I wanted to share this with you all ,Monday night I went and pay on the phone for my son to call, but the line was not cleared untill 11:30 pm. So I called the prison to ask if they could give my son a message to call me because I was going to the courts to get guardanship of his kids and I needed info. Well the guard told me to hold on. Bless this guys heart he went and got my son , I got to talk to him after almost 3 months. :fb: :fb: :fb:

That's great Lynnie... This is how they all should be...

Deb

wow! lynnie, thanks for sharing. it's always nice to hear about co's that are willing to go that extra mile (or five). ac

THEIR ARE SOME NICE ONES OUT THEIR. GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM.:)

That really is amazing. I'm so glad you got to talk to your son :)

It really makes you feel better for a minute when they treat your loved one like their life outside the prison is important. Thanks all it was good to hear my sons voice .

Well that is really great to hear that you were able to talk to him finally after all this time. And how cool that you found a c.o. that let you talk to him too. I bet you feeling great after hearing his voice again.

Because so many of the guards are less than friendly, it is really refereshing to come across someone who realizes that inmates are people too. I am happy you had the chance to speak with your son.

it's good to hear something nice.

It's always great to hear stories like that!!! Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad to hear that you got to talk to him.

Thanks all I am on top of the world and so is he kids. Ben's kids have acted so silly since they talk to there dad. It to bad the calls cost so much.

That is so cool, it's good to hear when guards do something good.

I was really shocked but it was the best shock I have had in a while

Thts great.. Thank God for nice and caring ppl.

I met some really decent guards when I was visiting SQ twice a week for a year. Some of them really went out of their way to extend courtesies to me.

One tried to hit on me does that count? LOL

Seriously great news, glad you got to talk to your son!!

Patty

Wow...great to hear this!!! I am soooo happy that you got a chance to talk to your son...I know that in my "county jail" theere are alot of "good" guards that will go out of their way to help out an inmate and I did run into a few while I wuz at State...:)

It's nice to hear that good people do work inside with our loved ones!

Yea it always make us feel better to know the guards that are around our family, actually treat them right. I hope I don't have to face this again. But then there is still my son Aaron to worry about.

That's wonderful what he did! Glad you got to talk to your son.

The guards and even the super at the county jail where my guy was were really cool they would give him messages for me all the time - sometimes it would just be the middle of the day and I would be thinking of him I'd call n' they would tell him. Where he is now = they won't unless it's an emergency - or you can convince his counslor to.

thats great!! :)

I'm glad that something good happened to you. I find that there are good people everywhere, guards included. The ones that aren't nice, I think it's either because they've had a bad day or they've just got nasty personalities. If I'm polite and minimize contact with the crabby ones we're both better off for it.

Thanks for sharing..... Thats so awesome! I have met several really nice CO's at some of the Oklahoma Prisons Tony has been in.

I enjoy sharing this with all of you.

Bless him!!thats awesome

It was the best feeling in the world to know that someone cared enough to look out

That is great.

I met some really decent guards when I was visiting SQ twice a week for a year. Some of them really went out of their way to extend courtesies to me.
In my 5+ experience with the NYS DoC I found that the affect of the guards in each individual prison tells pretty much the entire story of how it is inside...

for example, Attica guards were 'nice' to your face and sneering behind your back. Great Meadows didn't feel they had to hide their mega-mean attitudes and negative (or illegal) actions at all. *Very* nasty. Toothless too.
An aside: They were almost gleeful when they found --on an illegal search mind you, as my purse was going into a locker and nowhere near the visiting room-- when they found a film canister... giving each other meaningful smirks as they opened it, ready to arrest me...
It contained unexposed film! http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif (Make that smiley face with some of the teeth blacked out! :)

First thing my husband said to me on our first visit at Great Meadows: "They've all got bodies in here."
I'm like Bodies? Huh?? Of COURSE they've got bodies....'
He said "No. They've all KILLED someone"
*eek* http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif

Dannemora, a Max A & B facility, was very businesslike. The guards for the most part had no attitude (although a few kept hitting on me ;), they just wanted to do their job as safely as possible; and as ex-hubby spent most of his sentence in the Max there I was very grateful & thankful.

There's a saying that the only difference between guards and inmates is the guards get to go home at night. It's a highly stressful venue for just about anyone.

hey all , I want to thank you for reading this and sharing it with me. Being here for each other is what this is all about Yes I now have a new name. Thanks again

That's so sweet!!! I'm so glad you got a good one to help you guys out! ~Kimber