Topic: Juvenile Jam / gang assessment

Your thinking is probably right, but the facilities think of the high cost of lawsuits when good little johnny gets beat up when we housed him with a rival gang member when we should have known they wouldn’t get along. And judges go along with it. Instead of forcing them to live together and deal with their differences (usually just the stupid zip code they live in), we put them together reinforce the gang mentality, and let them reorganize, and recruit more members while locked up so when they hit the streets, they can pick up where they left off without missing a beat.

Topic: Letter of The Law / Second Chance Act

True. Unfortunately most of these offenders are allergic to hard work. They look for the easy (usually illegal) way to make money fast. Unless the laws get tougher, and the prisons aren’t better living quarters for them than the streets, and people are actually afraid to come to prison, recidivism will not be reduced.

Topic: The Club House / Ohio DRC

Yeah, luckily it hasn’t been the officers…..yet.

Topic: Everything Education / just applied?

BOP is very picky about things all the way down to your credit history and your family tree. State & County DOC’s you can probably get by with it.

Topic: Security Central / Transport security

Tell that to the bigwigs in Ohio. Their “do more with even less” attitude has us understaffed and overcrowded, while they continue to cut jobs within the department. We are currently at an all time high for inmate population throughout the state, and they are doing massive job cuts across the department and planning for more within the next year.

Topic: Letter of The Law / # chances before drug offenders go to prison instead of rehab

greenshirt, but think of the job security. They’ll always need us as long as they keep sending them to us.

Topic: The Club House / Losing control

Wow Mick and I thought that was only the way things were going over here in the states, nice to see everyone getting to share the pain (in the butt) of the inmate advocates.

Topic: The Club House / Ohio DRC

What institutions are you guys at? LORCI here.

Topic: Health & Wellness / Mandated CPR On Inmates: Good Or Not So Good?

Must be nice. I guess that once a year training they give us makes us “trained medical responders”. So now they can discipline us for not helping. If Ohio was half as tough on the felons as they are on the Officers, it would be a great place to work.

Topic: A Broader View / This month, Corrections.com focuses on architecture. What makes your facility's design unique? What historic prisons have you visited?

I could handle that. We get stuck for 16 + hours sometimes on outside trips, and don’t even get a thank you, let alone paid for our meal.

Topic: The Club House / Living breathing flesh ?

Ever tried to determine if one of those skinny convicts wrapped up in his blankie is breathing at night without waking him up? Now that’s not easy. Have stood for 10 minutes sometimes without seeing a movement. Til you kick the door and he jumps out of his bed.

Topic: The Club House / Living breathing flesh ?

ever tried to dtermine if one of those skinny convicts wrapped up in his blankie is breathing at nightwithout waking him up? Now that’s not easy. Have stood for 10 minutes sometimes without seeing a movement. Til you kick the door and he jumps out of his bed.

Topic: A Broader View / This month, Corrections.com focuses on architecture. What makes your facility's design unique? What historic prisons have you visited?

I asked my supervisor for a lunch break the other day, he laughed and told me to eat while I do my rounds. “You have 8 hours, you can find time, just multi-task.” Sounds much less liberal towards the inmates in your neck of the woods. Wish Americans weren’t so quick to worry about these criminal’s rights so much.

Topic: Health & Wellness / Mandated CPR On Inmates: Good Or Not So Good?

That’s what most of the officers argument in Ohio involved as well. We have medical staff who are professionals in dealing with these types of situations, and have the proper equipment. You will not find a nurse performing mouth to mouth, but rather using an Ambu bag, just like the officers have asked for. Instead they gave us disposable one way masks we are fully expected to use and they give us a CPR certification class in our inservice training once a year. They have drills all the time to show our nurses/medical staff can respond to these types of situations in a very timely manner, yet if we’re not jumping in and already have it going, we could face discipline. I don’t mind helping, I just want to be safe myself, give the officers the same type of protection you give the medical staff, that’s all.

Topic: Health & Wellness / Mandated CPR On Inmates: Good Or Not So Good?

Where most Officers have a problem with this is exactly what Mick brought up. It is no secret HIV and Hepatitis are rampant within the correctional setting. A simple solution to this would be to provide the Officers with Ambu bags, just like are used when the medical professionals take over on the scene. I would have no problem performing the CPR using an Ambu bag instead of the normal mouth to mouth. Our institution provided officers with disposable CPR masks, but officers are still uncomfortable with this. The Ambu bags would eliminate the need for mouth to mouth of any kind, and most likely officers would be less hesitant about performing CPR in this manner. They are rather inexpensive and could be issued in every area of the institutions.

Topic: A Broader View / This month, Corrections.com focuses on architecture. What makes your facility's design unique? What historic prisons have you visited?

Meal breaks for officers? That’s unheard of here in Ohio. We work a straight 8 hour shift, and it’s eat if you get a chance. Of course we all usually make time to eat, but nothing like yours where there are actual breaks for the officers. Must be nice. Sounds like there is a lot less liability issues for the officers over there as to dealing with the inmates and what happens to them if your not around. How many hours a day do you work?

Topic: Letter of The Law / Dumb Laws from History.

This is what he was offended by us not answering? Sorry we didn’t post any useless facts in a speedy time that fit your criteria.

Here’s some useless knowledge, Ohio’s electric chair “Old Sparky” was actually designed by an inmate doing a short bit for robbery or something (can’t remember). He was an electrician on the outside. That inmate was released and later returned to prison under a new number for murder, and was executed by his own chair.

Topic: The Club House / Into every life a little rain will fall.

Classic. How many feet of water do think they were swimming in?

Topic: The Club House / Thanks a lot guys.

I think he’s pouting, he hasn’t answered back. Guess we offended him by not answering his burning question that had to be answered.

Topic: A Broader View / This month, Corrections.com focuses on architecture. What makes your facility's design unique? What historic prisons have you visited?

“Slop Out”, I bet that is a fun, great-smelling process. How exactly does that work? And what do they use if they have no toilets?

Wish the states were as harsh with the inmates. If an inmate smashed his toilet in Ohio, he’s be put in segregation for a few days, where he has his own new metal toilet AND his own shower, heating and air conditioning, and the broken toilet would be replaced immediately.

Topic: The Club House / Thanks a lot guys.

What did you post? If you haven’t noticed, this place isn’t exactly a boomingly active forum, there is very little activity here, and only a few people who post regularly.

Topic: Tech Talk / Cutting energy costs…how?

Make it an Amish prison, no electric.

Topic: Security Central / Attack dogs and cell extractions

Anyone have any video of a dog assisted extraction? Would like to see how it goes.

Topic: A Broader View / This month, Corrections.com focuses on architecture. What makes your facility's design unique? What historic prisons have you visited?

No in-cell sanitation? Bet it smells great in there!! How much of that ends up on your range?

Topic: The Club House / Ohio DRC

Mudflap, how bad is your place getting hit with the cuts?