i would like to take a minute to say a few words for the boys in blue that i'm acquainted with. they aren't considered 'real' officers because they work in correctional facilities - they're in charge of watching the inmates after they've been captured and convicted.
there are a few bad peaches in every bushel. for the most part, though, most are really good guys who are subject to the same risks that cops on the outside face. and all they have inside the prison to defend themselves with is pepper spray. meanwhile, they have urine and feces thrown on them by the prisoners.
i read an article yesterday on the local news station - while out to court, and inmate was shot and killed after he somehow took an officer's weapon and shot him in the shoulder. and he was in full restraints!
the same inmate was serving a sentence of 56 years for kidnapping, assault, etc. and after he was convicted of kidnapping at his first trial, he immediately beat the living snot out of his attorney - right there in the court house - and fractured the attorney's skull.
my god. i'm so glad it wasn't one of the officers i worked with...and if anybody in state governemnt derserves a raise, it would be the CO's. and so for today, i guess i'm thankful that nothing like that has happened in the places i work, and that none of my buddies have been injured.
if you want to read the article you can find it at http://www.wral.com/news/9504300/detail.html
it's something else.
2 comments:
Good grief! Just like people who work in nursing homes and teachers, I think correctional officers are not paid enough for the jobs they do!
Lori
I too am glad it was none of your fellow workers. There sure are some mean people in this world. So sad, Paula
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