Comments on: Corrrections Officer In Critical Condition After Being Stabbed By Holman Inmate

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 17:00:28 +0000

REGARDING:
“WRONG David, you think you know so much but you know so little! The term disrespect gets used a lot also, well when you refer to a Correctional Officer as a “Guard”, you are disrespecting him or her.”

Not inherently, no. Out of respect for their tender feelings, I don’t personally use the term “guard” but it is not a disrespectful name. It makes no assumption of poor training or is in any other way indicative of disdain for what they do.

Sure, some have sullied the name by selling out or not doing their jobs properly but the title doesn’t undo the damage or legitimately smear the others who were faithful to their duties, just as looking down on workers at Walmart doesn’t make others better. In fact, saying they can be better paid elsewhere implies the ones who haven’t couldn’t but the title just doesn’t affect anything.

This entire article drives home the seriousness of the job. It wouldn’t've mattered if the title were “slime holder” or “Master of Misbehavers.” The job gives the title honor or dishonor not the other way around.

And most importantly, I hope the Correctional Officer, our guardian, recovers.

David for good people

By: 4 real

4 real — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 04:36:39 +0000

Who is starving it may not be shrimp and steak but I have yet to see one inmates starving in my 11 years of working at a prison they are all buffed up and no where near bony or starving so the whole they don’t get fed enough is bs.Their behavior is a consequence of no real actions to bad behavior they are not punishing inmates for horrible acts in a effort to get them out on time or early and then wonder why they get out and act up too.They whine and cry to people on the outside whoa is me to guilt them to send money for canteen or other things for contraband purposes or gambling.They are blowing peoples money on the outside who feel bad for them and if they don’t send it they talk to them like they are nothing and don’t appreciate all that their families are going thru to go without to send them money.So no I see too much to feel bad for munipulators,liar,theifs,killers and rapist sorry they don’t so I don’t either.

By: BLT

BLT — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:20:16 +0000

Obama, Bush, and Scott sure are getting a lot of hate on a story about an Alabama prison.

By: ProudArmyParent

ProudArmyParent — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:17:16 +0000

WRONG David, you think you know so much but you know so little! The term disrespect gets used a lot also, well when you refer to a Correctional Officer as a “Guard”, you are disrespecting him or her. People seem to think that these men and women are untrained, well that is far from the truth. What they are is under paid. Their training through the Florida Department of Correction is enough to get them hired at the County Jail level where the pay is higher and the conditions are better. Many State of Florida trained Correctional Officers leave the Department when their probationary period is up to move on to the county. That is why the State of Florida Correctional Institutions are under staffed. Pay these Officers a fair wage with better benefits and they might stay.

By: donewithit

donewithit — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:12:08 +0000

Somebody Stupid said thanks Obama. I worked for FLDOC.The prisons started going to hell when Jeb Bush was the governor. It has continued to get worse under Scott.These guys haven’t had a cost of living raise in almost TEN YEARS! Scott is just hoping nothing big goes down until his term is over.Then it will be someone else’s problem.

By: BT

BT — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:56:42 +0000

“If you have not ever worked in this environment I really feel you have no right to speak on who has control or not.”

I never could stand this line of reasoning. If you’ve never been a policeman, you can’t criticize the police…if you’ve never been in combat, you can’t talk about war…if you’ve never held office, you can’t criticize a politician…if you’ve never played football, you can’t talk about sports.

It’s a bunch of bull to think that people of varying life experiences can’t analyze a situation and apply reason to that situation. Trying to stifle discussion is so un-American.

By: Family to a DOC employee

Family to a DOC employee — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:14:37 +0000

@Root, I would totally back you & I totally agree with you, those inmates are fed what they’re supposed to be fed not like we do on the outside & get second & 3rd helpings, that’s what these families of inmates don’t understand they’re getting fed but not what they want or the amount. They’re not working so therefore they do not need anymore & @ least they’re getting more than bread & water. Also if they don’t want to starve then my advice would be to get a job & work & stay out of trouble & for the families to stop making excuses for them, & they might aught to just make the families pay for everything period beings they want to take up for them. I might even go along for taking care of the family members that wants to keep protecting them & thinking it might be okay to harm another person for not giving the inmate an extra plate @ the same time they’re taking care of whatever punishment gets bestowed on the inmate, myself & when one says you can’t kill me or hurt me, I got a kid or two to take care of, well I hate it, so do alot of the officers, that actually take care of their kids. I might have pity for you & a kid as I pray for kids parents & guardians in general but before I’m gonna take care of yours mine will be cared for. I can be pretty selfish when need be. Families to inmates, the officers have families too & they haven’t left their kids, wives, husbands, mothers, fathers or siblings to the outside world for others to care for them. The officers families depend on them. So sickofit, you might want to tell yo man, that IT IS WRONG to stab a person just because you don’t get another plate, also stop giving his plate to other inmates by means of staying out of trouble in prison. Ya’ll people will believe everything they tell ya’ll. They played ya’ll on the streets & they still playing ya’ll. Yo man gettin all the food he needs & they don’t deserve that when the officers kids can’t get everything they want. Have you tried buying groceries that includes the exact amount what a child needs on a day to day basis? going by the food chart that I may add, you know the fruits meats, etc well I’m here to tell ya, yo man does for FREE, so go wipe your nose & stop boo hooing & just shut up complaining

By: shiloh

shiloh — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:39:31 +0000

Whats next? Some will say the CO should not have jump into the slimes shank. The prisons are run by the inmates and bleeding heart idiots.

By: bewildered

bewildered — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:20:53 +0000

Sickofit must have taken one look at the picture of this scumbag and realized he is on the brink of starvation. Yeah right! Unless the people in this country demand that our laws are followed by everybody (and that includes illegal immigrants) and are willing to act on it, it will lead to total anarchy. You cannot have a civilized society when you are more concerned that you may hurt law breakers’ feelings by not catering to their wishes. .

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:54:56 +0000

@Robert. I had to reread your comment twice because I couldn’t believe youreally believed what you posted.. Really?? This prisoner is there to do time for a crime he committed. It’s not a vacation spa or a never ending smorgasbord. So he’s still hungry and feels it’s his right to stab a man, critically, because he didn’t get what he wanted? Tough! Now he’ll be able to go hungry for more years added to his sentence. He has a bed and three square meals— that’s more that many of our homeless veterans and elderly people have. My theory:, If you act like a rabid dog… then let’s label them as such.