I'm not sure if the amount of time matters. A CO in the general population will not do well.

For Reals! Double Time sounds fair to me!

Suspended sentence, time served. Stop wasting taxes on nonsense.

They could just change the prisons name in the story and reprint this article for every other prison in the country. But the FBI only busted this prison because someone forgot to give the FBI their cut.

zuksam: Wow, that's quite a story. You should sell it to the news. They are always looking for NEW stories.

Really??? Prison Guards... I'm shocked ...That low class trash who work in these Jobs would act that way ..Or The Low Class that run them wouldn't know about it.... shocking....

The usual suspects appearing on the forum because they are totally convinced that everyone is as wasted/corrupt/stoned as they are.....lol ROFL

surprised if the guards will get anything more than fired only to be hired in some other police department to be dirty in.

You phuckers have no respect. There's always a few phuck-ups in every batch, just look at you.

Zon Moy, it is because the corrupt law in this country never fails to let us down. You must be one of those upstanding citizens, protecting yours in a chat forum.

What a great justice system, failed so many i know a guy that went there for weed he lost 70 lbs in a few months they would not let him see a dr told him take a crap he got beat up by a certain ethnic group because he spoke up because they were taking a young guys food, he knew he was dieing and still no help asked repeatedly to see a dr always take a crap they would reply. When he got out he went straight to the hospital he never got out he was full of cancer to bad he was not a dog he might of got proper care but was to late for him he passed away.

The criminals are doing what criminals do--commit crimes. The "other criminals", (the guards), should share their cells with them.

Man, this is all about $$$ in a privatized penal system. The guards earn @!$%# wages, the inmates can buy and sell them. Legalize pot and have union employees as guards...not enough tax breaks for the wealthy.....America has gone to hell because of greed by the wealthy...Theey should be locked up with R-money as their leader.

@PD Rev... How is that our problem. They need to do double time because they are suppose to uphold the law, not use it for personal gain.

I know right?

Drugs in prision and guards helping smuggle them in. Who would have ever thought this could occur. Did you hear about the Lindberg baby? NBC News has once again fallen to new lows in news reporting. You could write this story every day in every prision. Move on there is nothing for you to see here.

this has to be the best post of the night. The tazer thing is priceless. Wakes them up in a heartbeat.

either that or he was coming down (off meth) like a big dog.

not meth, i bet he was still high on heroin. thats where the term nodding off comes from, opiates

He was nodding. haha when he comes down he'll be like WTF ?

Yeah KeyOrion would be something a dirty ass cop would do since it was one of his own in the prison system that helped make sure he got his fix.

Crime will never be stopped. But we'll never quit the war on crime.

Something is only a crime until it isnt. Do you still complain about booze dealers? That used to be illegal too.

What people choose to do with their own bodies is no ones business. And certainly NOT a crime. The real crime is fascists who dictate morality.

But it IS a crime. If you violate the law, YOU are a criminal.

And yes, I do complain about 'booze dealers". I'm against alcohol, dopers, and legal mind altering drugs.

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Well the good news is, you are a minority. These laws will be gone within a decade, that you can count on. Its only the old folks standing in the way, and time isnt on your side. Good riddance.

Stop wasting our taxes.

I just bought a 20 year CD. LOL.

When I cash it in, I might retire.

There's no profit for the government if they stop drug trade, human trafficing, etc.

Freedom4Everyone, show me and article stating where a robbery went bad for a fix on beer and I will show you a dozen on robbery went bad to get a fix on meth, crack, heroin... Yeah lets legalize it, what a stupid statement. Every druggies phrase, then lets make alcohol illegal.

He's the ONLY sheriff in maricopa county.

And the majority keep voting him in.

And unknown-1445650 you know this how.... lol

Well, lets let some other country try it before we do . We don't want to be the first country in the world to legalize pot.

Thats your opinion, the vast majority want drugs legalized. Especially those under 50. So it isnt "we" its you.

Its only a matter of time, and these stupid wasteful laws will be gone. Billions have been wasted on this failed war. What has been accomplished? NOTHING.

Umm....let's see, the Netherlands had legalized a LOT of weed/opium...until about 4 years ago. It was an epic fail.

Arizona-

Read up on Portugal's decriminalization of drugs. I think they did it in 2006. There's also a story in TIME magazine about the success of it. They offer treatment, not prison and the treatment isn't mandatory. It's up to them. They've seen a decrease in drug use, a decrease in crime and an increase in people seeking treatment. This applies to people doing and/or selling, not people robbing places and/or people for drug money.

The government is taking our money to put away non violent drug offenders. Drug abusers are the majority of those imprisoned in the US. It creates a lot of jobs in the justice system from police officers, judges, public defenders, judges, prison guards and all the administrative staff that goes with it.

Our system makes it impossible for these people to rise above their addiction and they forever stay in the criminal justice system. Our country has taken a lot of these drug charges and made them into felonies instead of misdemeanors. They give them many years in prison for pretty minor stuff. When they get out, no one hires them because of their "felony." Even after serving years they are put on probation and pay a weekly amount to be on probation along with all the drug testing required of them which they pay for as well. In addition they pay all sorts of court costs. So, no one is hiring them, and they can't come up with this money. One of two things happen. They are in violation of probation and hauled back to prison or they graduate into more serious crime to feed themselves and pay their fines and probation fees. I worked in Social Services and dealt with all of these issues.

If you are caught selling your buddy as few as 20 Vicodin (I think it could be less than that as well) in the state of Florida it's a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. And the majority of States have these same excessive mandatory minimum sentence laws. Do you really want to pay for that? Maybe legalizing all drugs isn't the answer but to lock non violent offenders up for that many years constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in my book! Then to impose all these fees and probation on them after they are released just sets them up for a one way ticket back to prison. How does this help society at all? It's just stealing your hard earned money in the form of tax to pay for this @!$%#!

Meanwhile, if it's a 'white collar' crime, if you do any time at all, often times it's peanuts in comparison. Have you heard of Tom Petters? Look up his right hand women, Deanna Coleman, who served less than a year after spending 15 years helping Tom steal billions of dollars from people in a Ponzi Scheme. His other sidekick, Robert Dean White, spent years and years cutting and pasting false documents to scam people out of money and was given less than a 5 year sentence.

While I respect that you don't drink, do drugs and whatever else was included on your list of no no's, it's not up to you to tell other people what to do with their own lives and bodies. And furthermore, the majority of people who are drug addicts are either mentally ill and can't hold down a job and therefore have no insurance for treatment OR they suffered tremendously as children in abusive homes and became drug addicts to cope with feeling bad all the time. Sure there are other's who make bad choices and the drugs got the better of them. That's going to happen. I speak of this having spent quite a number of years in Social Services before it became too emotionally draining and had to make a career change for my own sanity!

Don't be so quick to judge.

But, regarding this article. Crooked jail guards should definitely get double time. Good idea. Kind of like speeding in a construction zone, the ticket is double. As far as the inmate who is in there on a murder conviction. That's a whole other story and I guess it's time to isolate him so he can't confer with other inmates and create more problems!

I worked in a drug center in California. Most of the druggies there were smart young people. Their only excuse for being addicts was because they were WEAK.

I watched as counselors kept track of all the names these druggies gave up. Hell, they'll give up ANYONE.

Oh, and by the way.

NO ONE IS IN PRISON FOR JUST SMOKING POT.

Glad you're no longer a drug counselor (not that I believe you ever were) because you don't have a clue. By the way, the vast majority of drug counselor's are prior addicts.

And you're wrong that no one is in prison just for smoking pot. While it's quite a low percentage, there are some. Furthermore, I never said a word about Pot.

I thought maybe I could get you to think on a higher level, apparently, I've wasted my time.

I NEVER was a drug counselor. You're the proof that druggies lie.

Oh-my bad. You didn't say you were a counselor. You said you worked at the drug center. What? Sweeping floors? That makes you an expert in how people became drug addicts?

No matter what slander you throw at me, It doesn't excuse you for lying.

Not an excuse. All cops know of the dangers. Don't take the job if you're not strong enough to stand up to crime.

Easy for you to say from the safety behind your computer. And by the way no one ever thinks it may happen to them. Why don't you tell that to the family who's father was killed because he wouldn't comply. He was doing the right thing by not allowing himself to be manipulated. Don't a callous jerk.

You are justifying their actions. Do you want prisons like are in Mexico?

AZ makes his living off court ordered drug counselling. Hes a drug counsellor. His opinion is biased. Atleast thats what hes said in the past.

And: Movies really aren't real.

Are you high freedom? That's quite a story you just made up. LOL.

I'm a junk-man. I own several tow-trucks, and primarily deal in scrap metal.

Then you are a liar, since you told me you were a drug counsellor in previous articles related to legalization of pot. Claiming you had seen all the harm drugs do, blah blah blah..

I dont do drugs. I just dont want my taxes wasted on bullsh!t

You really must be stoned tonight. LOL.

Keep trolling....

If someone did that to me He would mysteriously fall down a few flights stairs

Arizona-

I'm a junk-man. I own several tow-trucks, and primarily deal in scrap metal.

Are you? Are you paying taxes on your profits? Show us your tax returns. It's also illegal to have a little self employed business and not pay taxes on the profits.

Freedom must be a junky since he wants all drugs legalized. I have no problem with pot being legalized, but all drugs you really must be insane.

You can't cheat an honest man. you cannot threathen an honest cop. When a CO falls into the hands of the prisoners he is guarding, you can Universally find that the reason it got to that point is he allowed himself to fall under their influence by some stupid move onhis own part.

The only way they can find out about your family, kids, financial problems, freaky activities is because you gave them enough information to work with in the first place.

No one - cop or criminal,has any respect for a "crooked" cop. Personally - I would trust a crackhead over most cops. As long as you don't get between a crack head and his drugs, he (or she) can be trusted to do what they say - thats their motivation.

With cops, you never know what their "true" motive is. Today, you are their freind - to,orrow - you may be the pawn in a cgme they are playing.

Never forget - prisoners have nothing but time to pass. If it takes 5 years, 10 years to piece together your weaknesses, thats OK with them. Just because you see crooks do stupid stuff on those Cop shows - doesn't mean crooks are stupid.

CO's, PO's - cop, whatever - if you are the guy with the keys to their freedom or privledges they have all the time in the world to find out what floats your boat, they will watch you like a hungry dog waits for food to fall on the ground.

Sooner or later - something will fall in their lap.

WeAllHave-

You want to cut and paste where I said to legalize all drugs?

AZ makes his living off court ordered drug counselling. Hes a drug counsellor. His opinion is biased. Atleast thats what hes said in the past.

Just another government employee living off our taxes.

For a druggie, telling lies comes natural.

I dont do drugs. I just dont want my taxes wasted on bullsh!t

I dont want organized crime financed off of a massive blackmarket.

I dont want kids being sold drugs by illegal dealers. Put it in stores with an age limit.

The only liar is you, since you have told people you were a drug counsellor before. Claiming to know of all the damage drugs do, blah blah blah. Seems you have a different story everytime an article comes up.

A traveller was crossing the desert, a sand storm came up - causing him to wish he had shelter, but none could be found. He stumbled into an oasis where he saw a huge tent - with a man in fine robes sitting out in the swirling, bitting - blowing sand.

He goes up to the man and asks for shelter, just until the storm passes. Alas my friend - I would gladly offer you shelter, but all my camels are safe inside. At best all I can offer is what you see me doing ... a seat here in the sand.

How is this possible, asks the traveler? You seem to be a man of wealth and speak with the voice of one both reasonable and educated - how come you to a place where your animals are safe inside the tent, while you are suffering out in the storm?

I'll tell you this tale, it is long and difficult for me to explain, so bear with me.

It all started one cold night when one of my animals, a camel, stuck his nose under the flap of the tent, tthe wind was blowing, much like it is tonight and I took pity upon him...

unknown, you have no proof of your previous post. I am not a deadbeat follower, I just dislike people who make up stories in hopes that the virtual world will think they are cool.

OK Freedom, here we go.

You say the laws will be gone in 10 yrs.. What do you know? You say it's the old folks-those over 50 that stand in the way. Well, those of us over 50 are the ones who used to be the hippies. The ORIGINAL users. We KNOW what they're about, and we know what they really do. If you don't, in fact, and haven't, done drugs, yer talking out yer ...!

People who are against drugs are NOT a minority.

A large portion of your violent offender and thieves are druggies, trying to secure their next score. They can't hold a job. So, this is how they get their monies for their "hobby"

And by the way, it IS my business when someone else's problem causes ME a problem! If someone takes drugs of whatever type, and gets crazy and does stupid crap like going across the street and into a guy's garage and murdering him with his own ax (actual happening-he was a student of SUNY-New Paltz in mid-70's) it's NOT legislating morals or stepping on someone's rights-it's PROTECTING THE PUBLIC!!!!

Amsterdam is changing their tune, too. Apparently there's trouble in paradise.

You say we've wasted billions. Well, we've SPENT billions. Maybe wisely, maybe not. But just how bad do you think things would be if we HAD NOT spent all that money?

I think you need to rethink your attitude. Your comments don't hold water, and amount to nothing more than a rant... all you talk about is YOUR tax dollars.

I pay tax dollars, too. So do the rest of us.

No one said anything about legalizing abusive behavior in public. People are allowed to drink. They are NOT allowed to drink in public or be drunk in public.. Nor are they allowed to go to their neighbors and steal or assault anyone.. See how that works? All without having to make booze illegal. Amazing...

Drug addicts who steal, do so because its expensive and they cant get work. Usually due to a criminal record. Society sets them up to steal again and again. And the expense of their habit only adds to it. How come we dont see the end of the world with people who drink? Even though its the most common addiction people have? Infact many people even manage to hold down jobs even theough they have drinking problems. Thats because society doesnt totally dump on them and make living impossible, and they dont make it too expensive to feed their habit on a regular paycheck..

Legalizing drugs has nothing to do with legalizing bad behavior towards other people. Or other criminal acts. Its about how we deal with the problem.

And protecting the public is exactly why we need to legalize and control drug use. Illegal dealers dont care who they sell too, and are infesting our schools. In fact the go out of their way to target kids. And they are putting who knows what in the drugs. Lacing pot with heroin to introduce it to kids, etc. They also push other drugs on kids when they go buy some pot. Dealers are a drugs store. Whens the last time the guy at the liqour store asked you if you want to try some free heroin? Telling you its something else.

The market is totally uncontrolled. Legalization = control. Legalization would also open things up for treatment rather then incarceration. People dont seek help because they afraid of being jailed. Afraid of the stigma. Afraid of not being able to work. Its goes on and on.

There is NOTHING logical about the way the problem is being dealt with. Thats why Academics have been calling for change for years.

Amsterdam changed its laws due to pressure from the U.S. and Germany. Threats of hassles at the border and trade embargos. It had nothing to do with legalization not working. In fact it worked well. Thats why the U.S. and Germany wanted it gone. Its ammunition for those against prohibition. Now Portugal has legalized some drugs.

The reality is, prohibition has been turned into a huge make-work program, funded entirely by taxpayers to the tune of 10 billion a year. (Make-work for the justice and legal system)

Please don't tell lies on here. Other druggies believe them.

Amsterdam NEVER legalized marijuana. They did decriminalize pot until it got completely out of hand. give a druggie an inch, he'll demand a mile.

Portugal has NOT legalized drugs.

The first country to legalize drugs, will inherit the worlds druggies.

Switzerland has decriminalized marijuana. It's not exactly sliding out of the earth's orbit. And yes, Amsterdam's decision to tighten up their pot market was due to pressure from the US. It's now illegal for tourists to inhabit the coffeehouses.
What I'd like to know is, why is it that the same people who oppose government intervention to prevent things like obesity, cancer from smoking, guns getting into the wrong hands, skin cancer from tanning beds, etc etc etc get so self-righteous about imposing laws on pot? I understand we need to keep dangerous drugs like PCP and heroin off the streets. But Pot? Come on. When's the last time you heard about a guy beating up his wife because he smoked too much? There will always be abusers of almost anything you can think of. Watch Boardwalk Empire and you'll see how ridiculous it was trying to keep alcohol off the street.

And BTW Portugal has, in fact, decriminalized drugs. It's now an "administrative offense." It's had mixed results: decline of HIV, decline of drug-related deaths, decline in adolscent use, but a possible incline in use since the change in law became effective (although this might be due to users feeling safer about admitting use), decrease in street value of drugs overall. You can read about it on wikipedia: it's actually pretty interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal

Sounds like you folks that want decriminalization of drugs should move to the above mentioned countries and leave this hellhole of a country that you live in now. When some whacked out a$$ comes to your house breaks in rapes or kills your daughter because they want to steal the silver out of the hutch for a fix, then tell me how you want all the opiates and pot legalized. One of the biggest drug problems being faced right now is legalized drugs, prescription drugs, Oxycontin can get a doctors order for it. People are being killed of a legal drug, now come on lets legalize it all.

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AZ is a liar. Now hes been in a Mexican prison lol....

Fail troll is fail. rofl.

Learn how to write esse!

UNKNOWN if you're going to come to the US learn how to talk and write before your uneducated a$$ tries to talk smack, K esse.

unknown-1445650, look at your intelligence, you can't put together the most simple of sentences and your spelling is horrible. You are the reason people shouldn't do drugs.

Most prison COs are clean, honest people.

When you deal with garbage, some of the stink my stick. But not as much as you intimate.

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This is the funniest comments I think I have read! You fellows should take it on the road or better yeat run for office give everyone a chance to hear you two . You know who I meam!!!!

"The only difference between an inmate and a correctioanl officer is their uniform" ???? WTF are YOU serious? My hubby has been a CO2 for the last 24 years, seen it all, and DEALT with it all.

YOU being just a cleaning lady is like saying the only difference between You and the PIGS you work for are the size of your FAT asses. how's that? And for Your information FATASS, their title was changed for political correctness by the Government. they didn't ask for it themselves.

It would be my guess You have to clean houses because your BETTER half is incarcerated and you've tried to smuggle in contraband in ONE of your FAT rolls and got caught by a CO.

You're disgusting.

Clean house? ... Why?

These are thesame people "you" voted into office - over and over again. Isn't this thegovernment you wanted, voted for over all those years?

What changed?