Guards by Inmate #1

The guards in our housing unit are ok most of the time but there are a few that are total and complete jerks. I will not name any names but our Friday daytime guard is a total and complete jerk. The rules say as long as our rooms our clean and our blankets etc are correctly folded and placed, we are allowed to go back to bed after 730am. This guard likes to be a jerk and still pound on bunks telling you to get up and do something today. Some people sleep cause they are sick or tired from their very early morning jobs, he doesn't care and breaks the rules. Add to that, he loves to open the door for the move 8 minutes late and says the door is not my priority.. Ummm.. it is for us - we need to get to somewhere else and you are stopping us from going even to medical appointments, Add to that his random inspections for no reason and harassment of inmates and I think he needs to just be reassigned to something else.

The main guard we have at night Monday thru Friday is better about that stuff but likes to make speeches and yell allot. Ironically she will scream quiet time however she does nothing about the noise. The inmates say she is one of us dressed up in guard clothes cause she loves to also chat with the inmates and definitely has a color preference.

In terms of color, I would like to state I am NOT in any way shape or form a racist. However being the least prevalent race in here does have its disadvantages with the guards. Most of them are African American and so is a large part of the inmate population. I have seen them let inmates break rules and not say anything but if another race does it, they get written up. The rest of the inmate population is made up mostly of Latin persuasion and the very small Caucasian population.

As with everything Carswell needs to flip over its staff. They need to have guards who do their job without harassing the inmates. Guards who will open a damn door on time cause they are required to not because we beg.