Steven Dominguez

This is January of 2010, and I am only 20 years old.

I turned 21 in May of that year.

And she said, hey, listen, they assigned me an investigator.

They said, okay, after this, we're going to assign you an investigator and we're going to do the same thing pretty much TSA did.

We're going to take a deep dive into who you are and make sure that you're eligible enough and credited enough.

At that time, you needed 39 credits, college credits to be a New York City correction officer.

They did all of that and they called me in December of that year.

I'm 21 at this time.

Hey, would you like to go into this class?

Of course.

This is like a Christmas present to me because now it's like, okay, I'll do this for a few years.

I'll give this a chance.

Not knowing too much about corrections, knowing a lot about Rikers just through like DVD culture and understanding that people get arrested and this is where they land if you get arrested within the five boroughs of New York City.

I knew it was dangerous.

I didn't know exactly what to expect, but to me it's opportunity and it's an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime.

So I'm going to go all in.

I get into the academy, the academy is four months.

When I get to the academy, I start realizing, okay, you know, this is serious.

Like, you know, they plan on giving us a gun.

We're going to be in Rikers Island, the infamous Rikers Island.