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Last Answer on February 10, 2022

What gender prison do Trans people go to?

Asked by Andy over 5 years ago

That is a good question and the issue is very much in flux right now, especially now that the courts are getting involved more and more. Under the old rules, at least in CA. it was simple. If your birth certificate said MALE and you had a penis you went to a male prison. Anything else was up for debate. Now the courts are in some jurisdictions mandating that prisoners be allowed to self-identify according to gender and the agencies housing them often are not permitted to question that self-identification. The matter will get messier before it is sorted out.

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So what do you people do with punk ass bitches

Asked by Fighter over 5 years ago

Nothing. The prisoners mostly deal with that issue.

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Hello now I have a question what is the difference between IA and HR?

Asked by Sadie about 5 years ago

I am GUESSING that IA is internal affairs and HR is human resources. Internal Affairs specifically investigates wrong doing, including possible criminal activity, by department personnel, usually peace officers. Human resources is responsible for personnel management. This includes hiring, firing, tracking promotions and investigating some sorts of internal complains, like sexual harassment. This of course varies tremendously from agency to agency.

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What (if anything?) can prison management, and Correctional officers, do to reduce the incidence of inmate-on-inmate rape / sexual assault? (Obviously, segregating vulnerable prisoners, such as sex offenders, is one tool, but are there others?)

Asked by Elvis about 5 years ago

Obviously staff must just BE AWARE of things going on around them. One of the things is being alert to coerced cell change requests and of course doing regular patrols into relatively isolated areas where inmates might have a reasonable reason to be, like warehouse and work areas. Especially if you see an inmate who APPEARS to be acting as a lookout. With a little time and experience you get used to spotting such things.

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As of recent has there been anyone who's dug a tunnel out of a prison?

Asked by Andy over 5 years ago

Not that I know of, but it does happen from time to time.

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How do you break out of the Bob Walsh prison?

Asked by SDAFKJ over 4 years ago

It is escape proof.

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How did you control people who where defiant and would put up a fight?

Asked by Reed about 5 years ago

If pushes comes to shove you push and shove. Or beat with a club. Or shoot. Use of force is not normally response #1, it causes way too much paperwork to do without good cause. But, if it comes down to it that's what we do.

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