[blackdog]

And oh yeah......A prison guard unit captain lets political people in to harvest democrat votes. A guard then blows the whistle. Gusess where that guard may find him or herself next month? If it's not the lousiest assignment in the place it will certainly be the most dangerous. Maybe transfered to the BAU, where inmates throw feces and urine at you. Maybe taking a bunch of inmates to a painting detail and find yourself alone in a closed hallway with ten inmates carrying scrapers?

It's reality my friend. Sorry if it rubs you the wrong way. At least that's the way it was where my dad worked.

[toomuchcoffee]

I don't quite know where to begin. I guess with the paint scrapers, ten inmates and one guard. The guard is crazy, to begin with. Or really stupid. Drugs and contraband? Check the visitors before beating up on the guards. Geeze, was your dad a *guard*? If so, why would he stay in such terrible conditions, with no back-up and such obviously perverted, out of control management? Jobs aren't *that* hard to come by and heaven knows prison guard doesn't pay so much that you put yourself in a life threatening situation. Unless, of course, he worked(s) at Pelican Bay in CA, where a guard can make $100,000 a year, with *really* good pension benefits.

Federal guards have to go to a long school, pass all sorts of background checks, personality checks, intensive testing both mentally, physically and emotionally. You sound like you've been watching too many movies.