Bob Walsh
Stockton, CA
Male, 60
I worked for the California state system, starting as a Correctional Officer and retiring as a Lieutenant in 2005. I now write for the PacoVilla blog which is concerned with what could broadly be called The Correctional System.
Not really my area of expertise. I worked in prisons, with already convicted felons rather than jails, with misdemeanants. I BELIEVE that if you are in a position to post bail you can do an in-and-out. If they actually book you they would take your clothes but probably not your contact lenses, those are considered a medical appliance, like glasses. You would be transported with waist chains and leg irons in all probability though you would probably not appear in court shackled. However, sometimes the courts really frown on FTP as it is a violation of your promise to the court and even if you are in a position to pay immediately they might hold you to appear anyway. Like I said, not really my field.
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Not me personally. I retired just a tad over ten years ago, such things were unheard of then. Other than the perimeter tower staff keeping their eyes open I am unaware of any specific plans for interdicting drones. I am confident that something will be developed, well behind the curve. Correctional systems are almost always reactive rather than pro-active.
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My only serious familiarity is with the California prison system. Obviously they have to feed the inmates. The prisons I am familiar with also operate a staff snack bar for the benefit and convenience of staff. Where I used to work (DVI Tracy) the staff snack bar shifted from inmate workers to a vendor operating under contract with non-inmate and non-civil service staff. Also at one time staff could purchase meal tickets which would allow them to eat meals in the inmate dining rooms. I do not know if that is still possible. I was the kitchen sergeant for some period of time and was required to eat the inmate meals and submit a written report. Also housing units where the inmates were fed in the housing units, such as Protective Custody and Administrative Segregation, had to have (or at least were supposed to have) a staff member sample the meal and turn in a report.
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As I have been retired for some years they don't impact me at all. The court decision on the population cap has had a huge effect, moving many prisoners out of prison and onto the streets. Also, federal court decisions at a lower level have mandated huge expenditures of resources for medical care for inmates to the point where state prison inmates get much better health care than do most people on the streets.
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We did not use them when I was working. They are obviously temporary devices and not a long-term solution and it can be a problem getting the prisoner into them. Once that is accomplished they are very effective and if you need to move a non-compliant prisoner from point a to point b without hurting him or staff, they work. I think they are a very useful tool.
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It would in fact be required. They would not allow you to work at the facility where a close family member was locked up. The fact that your husband is a prisoner would not prevent you from being hired, probably. If there is heavy gang involvement they might seriously wonder if you are a plant. YOu could count on your background being rather more detailed than would somebody elses.
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Gangs are an operational fact of life in prison. Simple membership in a gang is, as far as I know, no longer cause for placing a prisoner in segregation. The prison has to be able to demonstrate that the prisoner is engaging in some inappropriate activity on behalf of the gang in order to segregate that person from the general population. The fact that inmates are allowed to congregate at certain times and in certain places means that gangs are able to operate. It comes with the territory..
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