HOLY CRAP! Did you read this on a prison run by inmates

[cls515]

In reality imates run prisions in America.

Not really. They could, but they are too divided with gangs and race.

[cigarsarge]

Not really. They could, but they are too divided with gangs and race.

Beg to differ with you on this. Prision gangs will call a truce if something major needs to be acomplished...Dealing with a snitch or a guard that has angered them. That does not mean they are friends...That does not mean they won't do each other in after it's acomplished.

Like I said they run the show...The guards merely try to keep a lid on it.

[WhiteWidow]

sarge correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you say you don't like that warden out in Arizona? Wouldn't his methods put a stop to that crap? I don't know much about him other than his wikipedia article.

[cigarsarge]

sarge correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you say you don't like that warden out in Arizona? Wouldn't his methods put a stop to that crap? I don't know much about him other than his wikipedia article.

The guy you are talking about is Sheriff Joe Arpario. He is the Sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona.

He is over the county jail...Not the same as a prision. A jail merely holds people convicted of misdermeanors and people waiting to go to trial. I've seen parts of his jail and talked to several people that have been locked up there. IMHO his jail, while saving the taxpayer money, is borderline inhumane.

Jails and prisions have totally different sets of rules. Long term prision inmates have many more rights than people housed in county jails. If Sheriff Arpario was running a prision in the manner he runs his jail he would soon be out of a job and the state would be overrun with lawsuits.

[cls515]

Prision gangs will call a truce if something major needs to be acomplished...Dealing with a snitch or a guard that has angered them.

Gangs don't need to unite to deal with a snitch or guard.

The guards merely try to keep a lid on it

I use to be a guard. There is really not much you can do except give and get respect and be ready when the gangs jump off on each other.

[cigarsarge]

Gangs don't need to unite to deal with a snitch or guard.

I use to be a guard. There is really not much you can do except give and get respect and be ready when the gangs jump off on each other.

I know of several instances where gangs did cooperate to solve a problem. Also I overheard a couple of inmates talking about a "common gun" they had stashed inside a prison. They said they would nover use it on each other...It was for the guards.

Hats off to you for once doing a job not many would have the guts to do. I could not imagine having to work in those conditions. In my new position I get to meet many inmates. It's just in a little more controled enviorment than "the yard".

In reality solving prision problems all boils down to money Do you want to spend it to build a system that works and is safe...Most taxpayers don't.