When an escape is successfully stopped, the public never hears about it unless an inmate gets shot..
Just the knowledge of an attempt rattles the locals.
My total of three stopped runners (two were together) stopped themselves before I had to.
I do have a couple of framed commendations hanging in the house. We call them "attaboy letters."

When assigned to one of six towers, I used to watch the friendly fences of a state prison with a 12-guage pump and an AR-15 within easy reach
with way more than enough extra shells and loaded clips. The "fence" was actually two rolls of fences.
The standard operating procedure was to fire one warning shot until the inmate touched the last fence. Then you "shot to stop" for as many times needed.
During the last three of 21 years there were only the front gate and the back gate towers due to an electric fence being built between the towers. (That would not be very PC across from Mexico).
I was on the back gate tower during the two days that the electric fence was "down" as they called it. Nobody was watching the blind spots. That would have given the bluff away.
During my last two years I was on that back gate tower almost all the time due to my experience for operating the only gate that left vehicles in and out.
I also had a reputation for stopping a couple of escapes and once protecting officers by popping a round into the air..


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Apparently, you guys have never heard of the publication, the Onion. This is its competition.

He is beneath contempt. I have on good left to say about him.

I was referring to the wall Trump keeps saying he will build.
That's what wall. The yet to exist wall across the Mexican border that should have been built many years ago.
And maybe it won't ever be built.

Oh yea..Porterhouse is better than T bone!

I like the idea of free steaks, it is so democratic. Ribeye or T Bone? None of the Chuck crap...

Excellent suggestion!

Uh, I kinda got caught up in the first line:

The below is a satirical April Fool’s Day story, though several outlets perceived it as real (see here and here).

But, I will bet Watters can go out and find 10 sheeple per sq foot who will say they hate Trump for it now....

I did notice eventually. This election is so important to me that I did freak out a bit. It's not a great subject for humor. There's so much negativity against trump and he isn't the biggest enemy

some folks just get wrapped around the axle too tight! -- j
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very good! . and I propose a tax on abortions to pay
for free condoms. . good idea also? -- j
.

He's a wolf in sheep's clothing. While I give him his due as an opportunist, at heart, from 20+ years of personal experience, he's a NY moderate (at best) or liberal (at worst) who is capable of lying sincerely and playing a role.

My 2 bits.

Whose fault is that? Part of the problem today, near zero attention span.

I am growing increasingly skeptical of Trump. It would appear that in his view the Constitution is subject to negotiation. I find that very troubling as that position is not significantly different from that held by Obama.

I think we should tax tequila worms.

The sad thing is that someone will read all of this except the part about it being an April Fool's joke and spread it across the Internet as truth.

You did notice I categorized it as HUMOR. All work...

Lighten up.

So that's how Mexico will pay for that wall.
Hardy-ha-ha-ha!

Stupid April fools story on a serious subject. Probably done by a trump hater to make him look bad. Disgusting