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you ve beaten an officer up or whether you ve stabbed, killed, or maimed an officer, these shus has got to go. but shortly after arriving at the shu at wabash, brown struck again. you get up in the morning, you re going to come in here thinking everything s going to be okay. it s not always so. sergeant dan haskins was the recipient of brown s fury. at that time we had what we called group rec. that s where they went out to the rec pad. what the offenders wanted to do, we found out later, it was all written down what they wanted to do. they wanted the staff person to come out to the rec door. they were going to fly it open, kill the officer. that day, that particular day, i was frustrated, i was so frustrated. i felt i had nowhere to turn. didn t matter who the officer was. they were going to kill him to prove a point. as a matter of fact, it was this range right here. me and two other white dudes
due to mature subject matter viewer discretion is advised. when our crews go into maximum security prisons across the country, there s a certain dynamic we observe every time. it s the inherent distrust between correctional officers and inmates. and yet they have to work side by side every day and get along. problem is, things can go bad at any time. when our crew walked into the most notorious housing unit at the wabash valley correctional facility in indiana, we met an officer who gave a graphic example of how brutal the relationship between offenders and correctional staff can be. there was a medical emergency out on one of the ranges. as i went up to the cell to inquire as to what the emergency was, i said, what s your problem? and he said, you are, bitch. and then spit a mouthful of blood on to me. striking me in the eye and the nose.
i don t know if y all are going to print this, but right now, like when i first came in 82, we had guards. later on, became the cos. now i look at him and he got gang members in green suits. but hill was willing to make an exception for officer epperson. this man here, he s fair. he treats me like a human being. that s a rare occurrence around here. this man here, he s all right. all right? all right. i m all right. i can t say too much more than that. but he all right, you know? i give these inmates nothing more than what the state says they have coming. if i can give it to them, i give it to them. if they don t have it coming, they don t get it. but because i give him what he s got coming, nine times out of ten, i won t be the staff member that gets assaulted. we knew they hadn t been working together very long but as we rolled tape we realized that these guys were getting to know each other. tell them.
me and another guy was frustrated one morning. when the bridge between inmate and officer collapses. they had me pinned at that time inside this corner. three of them were just beating me on top of the head with the sock full of batteries. they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. and they caught the rat. but it s our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner brighter future. at boeing, that s what building something better is all about. i tried depend last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. only depend underwear has new confidence core technology for fast absorption and the smooth, comfortable fit