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Donna, did you work at Brushy Mountain?
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 479443" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>There's actually two different ways that inmates are transported. We had the "chain buses" that run a regular schedule all through the state twice a week. They go from prison to prison, picking up some and dropping off others. They do the routine transfers this way and they use the chain bus to bring in the newly assigned inmates from the reception centers. And you might not notice it but there is ALWAYS another vehicle with armed officers following directly behind those buses - called the "chase car".</p><p></p><p>But if it's just one inmate being transported to court for a short hearing and then being returned to the prison the same day, they don't use the chain buses. They are transported by two trained, armed transportation officers in specially equipped SUV's or vans. If it's a Maximum Security inmate they will usually also be followed by a "chase car" but there are staff shortages due to never-ending budget cuts. The transportation vehicles have heavy wire "cages" in the back and doors and windows in the back compartment that don't open from the inside. This is the way this inmate was being transported to court, just the two officers, who were then attacked and shot by the inmate's wife in the parking lot. It's a very dangerous job (for which they get very low pay and usually no respect!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 479443, member: 1883"] There's actually two different ways that inmates are transported. We had the "chain buses" that run a regular schedule all through the state twice a week. They go from prison to prison, picking up some and dropping off others. They do the routine transfers this way and they use the chain bus to bring in the newly assigned inmates from the reception centers. And you might not notice it but there is ALWAYS another vehicle with armed officers following directly behind those buses - called the "chase car". But if it's just one inmate being transported to court for a short hearing and then being returned to the prison the same day, they don't use the chain buses. They are transported by two trained, armed transportation officers in specially equipped SUV's or vans. If it's a Maximum Security inmate they will usually also be followed by a "chase car" but there are staff shortages due to never-ending budget cuts. The transportation vehicles have heavy wire "cages" in the back and doors and windows in the back compartment that don't open from the inside. This is the way this inmate was being transported to court, just the two officers, who were then attacked and shot by the inmate's wife in the parking lot. It's a very dangerous job (for which they get very low pay and usually no respect!) [/QUOTE]
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