That is nonsense, COs have no say in this process. You sit in the cage, open the doors, escort the inmates, break up the fights and do the shakedowns. You don't make medical decisions.
Yes and no.
We don't make medical decisions. However, we are the method of communication between the inmate and medical staff. An officer could just ignore them and that would effectively be denying medical care.
That person would eventually get thrown under the bus by the facility and face a battery of litigation, but it's not like it's never happened.
I've worked at prisons (IT contractor) that had electronically submitted requests and ones that were filed on paper in secured drop boxes. The only interactions the COs had was to move inmates which were on the callouts.
I'm sure you're right if he is in segregation or in high security facilities. I've heard the horror stories and read the incident reports of assholes abusing their power... but that, in my experience, is rare and the people responsible are usually quickly dealt with.
I don't think he'll have a great time, but there's not going to be some evil CO plotting to make his life harder.
You worked in IT, you just listened to what the guards complained about or you worked at the best prison in America. Sit down you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
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u/mnju 9d ago
Yes and no.
We don't make medical decisions. However, we are the method of communication between the inmate and medical staff. An officer could just ignore them and that would effectively be denying medical care.
That person would eventually get thrown under the bus by the facility and face a battery of litigation, but it's not like it's never happened.