okay, and basically what that is is you get to give somebody a check, you give them money when they stand out. the first one of these that i m going to give out is to somebody here. of course, it s jamie alejos. yay! [ applause ] thank you, warden. thank you very much. no, thank you. oh, you re welcome. i mean, you know, i ve known this guy for over 25 years, and he s the same now as he was then. a little grayer, a little grayer. i wanted him to be the first one to get this to recognize all of. but also because he takes his job as seriously as you take yours. he realizes, as you do, that we re responsible for the health and welfare of these guys. you re as strong as your weakest link, and together here as a unit, we all work together
they took me out and stuff like that. and i think it was like 35 stitches and 2 plastic surgeries, so i was furious. i wanted to get back at inmates, i wanted to kill inmates. i wanted to get them back. but i didn t. they re not worth doing time over. they re not worth losing your job over. it s not worth it. even though alejos is a veteran officer, every day at san quentin is unpredictable. his survival tactic has been never to show fear. it s like the law of the jungle, only the strong survive here. and if they see, that you re afraid, they ll eat you alive. so you never, never let your fear show, never. you have convicted felons here for murder and for rape. we got level fours here that you don t know, in a split second, a level two could be a level four and, you know, they could stab you. they could stab someone in front
in the time that officer alejos has been a correctional officer at san quentin, he has witnessed his fair share of prison violence and has been on the receiving end of it. i ve been stabbed. i ve been sliced. back in columbus day of 1988, about 9:40 in the morning, i was working the adjustment center and running showers on the first floor right there and took the inmate to the shower, uncuffed him and turned my back, and he was going for the jugular, but he just missed. i got tan to the hospital here.
was it self-defense, did he swing on you first, is that what you want me to ask them? that it was self-defense, he swung on me first. he swung on me first. the whole yard seen it. i will give you a copy of the report once it s typed. all right. all right? all right. see you in a little bit. what i m going to do right now, right, i have to get the yard list from the officer so i know who to question and i ll go ask these individuals per inmate samuels, right, did the other inmate swing on him first? friday was the 30th. right here, willie. just give me the house and the name. officer alejos locates witness names in the yard log. there are five inmates officer deed must question. thank you. all right, willie.
swing on you first, is that what you want me to ask them? that it was self-defense, he swung on me first. he swung on me first. the whole yard seen it. i will give you a copy of the report once it s typed. all right. all right? all right. see you in a little bit. what i m going to do right now, right, i have to get the yard list from the officer so i know who to question and i ll go ask these individuals per inmate samuels, right, did the other inmate swing on him first? friday was the 30th. right here, willie. just give me the house and the name. officer alejos locates witness names in the yard log. there are five inmates officer deed must question. thank you. all right, willie. due process. a man, he has that right. he has witnesses to be called right here. he has the right to tell his side of the story and present witnesses like we would do in