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re: Anyone here work/worked or know some that works/worked in a prison?

Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:29 pm to
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117709 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:29 pm to
That's what I'm talkin about. You've gotta be absolutely demented to be there. And corrupt.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:30 pm to
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During nursing school we got to visit the forensic facility in Jackson, LA(for the criminally insane) for a clinical rotation. Very eye opening experience. Nurses there told us some interesting stories of getting sprayed with various bodily fluids(poop,semen,urine,vomit, blood) whenever they opened the cells to administer meds to the prisoners.


The father of someone I went to HS with resides there. He killed some people while in a delusional state. When he's on his meds, he's fine, but he won't take his meds voluntarily, so he stays there for the foreseeable future.
Posted by Mottleduk
Moss Bluff
Member since Nov 2009
561 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:31 pm to
I worked as a guard at one while in college. I've seen some things. Mostly housed INS inmates that minded their P's and Q's while awaiting transfer. They weren't much on starting trouble, but when they did the shite would really jump off. The Cubans were the worst.
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129003 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:34 pm to
The patient I was assigned to as a student (a man that murdered someone) told me I'm too nice to be a psych nurse there and I should go work with kids or something like that.



I guess I took his advice


It takes a certain type of person to work in places like that. You have to have eyes in the back and sides of your head at all times and be able to command respect from your patients or you will not last long there and/or could potentially get seriously hurt by a patient.
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:36 pm to
My brother in law did for 4 cents an hour
Posted by Taurus
Loozianna
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:43 pm to
I worked with a guy that was once a guard at Angola.

He loved to get chances to beat up prisoners with his club and generally talk shite to them every chance he got, or so he said. He had little man syndrome so, take it fwiw.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:53 pm to
I live near a privately run prison. The people who work there are without exception the trashiest of trash.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117709 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:00 pm to
I'm interested in running/owning a prison. That sounds like it would be a pretty kick arse life.

Posted by BMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
16272 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:01 pm to
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I did 3 years @ Hunt. It was invaluable experience for my field (mental health).


Got a buddy that has worked there for a long time. You'd probably know him.
Posted by nvcowboyfan
James Turner Street, Birmingham,UK
Member since Nov 2007
2954 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:07 pm to
During my residency I took care of many inmate in the TDC hospital. Never had a problem with any of them but I hated going behind the bars to get in there.
Also during medical school spent some time monitoring group therapy sessions for sex offenders - those folks are born wrong and should be put down.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30259 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:07 pm to
I once worked with a guy that had just left a job as a prison guard at Angola and Jetson Juvenile Prison before that. He said that by far Jetson was a much more dangerous place to be. Constant fights and stabbings. From what he said, those youngsters don't play while the older prisoners at Angola were pretty accepting of being there and docile for the most part.

This post was edited on 5/5/15 at 5:08 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:11 pm to
Just like any pack, gotta establish a heirarchy. Once everybody knows who the alphas are, things settle down. Those guys are there for the long term and it's their home. They don't want constant bullshite any more than you want your neighbors to be always causing drama.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117709 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:13 pm to
I taught a kid that had gone to Jetson. He had the 1,000 yard stare.

I thought he was gonna stab me everyday, but he actually liked me.
None of the other kids messed with him. He could have his head on his desk and sleep, or choke you and stab you with a pencil. It was your choice.
Posted by TMDawg
Member since Nov 2012
5374 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:00 pm to
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Never had a problem with any of them but I hated going behind the bars to get in there.
When I did my rotation at the state psych facility with the forensic psych patients and part of orientation was telling us to never wear a real tie and never let them get between you and the door, I figured those were rules for a reason
Posted by 318TigerFan
Member since Sep 2013
1693 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:45 pm to
I'm a teacher at one of the Federal prisons in Louisiana.

I teach grown men who read on a 2nd and 3rd grade level.

I've also done a few overtime shifts in the housing units.
This post was edited on 5/5/15 at 7:13 pm
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129003 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:50 pm to
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telling us to never wear a real tie


During our clinicals at the state psych facility we were told we didn't have to wear scrubs but not to wear anything tight fitting(all females in my group). One girl wore tight jeans anyways. There was a fall fest thing that day in the recreation area and during a cakewalk one of the nonviolent patients got so excited over my classmate's arse that he shite himself 5 feet from the table with all the baked goods on it
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117709 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:52 pm to
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30259 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:55 pm to
My God, I've seem some fine asses in my day but nothing that ever made me shite myself...

Posted by Them
People's Republic of Bozeman
Member since Nov 2008
11130 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:55 pm to
I know a guy who's a nurse at San Quentin.
Posted by TMDawg
Member since Nov 2012
5374 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:56 pm to
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lsunurse
which is the thought behind one of the other rules at the psych ward: never shake hands
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