How To Deal with a Disrespectful Inmate 

Great story. I can see how taking the audience out of the formula really improved the relationship.

Great advice. Thanks.

Great advice for any authority/subordinate scenario.

Well done!

Greetings from florida 🐬 Anthony! Great vid, i’m a new subscriber and Appreciate Your Shared Experiences and Wisdoms✨

Nicely done, and well handled. Great advice for the new staff.

Thanks brother! I'm always learning. I find myself taking a minute. Maybe waiting until the next scan of that block. Or when the inmates are in their cells. Then I have a relaxed conversation with the inmate/inmates. Stating that the "Dialog doesn't need to be hostile" I'm not the type to be forceful (unless absolutely necessary) open communication and respectful Dialog. Are keys to getting control of an otherwise chaotic environment. As officers we are not the only ones who work better when respect is mutual. The other inmates see that. They respect that in us. That we can work together. It's always gonna be a "Push, Pull" it just doesn't always have to be so hard.

It all depends on the situation. I tell a lot of inmates they don’t run anything in prison to included themselves, and that is what got them in prison.

When you take care of bussiness at work but my department wants us to let everything go on your day off.especially at home.no domestic violence, no road rage, etc.i had a hard time with that

AG is 100% correct on this message, it has been battle tested and produces positive results. Any forward movement is success. Anticipating the populations question of why and introducing the answer with the request helps to illuminate some of the back-and-forth as well. ✌🏽

Been there before. I had an inmate square off and tell me to step into his cell because he felt he was being locked down 3 minutes too early. I was being a bit of a dick but at the same time trying to maintain control of the pod. It ended with my supervisor coming down to speak with him then later after lockdown I went to his room and explained that we were both going to be down here for the next month and I would be more respectful but I will not be backing down when I give orders. so what do we have to do to not have issues this month. He respected that and I didn’t have any other problems.

But what if it's not the environment and you can't safely pull the inmate to the side , And the Co's encourages the behavior because they were manipulated by the inmate my advice is a paper trail you right everything up

All about the inmate saving face.