I don't if this is a question or just a statement...Where do correction officers get off being mean to inmates? My neice is new in the system and this jackass at Tutwiler belittled her and made fun of her to her face and then bragged about it the next morning to the rest of the kitchen staff (this is where she is assigned to work). He called her stupid and told her no man would ever love her, cause God didn't even love her. Noone deserves to be talked to like that...prisoner or not. We all know better than that and are trying to keep her spirits up, but with a jerk running around like that it can sometimes be hard not getting depressed

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God don't like ugly, and he's ugly. She should write a grievance IMO

Im an RN in the prison system and its very unfortunate how the CO's treat the inmates. A majority of the time they are the ones that start all the chaos behind bars; I honestly think they get a thrill out of it. I myself find it gross, and I am a first hand witness to it. Sad thing is, they will never get in trouble. They have all the power behind those walls.

Can you say grievance? If it was me that would have been the first thing I did when I got back to my bunk. Sometimes, notice I said sometimes, they are taken seriously by admin and looked into like they are supposed to. What really bothers me is that officers like that are the minority but they flaw the image for the rest because they are the ones who make the impression and they flaw the system because they throw off the true mission of corrections.

The problem with grievances is the ones who review them are CO's. I agree it's somewhere to start but just be aware that they are coworkers of the very people that they are investigating.

Thanks for the comments! I'm going to show them to my sister and maybe they will help her feelings, she feels helpless because she can't do anything about it. We haven't even gotten to see her yet. She has to go to court in a different county and when she does that they send her back through receiving and her waiting time starts over. Pray for our family, this is hard on everyone. Thanks again

That is so horrible, from what I have heard C.O s seem to think they are so superior !!!!. Tell your sister that if he says anything else she should think to herself that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. I hope things get better for her.

sorry your sister and your niece. xxx

God don't like ugly, and he's ugly. She should write a grievance IMO

i second what she said!!!

Some people feel so little of themselves...they try to humiliate others (alot of times using their position of "authority") to feel like a "big" person. If they only realized how small that truly makes them appear! He's not impressing anyone there by doing that. Does he really think her fellow inmates are amused by his senseless comments? I highly doubt it! Just proves what a shallow, pitiful person he is. Speaking of small...he's probably suffering from "little-bitty, teeny-tiny penis syndrome"! You tell her to hold her head up high! Don't even listen to that crap.

I don't trust them not to be "out to get her" if she complains about verbal abuse.

Some people are so cruel. There is no call for the way that CO talked to your neice. Eventually, he will get his. What a jerk! :mad:

my sister was at tutwiler for 14 months. when she first got there she didn't know what to do because the co's were so ridiculously mean. she soon learned just to listen to the crap and not say nothing because they can make you life awful.

They are indeed mean people. I have been told that when a male officer hits or brutalizes an inmate that they lock the inmate up in segregation until the bruises heal. Verbal abuse is commonplace, and physical assaults by COs upon the inmate is also a normal thing. Unbelievable.

Tutwiler is the biggest employer in the area and the guards that work there really have a ' untouchable ' attitude. While it is true they can make life harder, they are not all like that. That is a terrible prison and the kitchen is horrible but there are some good people there in uniform and on their bed for count. She needs to rise above the level of that guard and keep her eyes on the prize, moving one step at a time to the door. There are a lot of treacherous predatory witches in Tutwiler with no morals or scruples and they are always looking for a 'mark'. The guard can be an accomplice to this by breaking someone down like he has tried to do with this girl. She must be aware, and strong enough to let it roll off. If she shows weakness, they will swope, like vultures. Warn her, be supportive of her, but do not encourage her to join in the fray. They will take her apart. Tell her to get into trade school, or GED classes. Rise above it and observe. I did three years there, I know what I say.