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Guard survives Iraq, dies on job at U.S. prison

 

From Kelli Arena and Kevin Bohn
CNN

ATWATER, California (CNN) -- Jose Rivera survived two tours of duty in Iraq, but his job as a corrections officer at a high-security federal prison in California cost him his life.

CNN asked the federal Bureau of Prisons why it opposes giving its corrections officers nonlethal weapons. In a statement, the bureau said the issue is under review and no final decisions have been made.

"However," the bureau added, "we also know through 75 years of experience that federal correctional facilities are managed most effectively through frequent and direct communication with inmates."

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I had to post this one, folks.   It amazes me how plainly STUPID people can be who are in positions of authority -who have no idea how things really function.  I give you an example of a school board or superintendent vs. the teachers in the classroom.    In this case we have guards vs. a 'bureau' or the department of corrections. 

What they say, in effect, is that Prison Guard Jose Rivera should have talked his way out of that situation.  The shanks the prisoners killed him with were simply microphones, I suppose. 

Who shares my outrage at how bureaucratic and liberal our government is starting to function as? 

I hope his mom sues the DOC for leaving her son with 100 inmates without protection from other guards or a gun, peperspray, or even brass knuckles.  These guys, the guards, are like soldiers also. They protect us from them (prisoners) that would do us harm.   Same goes for the Border Patrol.   They need to do their jobs and have the ability to inflict serious pain on those that would do them or us harm.