[Scott Colson]

I am qualified to answer this question. I am a Corrections Officer at a Federal Prison. I have 8 years experience in corrections and a total of 12 in law enforcement. The answer to your question is simple. The inmates who go to prison and prey on other criminals are thugs. Just as a common crook on the ‘outside’, he does the crime not intending to be seen and/or caught. How many muggers have you heard of that assaulted someone while the ‘cop’ was standing right down the street watching? How many police officers catch criminals in the act? Very few. It is the same on the inside as the outside. A police officer can only be in one place at a time. We are severely outnumbered and are often times ‘given’ a small crime so our attention is diverted from the larger one. I supervise 136 inmates by myself. I try my best but I cannot watch them all at the same time. Plus we have other duties which diverts our attention. I can list many assaults and incidents which occured because the inmates know we cannot watch them constantly. Even if we could, they would then wait as long as it took until the guard was not watching to commit the crime. Some inmates wait years to get revenge on another inmate. I can only emphasize that you compare it to the outside world. Criminals do not do stuff when the police are watching. I hope I have helped you understand.

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Name : Scott Colson, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 29, City : Mt. Jewett, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : corrections officer, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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