Thank you Crayers for el respeto! Like I said, I had the privilege of working with a few real hacks from the POC and man! They could talk sh&t to inmates, made then wet their shorts! They showed me a few things.
When I started at TI, we still had a few real seasoned 8's that had worked in Alcatraz, they broke this boy in good! We had a few real good LT's from the POC there too, I remember I was working seg officer and the LT and I were making rounds. One thug went off on the LT and told him if he had the huevos he would come in and kick his a#s. The LT turned to me and said, "Open the grill..." and he did just that, went in there and knocked him out ! Those were the good lo days, when an inmate knew he had an as$ kicking coming he'd take it like a thug.
Man I feel you, when you talk about your bro Scott, it is a hard thing to go through. I had just left MCC San Diego, when they killed my bro there. All of this needless and senseless and the BOP honchos just sweep it under the carpet.
My son-in-law opened ATW as an eight. He was taught old school ways, with their warden Obrien. He's an LT at Victorville
USP now, still old school.