Inmate Steps in to Break up Guards’ Food Fight
- Posted on April 29, 2011 at 5:52pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Talk about a role-reversal: Two New York jail guards are in trouble after an inmate stepped in to break up their fight over food.
Erie County Undersheriff Mark Wipperman says both corrections officers are suspended with pay after what he calls an “embarrassment.”
The inmate required medical attention but Wipperman says privacy laws prevent him from disclosing his injuries. He says the inmate got between the unarmed guards because he didn’t want either to get fired.
He wouldn’t confirm a Buffalo News report that the April 21 bout started over a bag of chips. It happened at Erie County Correctional Facility in a dorm-like building.
Wipperman identified the officers as Lawrence Mule, a 26-year veteran, and James Conlin, who was hired 29 years ago. A message with the officers‘ union wasn’t immediately returned.
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Comments (63)
hcartexas
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:56pmEver been to jail? Prison? I have. I hope both of these bottom feeders die horrible deaths. Jail guards are the most abusive, arrogant, antagonistic, bullying, civil rights violation pieces of crap on the planet… a hot fire poker up the a@@ for all of them!!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:33pmOg ti tel. Read in mirror.
Report Post »37381837
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:22pmSpent 20 years working in Corrections and yes sometimes good people wind up in jail for doing stupid things and all too often stupid people are allowed to be come guards. I have seen things similar to this happen also.
Report Post »proliance
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:22pmI was a Correctional Officer for a couple of years, then I worked in administration for the Sheriff’s Office for a couple more. I can say from my experience there’s not always a big difference between the inmates and the lazy slugs who are supposed to be watching them.
Report Post »SeanW
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:06pmThings just keep getting more and more insane roflmao, welcome to Bizzaro World ladies and gentlemen, we hope you enjoy your ride. :D
Wonder if this is all due to being flung off into some alternate universe as a result of the firing off of the Hadron Collider :P
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:03pmDifficult sometimes to tell which is the guard and which the inmate, thus is the case on this story.
Report Post »Rainmom
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:03pm@ecso828
Report Post »If a child was injured in the midst of 2 teachers fighting, I would expect the 2 teachers to get an unpaid break. Seasoned unarmed officiers can’t keep their cool enough to keep an inmate safe? and you think we need to wait until the supervisors and union liasons have their speak before they miss some pay?
powhatan
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:55pmMe thinks they have been in the company of criminals too long..they have become them. Time for another job…
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:00pmonly problem is that one criminal actually behaved better than the overpriced babysitters did.
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:54pmand i wondedr why ny taxes are soo friggin high.they should be fired immediately for dereliction of duty,the inmate should receive some time off for being the adult in the room.the unions will drag this out for years and the taxpayers will continue to pay wages and dues for such said years.I’m goin down texas way or up to alaska.had enough.
Report Post »Rainmom
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:49pmSounds to me that they have been in the union long enough to think the rules don’t apply to them. I know most states are having to face budget cutbacks and many experienced officers in our state (not NY) are being offered early retirement. How much do you want to bet these officers get their buy out?
What’s the sentence for assault? They don’t even lose pay/
Report Post »smak
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:15pm@ pray for rain to come to TX, its needed there bad.
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Definition of insanity-doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results…
4X4in
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:01pmI cannot even say it, it wouldn’t get printed!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:55pmThrow ‘em in jail…….oh, wait, THEY ALREADY ARE in jail!
Report Post »David, the Constitutional Libertarian
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:31pmSorry, when the inmates have begun to run the asylums you can expect hell to be opening soon.
WOW. What a story.
The inmates are running the asylum, also known as the US Federal Government.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:22pmIf we would just kill evil we wouldn’t need prisons or guards…
Report Post »YesNdeedie
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:19pmSuspended WITH pay? Isn’t that like taking another unearned vacation? Fire the bums without pay.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:17pmWell humm, next thing ya know we will hear about guards slipping the inmates illigal drugs,Wait thats happened already,o next thing will be guards having sex with inmates,ahh no thats happened already to, Ok i reckon i will just be quite now
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:49pmCan anybody figure a way to pin this on Bush?
Report Post »smak
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:55pmIt will be blamed on Obama. Be patient.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:57pmThey can say his laws put the prisoners there and his economy put the guards to work.
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:45pmTo bad the inmate got hurt. Suspended with pay? Figures. Only in New York.
Report Post »smak
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 4:04amAll of a sudden, everybody loves inmates!
Report Post »smak
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:35pm@ they injured an inmate and still get paid,
They should have gotten a bonus.
Report Post »proliance
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:20pmReally? And what did this inmate do that deserved getting injured? He was trying to help these two idiots.
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:23pmWaste of tax payers money these (in name only), so called corrections officers are, but oops, I apologize, it said they were Union, didn’t it? …..never mind.
Report Post »SandyfromChesterfield
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:16pmYou have to love those hard working union employees.
Report Post »DamienMaddox
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:38pmI wonder when the unions will unionize the prisoners?
I’m sure they could negotiate a higher wage than 19 cents an hour.
Report Post »TheCountOfLiberty
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:16pmHow do privacy laws prevent the victim from telling what the correction officers did to him?
How backwards can these laws get?
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:19pmthe prisoner can disclose his injuries the undersheriff cant disclose the prisoners injuries. i refuse to call them inmates.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:27pmHuh? What’s the issue with “inmates”?
Report Post »DamienMaddox
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:33pmBecause inmate has a warm fuzzy “voluntary” ring to it.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:36pmi think its a stupid word. makes it sound like they are off to summer camp to me. like they are mates with each other meaning friends. they are prisoners there for something they did to break the law, at least most of them are there for that. every once and a while we do hear about someone wrongfully convicted. i know other people think this is a non issue and they may be right, but as for me i will be calling them prisoners.
Report Post »GRANNYMOO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:12pmhope the chips were worth it, bet the inmate lets them have at it next time,,they are idiots
Report Post »ninjasam
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:07pmWhy do these morons get suspended “with” pay. They should both be fired immediaitely. I suppose there is a damn union involved.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:56pmCan we suspend Obama with pay?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:49pm@BikerR:
Instead of suspension, I would prefer Impeachment.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:01pmCan we get paid for suspending Obama ?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 5:55pmOh those union pranksters. Aren’t they something???
Report Post »BIGDAN63
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:02pmsuspended with pay
Report Post »you got to be kidding, they injured an inmate and still get paid,
so whats a non-payable offence, murder.
Psychosis
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:25pmthey should end this suspension with pay crap
they should have to work double duty for same pay during suspension
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:34pmThis I have to admit is a first for me to hear about; the inmate breaks up the fight among the guards and the officers are suspended – with pay!!! They both should be without pay until the investigation is done, and the unions be sent to the bottom of the oceanic abyssal planes.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 6:39pmBIGDAN63, only if there is a witness.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:11pm@Grandmaof5:
Indeed, and even with a witness there would be cause – from the unions point of view, to deny all of the charges against any officer involved.
Evening, hope all is well today with you and the kitties, been paying bills today and allergies are as bad as the heat going upwards. Keep well, and pray for rain to come to TX, its needed there bad.
Report Post »Justthefactsmam
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:21pmThis is reminiscent of something that happened here. A teacher who exposed some students to standardized testing answers before the actual test, was “forced” to take a days suspension, with pay, as “punishment” for the transgresion…I wish I could be “punished” like that…
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:27pmsuspended with pay ???????
Report Post »IN my book, that’s what UNIONS call a vacation!!!
Disgusting !!!
ecso828
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:15pmThey are suspended WITH PAY while the investigation is ON GOING. Why would you suspend them WITHOUT pay before you have completed the investigation? What if you were one of the officers, and you were in the fight in a self-defense position. Would you want to be docked pay for defending yourself? The article doesn’t say who started it, how long it lasted, and what the fight really consisted of. So, why would they suspend them without pay before they know the answers to these questions? Great job judging a situation without knowing all the facts.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:18pmSounds as though this inmate, gets ‘it’…
Report Post »aro5o75
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:09pmSounds a little fishy.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:43pmMake em shower with the inmates and play “pass the soap” . Thats punishment enough
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 12:02amSounds like the union is really working huh.
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Report Post »pappy
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 5:24amSuspension with pay …… Sounds like the unions take care of their own no matter what. If any of my people are caught fighting on the job, they both go home WITHOUT pay for a day. When they return, the at fault person gets an extra day off again, no pay. If I am not ale to determine who started it, both, no pay another day. It gets their attention & curtails any controversy. Work together, resolve issues, or your pocket will be a little light that week.
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