lot of staff to the area.

Another inmate was a psych patient. he cut his dick off with a razor. He was transported to a local hospital where they re-attached it. he was sent back to the prison, to a psych cell. He managed to get another razor blade, like they do and cut it off again. The janitor, another inmate told him. They are just going to put it back on again, so he flushed it down the toilet.

Two very violent inmates doing multiple life sentences were cell mates. They got drunk on home made wine and one of the two began to brag about how he tortured and raped this girl. The other guy told him to stop. He didn't stop. the other guy hit him in the head with a fan motor in a sock, knocking him out. While he was out, he tied him up and surgically castrated him. He then flushed the testicles down the toilet. We recovered them at the bar screen ( a device that catches all solids flowing through the sewer.)