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| Dear Cos and Friends, I enjoyed your article very much, and I agree with everything you said. However, I wish to offer another side of the coin which you as a body of professionals need to address. I spent an unplanned week among New York's Boldest recently due to some problems with the ex-wife. White collar stuff, and I fully accept responsibility for it, and it gave me the chance to see the inner workings of two large facilities in New York. For the most part, the COS were professional and proper. However, I repeatedly witnessed COs behaving terribly, taunting prisoners, yelling and screaming at inmates behaving no differently than others, racial slurs, sexual slurs, and other abusive, unnecessary and improper behavior to the point sometimes the uniform was all that separated felon from CO. In one case, a CO that objected to the sound of the showers at his normal duty station locked down an entire dorm so he could "read the paper in peace". I understand that if questioned he could invent some reason for doing so, but everyone in that room knew it was just a simple case of "because I can". I understand that there are bad apples in every bunch, but in these situations the behavior was widespread, rampant, and witnessed by management level officers with no reaction whatsoever. I believe you guys have a harder job than the police. I believe your role is vital. But before universal respect and recognition can occur, the house needs to be cleaned from the inside. Respectfully, Dave (NYC) | |||
| Posted: 10/16/2008 | |||
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| I'm not sure what brought me to this artical;However I'm sooo happy that I ended up here.I never relized how awfully true this all is.Mostly how CO's are not at all reconized at all as heros of our country.After all "what is the sence" of locking up these criminals if we didn't have these brave men & women to contan & controll them..I never new CO's did not carrie a fully loaded wepon..this just turns my stomic,what in the hell is wrong with our goverment officails?? Now one of you gov.officils PLEASE tell me way it's ok for this freind of mine to obtain a personal-protection-permit & carrie a gun w/him , when going into Detroit Mi. to install cable T.V. becouse he is in a "bad" town for a few hrs. w/a co-worker,never the less in bruad-day light?? I just don't understant our goverment..Lastly why do we not have the death penalty across the board??? Thats commen sense too me.When I was a kid if one of my bro.'s was cought doing something wrong an bing spanked.I certantly did not try samething..I feel if we would have electric chair on public T.V. it would make half theses criminals think twice.Our childeran would certainly see right from wrong. An don't dare tell me it's too rated "R". When t.v. is a huge reason behind half the crimes commitied hear in U.S.. Well I can honestly say I'm 38yrs.old an feel like I learned a full sem. of goverment class from this articall. thank you so much Officer Dawe, please keep up your exolent work!! I promise I will think of all you C.O's of America everday of my life.If there is anything I can do to help out,votes,or what ever please post it hear I will be to this sight freakquiently!! good luck team Tom.o Brighton, Mi. | |||
| Posted: 08/26/2008 | |||
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| As a mental health professional working within the NJDOC training correctional officers, much of the information from this article was no surprise. It's part of the courses that I instruct. But in my experience, the men and women I have had the privilege to know and work with are exceptional individuals working an environment that can turn into a pressure cooker within seconds. They protect the public, each other, the inmates and people like me with just a baton. Since I am also the daughter of a retired cop, I admit to being extremely sensitive to criticism of those who lay down their lives on a daily basis. That doesn't mean that there aren't problems. I've often disagreed with my officers and yes, I have met a few who should have chosen a different job...but in the course of my career, I've also come across some in the mental health field who could seriously benefit from some intensive therapy. So, thank you to all the corrections officers who, despite all the shit they have to endure, show up every day prepared for whatever comes their way. I couldn't do what I do without you. Good lookin out! | |||
| Posted: 02/21/2008 | |||
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| I respect you totally, but all I hear is the bad, I have a person in Prison who I love and is a very good man, I hear his stories too. There are some good Criminals I believe as well as good CO's....and bad on both sides also. I wish somehow they could put all the good criminals together and name them #1....put all the bad together and name them #2 and then pay CO's more money for dealing with #2 and give more benefits to the criminals in #1 for thier behavior. Maybe #2 would see what it takes to have a better quality of life and then the CO's would know what to expect and thier lives would be easier. | |||
| Posted: 02/21/2008 | |||
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| Every word in this artical is true. We as Corrections Officers are not looked at as being in law enforcement. I work for the State of Florida and the only time you will here about the Department of Corrections is when something bad happens to one of the Inmates. When we walk behind the fence we don't know if we are going home or not. The police have a gun, I don't have anything but a radio and a set of key most of the time. We don't care gas unless you are working on the yard. I work in dorms where there is a population of 50 and up. If anyone thinks this is an easy job then I invite them to join me. We as Corrections Officers need better representation in our goverment. The goverment needs to let the people of this great country know that we are Officers and deserve the same respect they give ther police and fire fighters. They should also not judge all Corrections Officers as bad for what a small number of bad officers do. Thanks and stay safe Officer Patrick Cross Zephyrhills Corretional Instatution Zephyrhills Florida | |||
| Posted: 02/08/2008 | |||
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