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New guards are trained to handle prison conflicts while withstanding pepper spray.
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[@kd5hms63]

I been there done that..as a longtime veteran of the Corrections field, This is a necessary requirement in order to possess OC pepper spray/stream canisters for use in the facility. It is worth the pain, because the officer knows the effects of the OC and can use this tool if needed to take control of a potentially violent situation. Good Stuff!!

[@stap1er]

my eyes were watering watching this:P

[@mtaylor017]

Getting oc spray'd sucks in the academy!! I'll take that 5 second ride on that x26 any day of the week!!

[@salinster]

I agree, getting hit in the face with oc sucks!!! I had that training when I was in the Marine Corps. After I got sprayed I had to wrestle two guys, then run an obstacle course and fire my 9mm. I only hit 2 out of 5 targets haha

[@luisiufung]

criminals are a product of their circumstances, so they are not to be blamed.

[@Appalachianventure]

If an officer does not take a direct shot of OC; then they have NO reason to complain. Big difference between direct and indirect.

[@gjsend]

That training certainly was a joke. We had to take a full blast in the face, fight off an attacker while protecting our weapon, unlock a car, and make a radio call. Oh...and we don't get to carry OC during normal duty inside the prison. The water and wind helped relieve the burning temporarily, but only a good night's sleep really cured the burning for me. Getting sprayed was the easy part.

[@xcannabiscom]

End prohibition, and stop making criminals out of potheads! No pothead should have to go to prison for possessing a harmless plant. Every prisoner that goes into prison, comes out an even harder criminal.

[@Jackassbobby112]

PAIN! it was like walking in an fire heated oven and your eyes were like lava fire. I passed though =)You should try it someday and also the stun and taser gun too. Trust me it hurts more than those 2 combined. Take care bro.

[@Nevadasdoc]

It is ... what it is.. If you are a C/O.. and can not handle it ... BE Safe and LEAVE.. Let the rest of us , be safe... I Gothcher back if you are on my shift....

[@tikidoki]

i did not know pepper spray was that effective! honestly!

[@josh1303]

Great lol waitin to get in to train as a CO in Kingston. Oh gosh open eye blast booo.

[@jcnme27]

Yes, with a direct hit your face feels like it's burning hours later. Even after constant flushing with water.

[@xcannabiscom]

@medicalterrylove2 Remember prohibition? Why do you think we ended it? This is no different. Prohibition CREATES criminals. People are in the black market based on prohibition. End prohibition, you end the black market, and you stop sending pot heads to prison for victimless crimes, where they come out as hardened criminals. You need to get educated. Pick up a history book.

[@SType8890]

I'm going thru this tomorrow. RIP

[@Jackassbobby112]

Had to do that in my Police Training.

[@LibertarianUSA1982]

Even thought I agree with you I dont agree that pot is harmless. Pot needs to be treated like how we treat beer. Allow only adults the freedom to smoke pot and pay taxes.

[@iflick7235]

With eighteen months in a community college, you could retrain for something. I think there are Associates degrees in Criminal Justice. If you couldn't find work as a Police Officer, certainly there are many possessions in private security. Don't tell any would be employer what you've been doing. Tell them you've been unemployed or you've been in school. After all, do you want to spend the rest of your working life behind bars?

[@MetalGamer666]

Understanding the criminal mind is difficult, but psychology has come a long way, and criminologists are mostly agreeing. But politically it's almost impossible to change a system like in USA, so the "right way" doesn't really matter that much since the masses want something else.

[@oldhooah]

In Florida we are spayed in the face with a series of commands to follow including a call for back up with yor head on fire. I am an ooficer with the Leon County Jail and unfortunatly, pepper spray is a part of life.

[@jynx114]

o and ps try going up in a cell or even be in the same area when fox is sprayed 5.3mil on the scale very nice fogger

[@MetalGamer666]

That's why people directly affected shouldn't be the ones to pass laws, since their motif is likely revenge related - and most legal systems agree that a legal system based on revenge is not a good thing.

[@RingRaiders]

Oh my gosh that terrible

[@S30Uploads]

Listen.... the best advice I can give to the next CO, is learn to write the word PU TUHS so they can read it.

[@alonelychild]

OH REALLY? Dude that´s awesome! What´s the prep in the military?

[@NickGKiefer]

I thought it was ironically funny that at the end of the movie it said "Newbies"

[@xcannabiscom]

A quick Google search led us to the likely basis of such a figure. In a Dec. 27, 2011, press release, the National Conference of State Legislatures said U.S. states and territories passed more than 40,000 bills and resolutions into law in 2011. Yet, the release also said, laws do not always take effect at the start of a year.

[@SuperEpicWin]

i always wondered if pepper spray will taste good on food

[@jetlaged7549]

@RavensHalo inmates have limited access to weapons, people on the street dont.

[@socal1000]

ya im thinking about co but im only 17 a year ago i worked at mcdonalds and someone sprayed pepper spray throught the window at a guy working there he got lit up but he was back that night, ok just the little blast made the whole kitchen hard to breath and they put me were he was so my eyes were hella watery about 45 a min after he got hit

[@theuppercut]

dude pepperspray owns!!

[@teddybear14ful]

Yes, its required.

[@bla7091]

The inmates get used to pepperspray so in prisons they've got extra strong versions If they can take a direct hit, why can't a guard?

[@AngelofDeath_1369]

When is an inmate lying ? When his mouth is moving .

[@madmerk1sun]

This is SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@uratrick]

G D commercials you can watch T V and get all that that.

[@Brent2851]

And they didn't even get sprayed in the face with it.

[@sgm4556]

yea you all do

[@Nevadasdoc]

If you mess with me .. and mine. YES!! A shot in the face!! LOVE it or LEAVE it HOMMIE!!!

[@freebearride]

long enough to cuff someone who is standing completely still and thrashing or resisting at all....

[@KillFrenzie]

If they were smart they'd cover their mouth and nose with their jumper or hold their breath. Maybe they're not allowed to do that though huh?

[@watchmyshoes22]

LMAO very very very good point xD

[@josh1303]

Bear spray is less violent then OC. OC is way stronger then bear spray. Now yes bear spray fucking hurts but OC is top dog.

[@indigoray6693]

And as it should be stronger. Bear spray wouldn't cut it for some prisoners. Plus it's the guards only defense, they don't carry guns.

[@alabamabuckjumper]

Man I wish we got srayed like these guys,we got sprayed with the fogger in the face,15% Black Jesus OC ,You could see the outline on the Brick wall behind us of where we stood!These guys had it easy.

[@eng4squad]

what a bunch of wimps man i got hit with a fogger about 6 in from my face during my academy.and then we had to walk for about 10 min before getting water to rinse it out

[@xcannabiscom]

With 60,000 plus new laws in the USA added every year, and with the USA having the largest prison population in the world, its actually no hard to break the law.

[@dudemandye]

Give the guards guns? lol thats just a better weapon for the inmates.. some guards do have guns the ones out side the the walls..

[@soccergirl2594]

@xcannabiscom Its illegal for a reason. You break the law, you got to jail. thats that.

[@artifactman660]

ive breathed so much of that stuff it no longer effects me

[@pcojedi]

these FNG's are funny

[@USMC2074]

@crazyhorse1369 lol, amen to that!

[@Nevadasdoc]

Been there .. done it ,, BUT!!! It tought US .. DIDN"t IT . "SIR" I have 5 YEARS now.

[@xcannabiscom]

If you count municipal laws, the figures are much higher than 40,000.

[@timash26]

but it does go away faster than oc

[@ezkoent]

same here. oc in the face is no joke. but i didnt have to cuff anyone up after.

[@cloud811]

ouch....that looks bad...rofl "it only sucks for a day or 2" hahahah damn thats long

[@little2funny]

Is it really THAT bad?

[@AngelofDeath_1369]

Being a co. has fucked my mind up . I hear all the time how if u respect the inmates they will respect you , BULLSHIT . The inmates don't respect shit . They talk shit and most isf inmates don't back it up .

[@WaldnielCity]

i had a wierd dream last night..

[@jynx114]

plicketypow..... lol thats funny say that cause im not to sure what ya know bout the state of ohio but the state prison system had to teach sheriffs how to hand cuff people the right way lol sorry but look into cert teams or srt teams in corrections fields... o and ask 90% of the force about a real state pen. they probably would never step foot into 1 lol

[@profundis131]

Ha ha, and you'd last all of about one week if you went to work with thoughts like those!! 99% are guilty, and will put themselves before you every time!

[@LiquidIniquity]

I'd like to know your sources for that figure of 60,000 new laws a year. In 2011, 90 bills were enacted into law. 2012? 61. I'm pro decriminalization of effectively any recreational drug myself, but coming up with sensationalist numbers and lying to seem to have the moral high ground over our "oppressive" government is quite frankly moronic. There are a variety of factors that go into whether someone breaks the law; primarily environmental factors and personal choice. Not so much unfair laws.

[@iflick7235]

Prison Guards are people who voluntarily get up an go into prison each day! Look at the assortment of new recruits in this vid. A large number are single moms, men that couldn't meet the height requirement for the Police department, the fat, high school dropouts. They're made up largely of the type of people they guard. In many instances private security pays a better wage. Unlike police officers, they can't kill, they can only beat inmates. Perhaps that is enough.

[@jcnme27]

This is a bunch of CRAP!!!!. When I was at the Sheriffs academy we got sprayed directly in the face. Yes OC clouds suck...but a direct hit is much worse.

[@iflick7235]

You would be guessing. Why is the truth degradation? These are some of the few low skill jobs left in country. There isn't that many doctoral candidates going into corrections. Inmates acquire few applicable skills in prison, neither do correction officers. Deciphering the mysteries message on the toilet paper has few applications in the outside world. Its the disenfranchised guarding the disenfranchised. You can find the marijuana stash, or the popsicle stick honed to a point. Great!

[@freebearride]

THEY GOGGLES THEY DO NATHING

[@Nevadasdoc]

They ALL suck.. that is why we ARE and they are NOT!!!!! ALWAYS cover your back,,,, Cover YOUR PARTNER... TAKE CARE of Business,,, and documment.. BE SAFE!!!

[@Nevadasdoc]

My sentiments , exactlly "SIR"... Let That shitbag come live with ME or YOU... The WORD is ,, COMPLIANCE.. OR RESPECT... If he does not listen to YOU,,, By the time he has NOTHING left with his own property or privilidges... HE will listen to us BOTH... BE SAFE MY FRIEND... MAY 'GOD" cover your back ,, and also ME....

[@carnevil09]

just buy a g at a time and u wont go to prison.

[@RSSsailing]

wow, internet tough guy

[@BonScottAC]

Se7en. What do I win?

[@iflick7235]

You sound like you are still relatively young. Perhaps you should sit down and do the math. To remain with your employer through the length of an average career would mean spending more than a third of your life behind bars. This is a much longer sentence than many of the inmates you'll guard! Of course it's which side of the bars you're on but according to what you've written here, that's not much! Maybe this could be something you've done while learning to do something else.

[@dudemandye]

dude thats nothing get a direct hit, what they did was easy.. c/s sucks a lot worse..

[@bboyemme]

why they dont give them guns?

[@XxXGockeBearXxX]

this is bs we got sprayed in the eyes for ours

[@lawdog2008]

Shittttt, this has nothing on CS Gas, lets see these people state their full name, rank, social security number, and unit, with a gas mask in a chamber billowing with CS. I was maced as a corrections officer, and it had nothing on it.

[@USMC2074]

Funny, I just dont break the law......hmmmm, not hard.....

[@yourmommason1907]

How does grower's destroy the environment ? because why? tell me what do they do that hurt's the environment ? An i never heard that drug dealers don't rape, Because they have more than enough money to buy a girl in bankok for 5000 $ . Also when they fight they don't kill innocent's probably rival's but not innocent live's alright because who would want to kill someone who is probably looking for weed. i always ask around for weed when i get stopped by cops i say it's non of your buisness

[@underoath22]

oc is no joke..

[@melancholyid]

Your comment was so full of obvious ignorance, stereotype, and bigotry that it didn't warrant a real response.

[@juju52291]

canadians? really? lol