For what possible reasons would a corrections officer help prisoners escape, other than sex, money or using the prisoners as a fence for drugs?
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June 26th, 2015
In upstate NY, two prisoners escaped almost three weeks ago. One was just shot dead by NYS police. They were in a maximum security prison. It was found out that one of the female employees was in some kind of relationship with them and helped them. She was arrested. It was also discovered that one of the corrections officers was assisting, too. He was arrested the other day.
That corrections officer started working with the state prison system in 1987. Almost 30 years he had this career. Now he helps convicts escape by giving them tools and allowing them to re-wire the circuit box outside their cell.
I know we are speculating. What could possibly be some reasons why someone would risk their freedom and their pension to help prisoners escape, other than money (them paying him), sex (sexual relationship), or him using the prisoners as a fence for drugs (him supplies them with drugs and they sell the drugs inside the prison)?
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Maybe they believe that they are innocent?
I have no idea what would make someone assist someone like these guys. And no @talljasperman they aren’t innocent. The survivor was part of a trio that shot a Broome County Deputy 15 times. Fuck em, they should burn in hell if it existed.
@Adirondackwannabe they don’t need to be innocent to play for sympathy maybe the correction officer hated cops or wanted then to commit a crime for them when out. Also they could want the criminals to be shot while escaping. I hear that one was shot yesterday.
They might have threatened the guard to cooperate or something could possibly happen to that nice family/home he goes home to after prison shift.
I think you listed the three biggies in the phrasing of your Q.
Plus, salaries aren’t really that great. Plus dealing with a population like that day after day, year after year tends to breed cynicism and negativity so that not much matters.
An ally on the outside could kidnap the officer’s spouse, as in the interesting older Italian film Revolver, or threaten the officer or the officer’s loved ones, or blackmail the officer.
The person on the inside could also manage blackmail or other threats, or promises of great rewards for being assisted.
I volunteered for a prison ministry. The training was intense before we ever went in.
The way they get guards to do this is by slowly working them, trying to find their weakness. Usually it’s compassion. As soon as they get you to break one rule they’ve got you. The consequences could be incarceration yourself. If they can get you to make a phone call because they’re baby is in the hospital, then you basically become their slave.
When volunteering, one guy asked my husband to call his pastor with a sad story. My husband said, “Wow, I might be able to do that, just let me talk to the prison Chaplun about it first. ”
The guy immediately changed his mind as the Chaplin would know exactly the scam he was trying to pull.
They have nothing but time to figure out how to manipulate these guys. It’s such a cold and heartless place because the guards can’t afford compassion. Compassion could get them killed.
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