Budget Cuts Threaten Prison Guard Safety

This is bogus reporting. Prison guards do not have nearly as dangerous a job as even construction workers, yet they earn more than double.

They earn more than teachers with over 6+ years of education and professors with PhD.'s. Any danger they face is more than fairly compensated.

This type of reporting just adds to the hype that has America brainwashed into voting for more "tough on crime" laws that give the Department of Corrections Unions more power and soak up all the money out of our states economies.

It's time to get SMART on crime and put an end to these bogus reports!

Tennessee's industrial prison complex http://www.projectsouth.org/resources/newslet...
Look at CCA , it is one of the nation's largest private prison owners. It is listed on the stock exchange. Incarcerating men must be profitable, or no corporation would be doing it. It makes one wonder if they have influence with the lawmakers here. Empty prison cells do not make money for CCA or the state.

a prison guard with TDOC start out at 2038 per month, gross.
Insurance is more than $130 per month for the employee only.
Tell me what construction worker or teacher would work for approx.$12.50 per hour???
Sonic pays $7!!!!!

bogus wrote:

This is bogus reporting. Prison guards do not have nearly as dangerous a job as even construction workers, yet they earn more than double.
They earn more than teachers with over 6+ years of education and professors with PhD.'s. Any danger they face is more than fairly compensated.
This type of reporting just adds to the hype that has America brainwashed into voting for more "tough on crime" laws that give the Department of Corrections Unions more power and soak up all the money out of our states economies.
It's time to get SMART on crime and put an end to these bogus reports!

With all due respect, I must ask, are you a prison guard and know these reports to be bogus? On what do you base your facts?

Anonymous wrote:

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With all due respect, I must ask, are you a prison guard and know these reports to be bogus? On what do you base your facts?

As you can see, the poster isn't answering your question or providing proof to back up theri claims

So it appears they are a fraud

I'd like to be up to my nuts in some of the guards butts.

Top wrote:

I'd like to be up to my nuts in some of the guards butts.

(sick)

Top wrote:

I'd like to be up to my nuts in some of the guards butts.

let me bend over for ya

guard wrote:

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let me bend over for ya

I like it better when you have your legs over my shoulders. I know you love it too.

guard wrote:

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let me bend over for ya

I bet you say that to all of the boys

guard wrote:

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let me bend over for ya

I'm still waiting.

I found the following in another blog from when officer Church was injured and thought it should be reposted:
I have been in law enforcement for over 10 years. Officer Church is a fine officer. I have worked with him, and trust him with my life. Officer Church did the job that was asked of him that day. The post that he was working is a two person post. On paper that happends every day. In truth, the 2nd person is always tied up helping somewhere else on the compound. When the pay is substandard and you worry about the quality of offcer that is coming out of the correctional academy (the academy does what they can with what they get), you worry about some of the people that you work with. And there are always new faces because of the turn over rate. People leave because of stress (from inmates, and management), or to better paying departments. It is common to have half of shift working a double (16 hours). And now with the state hiring freeze things will continue to get worse. Internal affairs is even short, so it is harder to investigate the problems that they do have. On top of officer shortages, equipment is another issue. It is up to each warden of their facility as to what equipment is carried. At one facility every officer has freeze plus (pepper spray)on their belt, where Charles Bass Correctional Complex does not allow it. It is locked outside the compound in the armory, and good luck getting permission to get it brought inside. Which brings up another issue of wardens doing things as they please. TCA 39-17-1350 grants authority for all law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times, to include vested correctional officers. This is state law, but TDOC policy grants each warden the ability to say that they cant lock their weapons up at their workplace, even though every facilty has an armory. So depending on your facility, you have uniformed law enforcement officers that travel to and from work unarmed (some 2 hours each way).Some gangs initiation is to bring in a bloody badge and it doesnt matter if it is a security guard, a corrctional officer, or a police officer. This just means our officers are put in a position where that cant protect themselves. Also TDOC vehicles that are used to chase ambulances to the hospital during emergencies (inmate on board, 10-33 traffic) are not allowed to have any other colors than clear/amber. Many of our vehicles have almost been involved in accidents because of this. And our Corretional Emergency Response Team CERT members are required to be at the facility within an hour of being alerted for an emergency (riot/escape/drill) but they are not allowed to use emergency lights on their personal vehicles and it it just good luck toyou getting there. Some facilities have unofficially told CERT members that they can install emergency lights on their personal vehicles, but wont admit to it, and wont back them if the officer is pulled over. And unless you are assigned to transportation every day, you are still using .38 revolvers, where full time transportation officers have Glock 22(.40 caliber semi automatics)Glock 23 for internal affairs. Full time transportation officers are assigned a set of body armor just for that person. Anybody else that has to go on a transportation run (happens all the time) they get a vest that is hanging up from a central location (control room/armory)that several other officers have worn since it was cleaned. The tragedy that happen to officer Church is just a small insight of what is wrong with the TDOC

Top wrote:

<quoted text>I'm still waiting.

Looks like the "guard" is just a prick teaser.

oh no, I am ready to climb on Top ;)

guard wrote:

oh no, I am ready to climb on Top ;)

Your a bottom? Hmm.

bogus wrote:

This is bogus reporting. Prison guards do not have nearly as dangerous a job as even construction workers, yet they earn more than double.
They earn more than teachers with over 6+ years of education and professors with PhD.'s. Any danger they face is more than fairly compensated.
This type of reporting just adds to the hype that has America brainwashed into voting for more "tough on crime" laws that give the Department of Corrections Unions more power and soak up all the money out of our states economies.
It's time to get SMART on crime and put an end to these bogus reports!

It says you live in CA. Your state pays your correctional officers a lot more than TN does. So does Federal. And most of the nations training comes from the problems/riots/hostage situations seen in CA prisons. You are either misinformed or biased against law enforcement.

Top wrote:

<quoted text> Your a bottom? Hmm.

User names "Top" "Guard" and "Rpg" need to grow up or get back in the closet. The situation in TN prisons is serious. Your meaning less sexual refrences just makes a joke of these fine people. Most likely you were an inmate, or have a family member that is/was an inmate, and is being an moron.

Carl wrote:

I found the following in another blog from when officer Church was injured and thought it should be reposted:
I have been in law enforcement for over 10 years. Officer Church is a fine officer. I have worked with him, and trust him with my life. Officer Church did the job that was asked of him that day. The post that he was working is a two person post. On paper that happends every day. In truth, the 2nd person is always tied up helping somewhere else on the compound. When the pay is substandard and you worry about the quality of offcer that is coming out of the correctional academy (the academy does what they can with what they get), you worry about some of the people that you work with. And there are always new faces because of the turn over rate. People leave because of stress (from inmates, and management), or to better paying departments. It is common to have half of shift working a double (16 hours). And now with the state hiring freeze things will continue to get worse. Internal affairs is even short, so it is harder to investigate the problems that they do have. On top of officer shortages, equipment is another issue. It is up to each warden of their facility as to what equipment is carried. At one facility every officer has freeze plus (pepper spray)on their belt, where Charles Bass Correctional Complex does not allow it. It is locked outside the compound in the armory, and good luck getting permission to get it brought inside. Which brings up another issue of wardens doing things as they please. TCA 39-17-1350 grants authority for all law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times, to include vested correctional officers. This is state law, but TDOC policy grants each warden the ability to say that they cant lock their weapons up at their workplace, even though every facilty has an armory. So depending on your facility, you have uniformed law enforcement officers that travel to and from work unarmed (some 2 hours each way).Some gangs initiation is to bring in a bloody badge and it doesnt matter if it is a security guard, a corrctional officer, or a police officer. This just means our officers are put in a position where that cant protect themselves. Also TDOC vehicles that are used to chase ambulances to the hospital during emergencies (inmate on board, 10-33 traffic) are not allowed to have any other colors than clear/amber. Many of our vehicles have almost been involved in accidents because of this. And our Corretional Emergency Response Team CERT members are required to be at the facility within an hour of being alerted for an emergency (riot/escape/drill) but they are not allowed to use emergency lights on their personal vehicles and it it just good luck toyou getting there. Some facilities have unofficially told CERT members that they can install emergency lights on their personal vehicles, but wont admit to it, and wont back them if the officer is pulled over. And unless you are assigned to transportation every day, you are still using .38 revolvers, where full time transportation officers have Glock 22(.40 caliber semi automatics)Glock 23 for internal affairs. Full time transportation officers are assigned a set of body armor just for that person. Anybody else that has to go on a transportation run (happens all the time) they get a vest that is hanging up from a central location (control room/armory)that several other officers have worn since it was cleaned. The tragedy that happen to officer Church is just a small insight of what is wrong with the TDOC

Thanks Carl. Very good info. Same things I have seen

Lucy wrote:

<quoted text> User names "Top" "Guard" and "Rpg" need to grow up or get back in the closet. The situation in TN prisons is serious. Your meaning less sexual refrences just makes a joke of these fine people. Most likely you were an inmate, or have a family member that is/was an inmate, and is being an moron.

I'm grown up. Guess what else? I'm hetrosexual, no closet needed. Sorry you guessed wrong. The situation in Tennessee is serious,not just the prison issue. Btw, I don't have any family members left. As far as being an inmate, do you seriously think prison staff are going to allow an inamte to be on a computer, unsupervised? As for "these fine people", I don't associate with them or any other persons involved in potential corruption. I don't even bother to call the plice anymore because they have never done and never will do anything for me.