What was the last TV Show or Movie you saw, and did you like it?

[Coyotesfan97]

There are about 4 pages of front and back of single line "skills" that the new CO has to be shown & explained by a senior officer or Sgt and then demonstrate the skill, on each shift. Typically they'll shadow a senor person for the first week to let them absorb the atmosphere they find themselves in and get over the nerves that often come with being locked in a facility -then they'll start on the lists. That usually happens on graves so the biggest thing they deal with is making cell check rounds and sanitary inspections, plus lots of drills on security and life safety issues. As they gain some confidence & experience, they'll be put in situations where they interact with offenders for chow, yard & day hall. If the the new person has military or prior jail service they may go to another shift where they start off with offender contact, but they'll usually have a group of officers they're working alongside in those posts. It depends a lot on the person's demeanor and personality. Eventually they'll get broken in working a pod control room with another officer until they can demonstrate they're heads up enough to roll by themselves. One of the great things is that if you can make a call for backup, you'll see a herd of first responders in about 30-45 seconds, not minutes to halves of hours like city's and rural areas field work. I saw the NM series and some of the stuff in there was pretty alarming. Not the way they're done 1 state North.

Thanks for the details FN! That’s the way to do it. I think every episode I said to my wife don’t they have field training?

[Coyotesfan97]

Here's my experience in the grand total of 4 months as a CO.
We took a 2 week class room class and were then issued a 12 month temporary jailers ID. (Before the year was out, were would go to "Jailers School" the week before taking the Jailer's exam.) The first 3 days after the class were supposed to be OJT where we to be with another CO. Didn't happen. My first night on the job I was put on a station by myself. There were 5 stations on that deck and there were 2 other COs working that deck that night.* So I did have experienced people within hollering distance.
My second night, there was a 10-10 (fight) at the station next t me. I hot footed it down there with about 5 other COs. We weren't supposed to enter the pod until rank (Sargeant and/or Lieutenant) showed up with video equipment, so we sat there and watched two guys wail on each other for what was probably only a couple of minutes, but felt like 30.
Finally the Sargeant shows up with a flunky holding the video camera. We all enter the pod and Sarge starts yelling "Get him down!" By this time one of the participants was trying to break off, but the other was pursuing him. I was the oldest, but greenest, guy in uniform so I thought I just stand back and let the more experienced COs take care of it, unless asked to intervene. None of the young bucks seemed willing to engage.
After the third new attack, with Sarge still screaming, I decided I was good to go. I pursued the aggressor, came up behind him and wrapped him up, pinning his arms at his side. I'm 64, Young buck was about 24. His arms had more muscles than my legs. I've never ridden a rodeo bull, but I've seen it on television. This felt what that looks like. Somewhere in a far off land I could hear Sarge yelling "Help him!"
I think it was 4 COs who finally converged on us and grabbed the guy's hands. We got hand restraints** on him and hauled him and the other inmate off to Seg (Segregation). I remember thinking, "Boy, this guy's in in trouble."
About 45 minutes later, I'm back at my station when the Bull I'd ridden was escorted past me on the way back to his pod. He gave me a $#!t eating grin as he passed. That was my first experience of inmates facing almost no consequences for their actions.

* One station consisted of 2 pods with a maximum of 24 inmates. No CO is ever supposed to be responsible for more than 48 inmates. Most nights the more experienced COs (been there 2 weeks) were given at least 2 stations, and I have worked 3. I've heard old timers talking about working an entire deck by themselves. The log we keep is a Government document. I first notated when I left one station for another, but was quickly told by rank to fill out each log as though I worked it with no mention of other posts. Those logs are "Government Documents." Not filling them out accurately is the felony of "Falsifying A Government Document." If the manure hits the ventilator at Station 3 while I'm actually at Station 4, my log will show that I was on station. Video will show otherwise. I'll need to explain why I didn't take appropriate action. I'll soon be on the other side of the bars.

** I learned to fill out reports (and God were there reports) in "Cop Speak." for example, if you face planted some MF and cuffed his @$$, the report would read, "Offender was place face down on the floor and hand restraints were applied." We never "cuffed" anybody.

Last note: I was making $11/hr working 12 hr night shifts with a required 36 hr/mo overtime. And you got a call every night you were off. God help you if you didn't come in on out of those. You'd get the $#!tt posts every night if you didn't. Often OT was suicide watch or Hospital duty, which was much easier than Alpha Deck." So, when I was offered a $15.00/hr job as day security at a public library (I'm and Indie author) you can bet I jumped on that.

That’s a crazy lack of manpower!

[Rosco Benson]

Derry Girls

My wife caught this show and I got sucked in. The show follows a group of friends at a Catholic girls school in Derry during the early 90s. There's 4 girls and one boy (a transplanted English lad who was put in a girls school because they thought he'd get the tar beat out of him at a boy's school). It's a comedy. It has typical high school/family plotlines in the backdrop of bombings, Orangist marches, etc. It doesn't sound particularly funny, but I found it hilarious. The actors (the young people, family members, teachers) are all excellent, and extremely funny.

Loved it! I quickly learned to turn on the subtitles, since the accents were so heavy.

[jellydonut]

I decided to give Hawkeye a chance even though Marvel has heavily jumped the shark, and so far I don't hate it. I enjoy that it's set during Christmas and actually releasing up until Christmas, so maybe my brain is basic enough to still be taken in by Marvel gimmicks.

[jh9]

I'll note that (assuming they stay relatively in line with source material), Wheel of Time makes a fundamental assumption that people are decent. Sure, there's a lot of bad people, sometimes really horrible people, but in contrast to GoT, that's not the default. When I read both in high school (well, the first few GoT novels, anyway), all the horrible people seemed cool and edgy. Looking back and reading both closer to middle age, the decency of WoT is refreshing.

Yeah. I read the first 2 GoT books in college because a friend had them. I didn't finish the second. If I wanted to read about the absolute shittiest people doing shitty things and basically getting away with it I'd go read the news.

WoT is full of nits to pick, but at least I didn't want every single named character that hasn't (yet) been gang raped to die in a fire.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

When I want to relax, I watch FEEDPhil on Netflix. He's a guy who goes to different countries and explores their cuisine. Interesting and calming.

Between watching Cowboy Bebop. Watch the anime years ago. It's ok but drags. One guy shoots a Mateba, I think.

[Wondering Beard]

Loved it! I quickly learned to turn on the subtitles, since the accents were so heavy.

They were absolutely necessary for us.

I still laugh thinking about the episode with the wake and the "tainted scones" or the one with the polar bear.

[Guerrero]

Anyone see "Boss Level" on Hulu? It looks like it might be a hoot.

[TOTS]

Just watched seasons 1-4 of Billions on Prime. Writing was very engaging and characters were interesting. Will definitely watch season 5 when it comes out. Right now, though, I have Yellowstone ​in the chute.

[Artemas2]

Anyone see "Boss Level" on Hulu? It looks like it might be a hoot.

Anything recommended by "The drinker" is worth checking out. If I can find one or two more shows to watch, I might have to get Hulu for a month.