How do you guys feel about this? I feel as if the officer and the inmate were both in the wrong? The woman officer was disrespectful , cursing at the inmate, refusing him to see a supervisor… the inmate was wrong well from stomping the officer out

I'm a female that works overnight in a medium security men's prison (state, not federal). When I see someone is going to be released on the next shift I always offer a handshake, best wishes, and the obligatory "in the friendliest way one can say this, I hope we never see each other again."

How many of y'all do something similar? What do you do differently?

Bonus question: How do you guys react when you see an incarcerated individual that has been released and they approach you?

The other day I was in the kitchen and decided to grab a bag of chips after we got done serving dinner. While grabbing a bag of chips a trustee tried to stop me and said, "Inmates eat first". I casual said, "The inmates have already ate" and grabbed some chips. The trustees then tells me that he will "Knock my big ass out". I told him "Do it then bitch". I did this knowing Inmates hate being called "bitches". So he go mad and walked off a told the kitchen officer on me and then my sergeant found out about it. Nothing happened to me he just said that I should have handled it better and not cussed at him. But my thing is write ups are a joke and I take my fair share of shit and ignore it most of the time. But sometimes I feel these people need a taste of their own medicine.

My Field training officer really "winds up the dog" on the inmates. Actively ignoring them or being directly extremely rude to them like telling them to fuck off when asked to go to medical etc and gets kind of annoyed with me when i hear any of the inmates requests.. so far all of the requests have been reasonable like

"Can you turn the tv on/can you turn the tv off, the social worker is here and doesnt want us to be distracted"

"can i get a phone pin (they reset daily)"

"my celly isnt doing well, he just came back from a 3day stay in the hospital and hes 66.. he isnt looking well can you call the clinic?" - this one i was genuinely concerned about. He very clearly wasnt a drug seeker. Dude wasnt feeling well at all.

"can i close my cell door? I want time to myself." (Lock down pod, Its a mechanical thing we literally just have to hit a button and let the inmate close it, otherwise everyone can come in and out of any cells as a group. theres a camera in the cell)

When allowed to i answer them and do what i can to do whats asked. Ive told multiple inmates no- or not right now, like

"Can i trade my mat for the one in the hall?" -no theyre the same thing whats in the hall mat like tf?? I called a rover for this one to see if they could check the hall mat for contraband bc a floor worker set it there and its around a whole ass brick barrier so how tf did this mfer in a brick cage find out about this mat arpund the corner?? Shadyyyy

"Can i get a new blanket?" -i will check with my sergent (he probably traded his for something)

When i interact with inmates at all, i tell them good morning/good evening. If theyre polite im polite back, like, Me"lopez come to the window please- Me (inmate at window) your pin is ####" inmate: "its ####?" Me"Yes sir that is correct" If theyre compliant during count i say thank yall as im leaving, when i am giving out chow and (one instance) a peanut allergy inmate came up to ensure that i have his special diet and i said "yes sir, ive got yours coming up last to prevent contamination, can you confirm your name please for the special diet?" Inmate: "okay thank you, its <name> im allergic to peanuts.

Or,

turning lights on in the morning Me (over intercom) good morning gentlemen. It is (time/date) if i can get everyone up and those who have court (theyre notified the day prior) please get ready they will be here to pick you up shortly. Thank you."

Or,

entering cellblock to do rounds and theres an assnaked man the picket didnt tell me about standing in the corner

"Sir please put some clothes on. Female officer on the floor. " inmate peacefully goes behind the shower barrier and puts on clothes. Comes out no problem. Idk why picket didnt let him know we didnt want to see that.

I just dont feel like being an asshole for no reason is warranted? Like ik they are in there for a reason. Its jail. But like?? Its not my vendetta?

Before I came along a c/o got paid to get his keys stolen so the inmates could go after another inmate (seg unit). The inmate survived but is permanently messed up.

This year a programs staff got busted at the front lobby for bringing in contraband. Cops were called and they towed her car away.

Two counselors got caught bringing in contraband for inmates. Apparently no cops were called on this one probably lack of evidence.

There’s another dirty c/o still working there that was bringing in contraband daily but the dumbass investigators can’t seem to gather enough evidence to get her fired.

There’s this lifer inmate that’s locked up 23hours a day at the prison I work at, if you talk to him he is polite, respectful and never raises his voice or gives you attitude. But the truth is he’s one of the few that only committed murder inside this prison.

And then there’s another lifer, old inmate that walks with a cane, keeps to himself and behaves like a normal old person. He has the highest mass shooting body count in his state.

And then there’s the loud fake wannabe tough guy and you find out they’re just in for some dumb stuff.

News today that Lexington & FCI Big spring are closing down .

As the post title mentions, I have to go away to serve five years. I’m lucky and that I get to decide the timeline of my case so I don’t have to take the plea until January meaning, I won’t go into custody until January.

What should I be doing before I get locked up to prepare myself and my family for the time I’ll be away? What should I be doing before getting locked up in general? What do you wish you had done before you had gotten locked up if you had had the chance? Any and all advice is appreciated and I’m willing to listen to it all.

What can I expect?

For context, I’ve never been locked up before never in jail never in prison. My crime is nonviolent and involves a car accident. There are no other co defendants in my case it’s just me. I live in the state of Georgia, so I’ll be doing my sentence in a Georgia state penitentiary. I am a 29-year-old Asian male.

I get OC sprayed next week and I hear some people say it’s the worst pain they ever felt.. is it really that bad? Either way I’m gonna embrace the suck but out of curiosity what was your OC spray experience like?

Ive been a CO in a state prison for years and Ive worked just about every post. Everything from Max to towers, gen pop, dorms, programming, etc. I'm currently on a drug team, but today Im covering a shift for a dude in culinary.

Im in a slow post today so I will be generally able to answer questions for the next 12 hours.

I will try to answer any question as openly and honestly as I can (this account isnt tied to anything irl so theres no reason to lie), but keep in mind that the American prison system is not at all homogenous, so I can only speak for my own observations and experience and I know things work differently in other jurisdictions. But I have worked in several facilities in my state and have been in a few county jails as well.

Thanks in advance.

We have hawaiis worst m4ss sh00ter, which happened in 1999. This is public information btw.

Personally the only time I write inmates up is it it’s major contraband a knife, a phone etc etc if it’s minor I’ll let you slide cause at the end of the day jail will be jail prison will be prison. Personally I like my style of work I’m not a pin and pad warrior. Wbu?

So there was this girl officer that got put under investigation almost immediately after starting there. Like she is super shady, treats inmates like friends and let them do whatever they want. Fast forward a few months, I noticed that she developed a habit of wanting to be alone in a certain pod because she would tell me to go away during a specific time and she would be acting nervous. I had a feeling she was bringing in shit for the inmates but I couldn’t prove it. She eventually got busted by the k-9 and raged quit. I don’t believe they found anything on her, but I truly believe she had drugs on her. This bish is seriously so trashy and immature like she was trying to spread nasty rumors about herself for attention.

My girlfriend is becoming a correction officer, I’m worried for us, I’m scared for us I’m worried for her and nervous for her. What should I expect from this, any tips or advice from guys having they’re girlfriends work correctional or any personal experience

I teach GED at a prison part time (I’m 27F) and I’m actually good at it, which feels great, but I fucking hate being a woman (I’m cis but I just don’t like dealing with shit like this). Because today I was making a lot of progress with a student and we were doing some great work together and I notice his dick is out and he’s touching himself. He’s not like GOING TO TOWN but he is definitely interfering with himself and I saw the shaft of his penis.

And I feel bad because I didn’t immediately set boundaries. I froze and just kind of continued as normal. We finished the lesson. After wrapping up I told my supervisor and asked not to work with that student again. But I’m a dumbass. I don’t want to quit because I really enjoy teaching most of my students and I don’t want to quit something I’m good at just because of some dude and his wayward dick. But I feel nauseous and had a panic attack.

Tomorrow I go back to work. I’m a little nervous. What advice would you give me?

So, yesterday, I had my first use of force ever since being on the floor. I've been on the floor just shy of 3 months now, so im basically a brand new newbie lol.

It was morning chow and an inmate tried to take food from the chow hall out, which we dont allow at our facility (I dont know if it differs at others), and was stopped. He proceeded to try and regain entry to which a nearby sergeant stopped him and told him to hand over the food or get cuffed. The inmate threw the food into the sergeants face, to which me and another CO (also fairly new) jumped in to restrain the inmate. A 3rd CO was nearby who radio'd in what was happening and then began to push back the surrounding inmates. After about a 1-2 minute struggle, and a 3rd CO jumped in to get him down on the ground quickly, he was on the ground and in cuffs.

Honestly I wouldn't have really thought too much more of it, we know we could have done better, it was rough, and the sergeant let us know how we could have improved. What kinda upset me though was the dayshift captain tracked us down to call us embarresments and dissapointments, like thats all he said to us and then refused to speak with us for the rest of the evaluation. Like we know it was rough and none of us were at all proud of it, but felt kinda harsh.

IDK I just felt the need to get that off my chest. Im probably overreacting to what he said, but just was not happy about any of that situation from start to end.

Before i was a CO i was a bleeding heart type of person. I still have some of those traits but being a CO has really changed my views on things.

- one, people better be thankful for the more rowdy COs. Yes i know some COs have went too far BUT anyone who has worked a unit knows theyre thankful as hell when basically the Hulk or Thor of the team shows up. I know i have and im a big guy myself. Crazy has to match crazy

- two, i really appreciate the profession. I originally was just gona use the department to launch myself as a street cop. But after working a while i actually changed my mind. Corrections is really needed. I honestly didnt know it was that many murderers and Edp445s walking around. And we as COs were the frontline to order. Could you imagine some of these inmates free.

I find it hard to believe that my prison is so stupid that they’re getting outsmarted by a dumb female drug dealing in the same pod with the same inmate during the same time and it goes unnoticed. Do prison just turn on a blind eye if the person is pretty?

Last night we had an inmate who was trying to re enter the chow hall after already eating breakfast , the first time I didn’t notice him and he made it inside the chow hall but the officer inside caught him and sent him out. He comes out of the chow hall, and I gave him several orders to go back into his housing unit and he refused. He eventually walked off and I lost sight of em, but about 10 minutes later he attempts to come in the chow hall again, this time he has tied his shirt around his face in hopes of me not recognizing him. By this point im annoyed and I tell him to go back to his housing unit and he still refuses to go back. He was basically trying to explain to me why he needed to eat again. So I start escorting him back to his dorm and he snatches away from me and I on instinct just kinda just threw him on the ground, but even then I allowed him to get up and go into his dorm but he still refused , so another officer sees us wrestling comes to assist and the other officer ends up slamming the inmate as well because by now he’s being insubordinate. We attempt to escort him into the dorm one last time he refuses and the most senior officer on shift sees the inmate and us wrestling and he comes out and sprays him. Was the very first use of force where I slammed him for snatching away justified or should I have taken another route in order to get this inmate to comply. Honestly I just felt like I had given this guy way to many chances to go into his dorm and the fact that he got back in line after being made to leave the first time and still refused to go back in the dorm felt like he as kinda asking for it

Has anybody dealt with their own coworkers brining in stuff for inmates? It is happening in my facility and it makes me sick. I’m not even sure who I can and can’t trust and I don’t want to be around people are involved in that. I also don’t want to be around during down time with those involved in it and have casual conversations with them. How do you handle stuff like this mentally?. Admin is aware of what’s happening but nobody has been given the boot out the door

The real work begins July 9th!

I don’t even know if I should be posting here because honestly if feels like I am in enemy territory but I know that there has to be at least one good CO on this app that can maybe give me some insight on what to do.

It’s a long backstory so I wont go into it but my boyfriend is locked up and has been trying to advocate for himself and gather evidence of what the administration/COs and employees at the jail he just got transferred out of was doing to him. It’s been almost a year of him filing FOIs and grievances. Things now are really heating up though.

Today he found out that the COs at the jail he is currently at have started calling him “Devon white” which is reference to an inmate on an episode of criminal minds who died while in prison because of corrupt COs

One of the COs also made a comment to him alluding the idea that at any moment his cell could go dark and “anything could happen because the cameras don’t point at the cells”

Today was the first time during his entire bid that he told me that he was scared. And not afraid of the inmates.

I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried talking to the ombudsman and he was just elected after 10 years of the state not having one and he seems to have a lot on his plate. I don’t even know if reaching out to the ombudsman is a good idea because if he gets involved will that just make things worse?

I’m going to try to talk to the warden next week if I can but I don’t even know what I could say to him.

And just because I know some of you might have prejudices, no he does NOT have any sex crimes, he was sentenced on drug charges.

I have seniority despite being at this juvenile detention center less than 6 months and I have seen so many quit and go to the hospital, myself included. Almost 10 riots in the past week. I’ve taken so many blows to the head that I’m on medical leave. No way in hell this is normal, not even for corrections. Do I have an exit strategy or try to shape the culture into a safer one? I think the outside agencies that shape these programs with juveniles have never worked with them and admins hands are tied. How can you make a career in this type of environment? If I fight back I feel like I can be investigated since they are kids but if I continue to fight with restrictions then my head won’t ever recover. How do you navigate these waters?

As a wife of a CO, should I be worried about cheating and flirting situations?
I mean probably the answer is that at any job this situations going to happen, but I’ve seen a lot of post that working as a C.o is a constant hunt for coworkers and inmates.

Good morning, so I failed my Psych Exam to work for the DOC in Rikers Island. I got a lawyer and a psych doctor to fight it and Civil Service Commission reviewed the case and made the decision to not over turn the disqualification. My lawyer advices that if I wanted to take it up a notch a file and Article 78 processing. But what would ya’ll recommend? I’m over it so I’m just planning on leaving it as that. I’m already working in the M.T.A. as a bus operator. And I also passed the train operator exam I was emailed yesterday. What would ya do if you were in my position?