[NormsRevenge]

Graphic ranks most violent prison units in California. (AP Graphic)

[NormsRevenge]

article also on apwire as

Investigators Probe Calif. Prison System

[gondramB]

"Tigar was familiar to guards as the elected chairman of a group that serves as a liaison between inmates and management, a position that afforded him broad access throughout the prison."

What an interesting way to say "head of the biggest gang."

[mtbopfuyn]

Couldn't be bothered to waste time reading past the third sentence. Good grief, even the lowliest toilet scrubber can get drugs in, order inmate assaults and commit any other crime he/she wishes.

[Amerigomag]

There is widom in the implications of the old expression: The inmates running the asylum.

Penalogists have recognized for centuries that successful institutions rely on self discipline to control the behavior of inmate populations. That goal is usually achieved by rewarding expected behavior. To substitute a system that utilizes domestic intimidation is risky as evidenced by the circumstances that prompted this article.

[wardaddy]

there is a reason the Feds do not have trusties...

these are the same fools who gave us the gladiators at Corcoran.

Arnold should clean house and start over