Sergeant James Booker

They're already there. At that time, there was no reporting system to say, okay, well, we had 80 assaults this month. It was just assaults. Yeah. you know, and we clean it up and we go on to the next day, you know, but it was, it was a serious environment, you know, very serious. Yeah. But they ran, they, like I said, they ran everything.

I mean, you know, and the thing was like certain officers, like if they say, Hey, I don't want this guy working here, we couldn't put him down there. And it's not because they're telling us what to do. We need to protect this person. Because we don't want him getting killed. Because I'll tell you this. I'll never forget this story, man. When I was working there, we had this officer.

I mean, you know, and the thing was like certain officers, like if they say, Hey, I don't want this guy working here, we couldn't put him down there. And it's not because they're telling us what to do. We need to protect this person. Because we don't want him getting killed. Because I'll tell you this. I'll never forget this story, man. When I was working there, we had this officer.

I mean, you know, and the thing was like certain officers, like if they say, Hey, I don't want this guy working here, we couldn't put him down there. And it's not because they're telling us what to do. We need to protect this person. Because we don't want him getting killed. Because I'll tell you this. I'll never forget this story, man. When I was working there, we had this officer.

He was coming on shift. Prior to him coming on shift, it was visitation day. Where back then, an inmate only got one visit per month. So they had to shave. Well, you know, Black men, they suffer from shaving problems. Their face gets swollen. So this guy said, hey, I can't shave. So if you don't shave, you can't have your visit. Okay.

He was coming on shift. Prior to him coming on shift, it was visitation day. Where back then, an inmate only got one visit per month. So they had to shave. Well, you know, Black men, they suffer from shaving problems. Their face gets swollen. So this guy said, hey, I can't shave. So if you don't shave, you can't have your visit. Okay.

He was coming on shift. Prior to him coming on shift, it was visitation day. Where back then, an inmate only got one visit per month. So they had to shave. Well, you know, Black men, they suffer from shaving problems. Their face gets swollen. So this guy said, hey, I can't shave. So if you don't shave, you can't have your visit. Okay.

So he said, the next officer come down here, I'm going to kill him. We changed shifts. The officer came down. Disinformation wasn't passed on. He got killed. He got killed that day. He had a wife and two kids. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget it. I'm into some stories, man. And I'll never forget this story. When I first started working there, it was Christmas Eve night.

So he said, the next officer come down here, I'm going to kill him. We changed shifts. The officer came down. Disinformation wasn't passed on. He got killed. He got killed that day. He had a wife and two kids. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget it. I'm into some stories, man. And I'll never forget this story. When I first started working there, it was Christmas Eve night.

So he said, the next officer come down here, I'm going to kill him. We changed shifts. The officer came down. Disinformation wasn't passed on. He got killed. He got killed that day. He had a wife and two kids. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget it. I'm into some stories, man. And I'll never forget this story. When I first started working there, it was Christmas Eve night.

These teammates had an argument from back in 1978. They got a vent system. Now, I remind you, I told you I didn't start working there until 83. Right. It was a five-year buildup. Yes. And what they would do is they got this thing where they talk through the vents, where you can be on a whole separate area But the vets, they travel. So I can have a conversation with you and not even know you.

These teammates had an argument from back in 1978. They got a vent system. Now, I remind you, I told you I didn't start working there until 83. Right. It was a five-year buildup. Yes. And what they would do is they got this thing where they talk through the vents, where you can be on a whole separate area But the vets, they travel. So I can have a conversation with you and not even know you.

These teammates had an argument from back in 1978. They got a vent system. Now, I remind you, I told you I didn't start working there until 83. Right. It was a five-year buildup. Yes. And what they would do is they got this thing where they talk through the vents, where you can be on a whole separate area But the vets, they travel. So I can have a conversation with you and not even know you.

And we can get a beef going because there's nothing else to do but have a beef, right? So these two guys ended up getting housed together. Staff didn't know they had a beef. And this guy took a homemade knife that looked like a sword. And he ran it through this guy. On Christmas Eve night, that is the first time I ever seen someone get killed in prison. Blood flew out of him like it was water.

And we can get a beef going because there's nothing else to do but have a beef, right? So these two guys ended up getting housed together. Staff didn't know they had a beef. And this guy took a homemade knife that looked like a sword. And he ran it through this guy. On Christmas Eve night, that is the first time I ever seen someone get killed in prison. Blood flew out of him like it was water.

And we can get a beef going because there's nothing else to do but have a beef, right? So these two guys ended up getting housed together. Staff didn't know they had a beef. And this guy took a homemade knife that looked like a sword. And he ran it through this guy. On Christmas Eve night, that is the first time I ever seen someone get killed in prison. Blood flew out of him like it was water.

I'd never seen anything like that. Now you're talking about something that looked like a movie and you want to see how fast blood goes out the human body. Get the right organ and see how much blood come out of it. He killed right there on Christmas Eve night. I'll never forget it. That was my awakening to the prison system. And it was something to see because it was like, man,

I'd never seen anything like that. Now you're talking about something that looked like a movie and you want to see how fast blood goes out the human body. Get the right organ and see how much blood come out of it. He killed right there on Christmas Eve night. I'll never forget it. That was my awakening to the prison system. And it was something to see because it was like, man,

I'd never seen anything like that. Now you're talking about something that looked like a movie and you want to see how fast blood goes out the human body. Get the right organ and see how much blood come out of it. He killed right there on Christmas Eve night. I'll never forget it. That was my awakening to the prison system. And it was something to see because it was like, man,

He just killed this guy like it was nothing, you know, and he was never getting out anyway. Right. Where else is he going? You know, so it's a lot of stories, man. I mean, I could load you up with stories that I saw, man, that things happen in that place, man. And it was just like just like business, normal business, you know, like it was nothing.