Lewis prison correctional officer describing working conditions 

I was an inmate in Lewis in 2009 2010, and it definitely wasn't uncommon for you to see the same guard working the night shift that was also working the morning shift, which states at about 4 am, and they'd often be so tired that they'd be Seen sleeping sitting up inside the control bubble that controls all the doors and monitors the pods, so if something had happened they'd never know until an inmate banged on the window to wake them up.

This should never happen. It just straight up sad. I feel for these guys and the inmates.

My father worked with the ADCC for 22 years in Florance and then in Tucson, He retired about 10 years ago. I asked him why he retired so early when he said he liked working as a Corrections Officer? He told me that about 2 weeks before he retired he was working with a team of new recruits. He was training them and when he entered the pod a conflict broke out between the inmates and all my fathers new co-workers left him in the pod and shut the door behind him. He had to slick talk his way out of the pod so he did not get hurt. When he reported it to the higher in command officers they did nothing to the new recruits or even reprimand them. At that time he said I am done I did my 20 years and I am retiring. Left ADCC and is enjoying his retirement right now. Point is when something happens I dont want to hear that the corrections officers did not do something correctly and they should be personally liable, the state should be the one to deal with this, not the corrections officers. This is why state leaders are paid the wages they get paid they should be responsible for the issue when its them that caused it and not the correctional officers who are following orders in a Military (but not really) ranking structure where leadership knows best and you dont question leadership. 🤔

The Federal Government should be sending Federal Prison Officers to help out in Arizona. Politicians running prisons and jails is not the answer. People who have never stepped foot into a Correctional Setting as an Officer have no business trying to run a jail or prison.

These are facts, its the new director thats making these things happen. He cares more about the inmates rather then worrying about the officers and taking care of us.

A lot of people don’t understand our job and what we have to deal with on a daily .you would have to put on the uniform put on your vest and walk the pods or runs to understand this guy..

Worked in correction in Wisconsin for 17 years. That is why I quit. Sixteen hour days for anyone dumb enough to show up for work. In Wisconsin inmates have more influence on policy because Walker broke the union. Down hill after that.

Enough is Enough Arizona Department of Correction needs desperate help because there is no transparency or accountability. Officers and inmates are suffering because of the head that do not change what needs to be changed. They need to get those out and get people that are going to make a change for the better of the officers, and for the better of the inmates. .

These situation needs to be remedied right away. They cannot have these men or women being endangered like this to save a little money.

If the people who make the decisions regarding the Arizona Department of Corrections had to work in the prison themselves things would instantly change. The DOC Officers in state prisons make less money than County Jailers make. Even contract jails have better pay for officers.

And oh, THANKS FOR THE ESCAPE ADVICE!!!

Going through this now in Texas

So very sad and yet no one wants to work especially in corrections 😢

No one wants to work in corrections anymore

First of 100 convicts will not jump,you if anything we prly help u depending if ur cool with us

That's is probably in lot of different types of work security, police, prison systems in all states especially Texas. I retired from tdcj. It is not just for the correctional officers, this endangers inmates that are there to do their time.

Adoc staffs a joke

This is a really good person 🙏

I walked off the job as a shift Sgt in aspc Douglas because of the staff an admin. Bad practices 😊

Nine out ten 🗣🗣 it’s rare you find somebody who work hard and work there way up the ranks . most kiss ass and play politics within correction. Even with good pay in correction. Everything he’s saying, I bet his upper’s know or heard but they’re just collecting easy money

It's still that way at the Wilmot

That is so true about just being a number! Everyone is running way below core yet admin won’t man a post. They only care of the inmates are being taken care for because of the injunction. I agree that they should have better healthcare and living situations but Xboxes , PlayStation and carnivals are not something they should be untitled to. Officers can’t hold inmates accountable for their actions in prison because it’s perceived as “harassment “ by the inmate and admin lets them slide with a ridiculous amount for dangerous behavior , which sends a message to staff that admin doesn’t have our backs. It’s frustrating and it’s one of the main reasons the staffing levels are so low and no morale. People stay for the good health insurance, and to support their families.

Looks like some supervisors are making comments on the video...

I was COTA 65 from back in 1988. The starting pay was $8.47 an hour after graduation. I thought I had hit the lottery because in Arizona the wages have always been so low. Looks like they still are.

When I see the length of the line up all I think immediately is everyone convicted with a weapons crime should be eliminated.

Sounds like many jails and prisons across the country

Yavapai county development . Is development fraud . Uncorporated Genozide .

They need to pay these officers and they could staff up

That's what you get when the men had a sit-down and stole the woman's prison Louis was built for the women. It's called karma

This was a year ago, till this day nothing has changed. Lewis prison is sooooooooooooo understaffed its horrible!!! You have 1 officer running 2 pods total off 100 inmates for 1 officer. There is no accountability for inmates bad behavior disciplinary tickets get dismissed all the time and that makes inmates do whatever they want because theres no consequence to their actions.

Making 200k a year but at what cost?

Hell no, I couldn't do that job.

Here's an idea, maybe the US should stop incarcerating its citizens at record rates. We create our own staffing issues by incarcerating people for things that should really be handled by other diversionary programs (as these offenses are in almost every other developed nation). Incarcerating a large percentage of offenders (even non-violent offenders) means that we end up with a massive prison population. This is further compounded by the fact that the US corrections system has a very high recidivism rate, meaning that once incarcerated, a person is highly likely to end up incarcerated again in the future. People shouldn't get off free of any consequences, but there are other methods we can use to generate restitution, especially for non-violent and victimless crimes. Combine record rates of incarceration with limited training and relatively poor pay for CO's and of course you have severe staffing issues. Combining the use of more diversionary programs and better pay/ratios for officers would probably lead to overall safer jails with lower populations. But that would require actual planning, execution and action from officials and we all know that if it requires work it ain't getting done by government.

Allow foreigner canadians with federal corrections time apply so many will come

The inmate use nasty smelly water and they have to use it for the food with that nasty water and don't have medication.. and they get treated unfairly..and they put them in the sun with no water or any clothes or shoes..

illegal to go after Trump without crime charges! what are the charges. bring charges on faults accusers. stop buying get richer

At least you get to go home each night. Be an inmate and then we'll talk about bad conditions

Big lol

Nobody cares man.

It's being fixed

I remember when my bully came out of jail at 17, he kept trying to kill me. My only sin was haveing a Jewish last name.

McDonald's is hiring bubba , suck it up butter cup.

That's a garbage job