Matthew Cox
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The problem with them hiring more guards is the new guards, one, aren't making nearly as much money as the guy that has been there for 20 years.
He's making $100,000 a year or $80,000 a year.
The new guard's getting hired at $35,000.
And maybe if he works overtime, he could make, whatever, $40,000 or $45,000, maybe.
It's not a lot of money.
Second problem is he doesn't know all the tricks, right?
that the inmates know.
He doesn't know if he sees something in the cell or if he sees a...
an inmate with something or he's looking for something.
Like he doesn't realize that the hooch is up in the, you know what I'm saying?
Like, oh no, you gotta unscrew this and put your arm back here and feel around.
He doesn't realize that, you know, where are these guys making the hooch?
Well, in the bathroom, like they got a small vent.
No, there's screws on that vent.
They can get the screws off.
Like, you see what I'm saying?
Or those screws are actually false screws.
They're not even screws.
They're just completely, they only look like screws.
Right.