LASD Jail Probe: A View from the Inside

Here is a great article from Police Magazine. Take the time to read this, it is an excellent peak at the other side and gives an often missed perspcetive on the corrections side of our mission.

While behind bars, I honed my skills with on-the-job training. I learned from other seasoned EME members who themselves had been in race wars in San Quentin, Folsom, and Soledad. I learned how to slip out of my handcuffs, cut metal, and smuggle knives, hacksaws, and drugs. Most of all, I learned how to manipulate, intimidate, and confuse deputies who were still learning how to be cops.

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