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<blockquote data-quote="Blastin" data-source="post: 5072487" data-attributes="member: 4989"><p>Again Danny has it right about the inmates and danger levels....in general. It's the one's that <em>feel</em> like they have nothing to loose that you have to watch out for the most. I have seen multiple murderer lifers that were as compliant as could be, because they felt like they had some control/something to loose, and I have seen guys who were short time and minor offense do something really stupid because of a feeling of hopelessness. </p><p></p><p>And the worst type of inmate is a bored inmate. We always tell the new staff: never underestimate the cunning and planning skills of even the most dumb appearing inmate. They have nothing but time to come up with stuff. That's why we try to keep them busy (ideally with something productive). Knowing they have a TV available may be upsetting to someone on the street, but for the officers (BTW...they hate being called "guards") TV is the greatest addition to corrections ever.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the types of guys in prison...well...lets just say that the four categories that were listed before are pretty broad. There are MANY reasons/types. I have met inmates that I would trust, most I would would not. </p><p></p><p>The reason that the prison banned all RPGs is just simplicity. The admins don't have the time or inclination to be picky or specific. That, and if you start making exceptions to a rule, some inmate is gonna come up with a way to make that exception into a loop hole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blastin, post: 5072487, member: 4989"] Again Danny has it right about the inmates and danger levels....in general. It's the one's that [I]feel[/I] like they have nothing to loose that you have to watch out for the most. I have seen multiple murderer lifers that were as compliant as could be, because they felt like they had some control/something to loose, and I have seen guys who were short time and minor offense do something really stupid because of a feeling of hopelessness. And the worst type of inmate is a bored inmate. We always tell the new staff: never underestimate the cunning and planning skills of even the most dumb appearing inmate. They have nothing but time to come up with stuff. That's why we try to keep them busy (ideally with something productive). Knowing they have a TV available may be upsetting to someone on the street, but for the officers (BTW...they hate being called "guards") TV is the greatest addition to corrections ever. As far as the types of guys in prison...well...lets just say that the four categories that were listed before are pretty broad. There are MANY reasons/types. I have met inmates that I would trust, most I would would not. The reason that the prison banned all RPGs is just simplicity. The admins don't have the time or inclination to be picky or specific. That, and if you start making exceptions to a rule, some inmate is gonna come up with a way to make that exception into a loop hole. [/QUOTE]
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