In our jail - this would never have happened. Our Sheriff was a stickler on this stuff. But .. the PC idiots today think a woman should be allowed to do any job. I'm fine with that - but she needs to be qualified.
Because of my slight build, I WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO LODGE PRISONERS WHO WERE MALE - WE HAD PLENTY OF MALE OFFICERS TO DO THAT. But even when I lodged females, we didn't have a camera monitoring system (old jail), so an officer with a weapon was stationed outside the door of the room and the door was ajar so he could hear what was going on.
I can only remember one time when I had 3 females, and one prisoner amped up her voice to me and the male officer was in the room immediately - with the strap holding his weapon undone - and his hand on his weapon [I was unarmed]. Since the females had already been checked - he remained in the room with me and we lodged them into the cells together. THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE - not leaving some person alone with prisoner.
That Sheriff - if elected - should be RECALLED or IMPEACHED for dereliction of duty.
Ditto every word you said.
I know that some freepers got upset when people questioned why a petite woman was guarding a big man like Nichols.
I thought it should be questioned and should not have happened. It's just a matter of physical strength and common sense.
And it sounds like where you work is well run and everyone's safety is more assured than those in Atlanta.