Inmates Save Guard's Life From Attack By Another Prisoner (VIDEO)

A Florida prison guard has some unlikely heroes to thank for saving his life - the very inmates he guards. The man was attacked by a prisoner while sitting at his desk and would have been killed had it not been for two other inmates hearing the commotion and running over to tear the attacking prisoner off the deputy. One of the rescuing inmates even got on the radio to call other officers to come and help.

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[lilgil]

Most prisoners are incarcerated for non violent crimes. I hate the prsion system. I'm no fan of criminals but there has to be a better way to rehabilitate people who commit criminal acts. Prison should be like Military school.
For instance, one hour of outside time a day in some cases. I say, make them exercise until they puke and then have them make dinner, then do the dishes, then the laundry and then stay up all night doing homework.
If we make prisoners responsible on the inside I just think they'll do better on the outside. Two guys who rescued a guard did the right thing. That should be reward enough.

[jws2346]

Very impressive Huff Post. A wonderful story. Thanks you guys in stir, it was very much appreciated

[Jesse P. Steinberg]

Nice to see some prisoners still have their heads on straight. Even though they committed some sort of crime.

I hope they get early parole. If thats even possible.

[rabiddog6708]

This should be a plus when these guys come up for parole.

[Scent]

So a few bad people in jail and a lot of decent people. - It is like wall Street turned around. There we have a few good people - cleaning personell most of them - and most are parasitic criminals doing anything for money.

Maybe we should make an exchange. - Onoe for one traded prison to Wall Street and vice versa. It could not get worse fpr us. But it could get a lot better.

[bothsides]

why would he

[groosemoose]

That's really very moving. How many people in the 'honest' world would just stand there or do nothing while someone else was attacked? (see: Richmond) It's so rare that someone charges in and saves someone. And that they were prison inmates defending a guard? I hope something good comes out of this for them.

[SiberianRat]

I agree. Also, this reaffirms my belief that our prisons are not full of bad people (although there are of course some) but full of people who made bad decisions, often coming from bad situations. Yep, these "criminals" are more upstanding than many free citizens who don't do anything to help their fellow citizens when crimes are being committed.

[RamonBackwards]

Just recently, in Chicago I believe, a 300 something pound man attacked a 120 something pound woman in a bar and the rest of the guys in the bar just watched as he pummeled her. She was apparently fine, but she could have been killed. I'll never understand the cowardice of most people.

I agree that the inmates who came to this guard's rescue should be rewarded for their actions.

[rottnkid]

The problem is people don't know whose packing and whose not. Remember there are a shortage of bu.llet.s right now.

[The Albany Kid]

Let's hope that the rescuers don't suffer harsh reprisals from ther fellow inmates for helping "the man". In the eyes of some inmates, coming to a c.o.'s rescue is almost as despicable as snitching.

[Matt7]

Just a reminder that this concept of snitching (or pitching "us against them"/"the guards against the inmates") is straight out of the way things are set up in prison. And having members of a community buy in to that nonsense, is the very thing that keeps them on perpetual lock down, and keeps them from being able to heal and grow.

[cityunder]

The ones that saved him are probably in there for marijuana.

[Oni]

lol.. so true!!

[satyriasis]

Hats off to the fine gentlemen. Whatever their crimes may have been, they acted out of concern for another and that is praiseworthy.

[THE JEDI 69]

Yeah..like the all the violent child support dead beats..get a life not all in Prison are bad men...

[tonewheel]

Right. Some are bad women.

[goplayrabbit]

then, some good people do bad things. of course that's not black and white enough for you, huh

[grata2ude]

These two deserve to be taken out for a nice dinner and then to a good movie.

[RomeoinFl]

I agree, just as long as they return back to prison to finish their sentences.

[Jess McFall]

As a future defense attorney, this is a great story to read. Not everyone in prison is a terrible, dangerous person looking to escape.

Well done guys!

[edgarcaycedoc]

awesome work, dudes! Because of you there is one less tragedy on the evening news tonight!

[shivers]

the wealthy have demonized government, prisoners, the poor and immigrants.

the largest and most influential lobby in California is the prison colition, because so much is privatized now. that also includes the prison guard union.