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With him, he didn t want to cooperate. jaime bell, when he wants something, he s cooperative. when he don t have anything for you, doesn t need anything, he s not going to cooperate very often. tried to get you to come out of that cell, didn t want help then. something we deal with every week with him. we re used to it. i ll check on it. i ll look on it. tea! tea! tea! tea! a shortage of staff has lowered the number of cell searches in ad seg and in turn more contraband is being ....
But they definitely don t make it easy for a rookie officer, that s for sure. i have a really good staff here. over the years, they take pride in what they do and i think they look out for each other. it s a tough job. you have to be prepared when you walk outside to go back to the community. somebody says, oh, you work at home? we had a guy, he lasted two weeks and he found out that, you know, he would rather be driving a truck than trying to tell them grown men, put your shirt in. get out of my hallway. step inside the block. don t break line. everybody cannot do this job. but when you find somebody that can, then you ve really got a special person. ....
just two days ago i had some mail come and you came by here and took my [ bleep ] mail and throw it in the dump. this is a holman death row/segregation unit so this is a sensitive, high security area. it does have a different feel here. you have a lot of inmates back there that have been in single cells for a long time, and they, of course, build up hostilities. this time of the year the temperature, the weather is hot and of course that helps to also flare tempers. we have to be very, very cautious. we have to follow procedures because it s a highly explosive area. they ll take anything from you, man. i got a right to personal mail. that man just took my mail two days ago, showed it to me and ....
Stay. for the officers and staff working at holman, the biggest challenge is dealing with difficult inmates. you ain t got no business [ bleep ] with my two days ago, he took my mail and throw it that s the part of it. [ bleep ]. i don t have any problem. ask any officer that walked by here. i don t know [ bleep ] with nobody. and with a steady decline in staff, the pressure is on the new recruits. if i fail, i don t want to think about failing because it s not an option for me. i m going to pass. i feel like if i did fail, i m letting a lot of people down. not just myself. ....
As dawn breaks on holman correctional facility, the officers and staff on the dayshift settle into their daily routines. yes, sir? what are the requirements to getting a picture sent in? are you talking about females? female friends? okay. they can have lingerie on. they can have panty sets on. bathing suits as long as the nipple area does not show, and the bottom part of the genitalia does not show. so you can have those, but that s it. all right. all right. thank you. okay. close the window and wait for the next one. meanwhile, sergeant english is on lock fixing duty, one of the many jobs he holds at the prison. this is normal. i do this all day long. i walk like this all day long. ....