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To: ottbmare
"Sounds good to me. Is there a problem?"

It doesn't happen often enough. In my 25 years working in uniform in New York State Corrections, there was only one inmate killed. He'd had his throat cut in his cell. And it wasn't related to his crime. He was killed for revenge for something that had happened before he was sent down. I worked in three different prisons during my career, and that was the only inmate murder that occurred. I'm sure there were others at different facilities across the State, but we rarely heard of them. Back then, New York had a total of 55 correctional facilities. They're down to 48. Cuomo and Hochul closed 7.

11 posted on 05/29/2023 3:40:26 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

Why were those 7 closed?

In my state some were closed because they were too old and escapes were possible.


14 posted on 05/29/2023 3:52:25 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: mass55th

In your experience, were child killers persecuted by other prisoners?


15 posted on 05/29/2023 3:59:38 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: mass55th

I may be wrong but aren’t rapists, pedophiles and the like kept away with the general population to protect them because so many were getting jailhouse justice?


16 posted on 05/29/2023 4:02:02 PM PDT by oldvirginian (A friend helps you move furniture. A Real friend helps you move bodies. )
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To: mass55th

Viking also claims those who hurt women are punished by the other inmates. Any truth to that? I don’t believe it, at all.

I don’t think most men who are violent to men draw the line at hurting women.

Criminals prey on people weaker than they are more often than they engage in honorable combat.


17 posted on 05/29/2023 4:05:03 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: mass55th

“They’re down to 48. Cuomo and Hochul closed 7.”

More than that! Hochul closed 6 in the last round of closures alone. And they are threatening us with more. Then they can’t figure out why they are having trouble recruiting COs. This place is run by idiots.


28 posted on 05/29/2023 6:45:44 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: mass55th
Some who get away with their crimes in PA are quietly dealt with by officers. They offer them a ride outside the courthouse and the fools who accept find themselves dropped off in the mountains where the hatfields and mccoys show them who is boss.
39 posted on 05/29/2023 8:40:29 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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