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1. DOWNLOAD HEARTHSTONE DONT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN HOW TO
2. DOWNLOAD HEARTHSTONE DONT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN PROFESSIONAL

Walk and talk daily, visit all shifts, know your staff and know your inmates. You can't run a prison from behind a desk.

DOWNLOAD HEARTHSTONE DONT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN HOW TO

How to address inmate manipulation of correctional officers As corrections officers, we need to take steps to stop the downing of ducks and to make sure our co-workers are always practicing integrity. They learn our personalities and they squeeze us when they can. Inmates watch every move we make they see our strengths, but they also see our weaknesses. This opens the door for the "duck to be downed." For example, a maintenance staff member who has been working with an inmate welder for months begins to see him more as a co-worker and less as a convict. You see this in non-security positions as well. They begin to see the inmates as peers, not people under their care, custody and control. Sometimes, by virtue of a staff member's job, they can over-identify with the inmate population.

DOWNLOAD HEARTHSTONE DONT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN PROFESSIONAL

He gets the staff member to over-identify with the inmates and under-identify with his professional peers. Once hooked the inmate uses these as bargaining chips to get the officer to do bigger and better things: bring in cell phones, drugs or get involved in a sexual relationship. The simple requests a staff member complies with are the hook. He blackmails the staff member into first doing something simple: looking the other way when misconduct occurs, mailing a letter, permitting a bunk move or allowing the inmate to get a pass he shouldn't have. The inmate takes that ball and runs with it. Some seemingly benign detail about their life can become a reason for extortion.įor example, a staff member shares with an inmate that he or she is having a relationship with another staff member. They get them to share information they shouldn’t. Next the inmate gets the staff member to lower their guard. They say things like, "You're the only one who has made a difference in my life," "I can tell you are a better officer than all the others," or "You should have heard what Officer Smith said about you." These kind words make staff feel good about themselves and what they are doing, and provide them with a sense of purpose. Authors Bud Allen and Diana Bosta refer to this as " downing a duck." The "duck" refers to staff who are easily manipulated or fooled.įirst inmates groom a staff member.

Inmates have a process they use to manipulate staff to get them to do what they want. Throughout my career, I have seen inmates manipulate staff. I've seen staff with tremendous potential fall victim to an inmate's con game. How inmates manipulate correctional officers