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Comrades... Without wanting to sound accusatory, there have been a lot of discussions lately, about problems between wardens and inmates, and questions about what wardens can and can not do, and... honestly, some of these hypothetical questions should not be things that any of us are in doubt about.
If you are a warden, then killing an inmate, any inmate, should be your absolute last resort.
If you are an inmate, then at the very least you should not feel as if your life is in danger from a warden.
[Prefect's EXTREMELY SERIOUS FACE is extremely serious right now. He is kind of talking to you here, Buffy.]
Sadly, there will be exceptions to these. There will be situations where the decision will have to be made as to whether killing a dangerous inmate is the only way to prevent a great deal of harm, and unfortunately there have been, and will be, situations where wardens abuse their powers and neglect their responsibilities.
I don't think the problems we have right now are of that great a magnitude, however, I do think that the warden community has a collective responsibility of care for the inmate community, which it is very easy to neglect. Especially if you've got a tendency to devote all of your attention to your own inmate, and no one elses. [This is not a dig at anyone, he is 100% talking about himself here.] What this means is that no matter how good a job we are doing as individuals, there will still be inmates who are suffering unnecessarily, who see what we are trying to do here as being undermined by a small minority, and through these things, who lose the opportunity of a second chance that they've been brought here for.
[He clears his throat, clearly getting to the point at last:]
So, that brings me to the purpose of this post.
If there are any inmates currently on board who have serious concerns or complaints about the conduct of specific wardens, then I want to ask you to bring them forward. You can make them public, or I'd be just as happy to hear them privately.
The reason why I want to hear them is because while we don't have any specific authority over one another, and while I couldn't go out by myself and punish anyone for whatever they've done, or threatened to do to you? I would really want to take steps to protect you from that person. Whether it's by confronting the person who has threatened you, or by making sure that you have somewhere secure to stay, or... anything else that's within my capabilities, really.
[He reaches off Camera, and lifts up a small safety deposit box, with a slot on the top. Those who have been here for a million billion years may find it somewhat familiar...]
Now... What I'm talking about here are pretty specific and urgent circumstances, Comrades, but I'm aware that there will be other problems, and that they may continue to arise in the future. Because of this, I will be officially re-instituting the Complaints and Suggestions box. If anyone has a problem, and they either aren't comfortable coming to me in person, or if they can't find me immediately? Then from now on you'll be able to find this outside my cabin. That's outside room five, on level four.
And... to those who've only recently arrived? Welcome to the Barge, I'm sorry things have been a little hectic lately. My name is Prefect.
[And with that said, he gives a small, polite smile, and clicks off the communicator.]
[ooc: YES, PREFECT HAS PUT THE SUGGESTION BOX BACK UP. FEEL FREE TO TROLL THE EVER LOVING HELL OUT OF IT.]
Comrades... Without wanting to sound accusatory, there have been a lot of discussions lately, about problems between wardens and inmates, and questions about what wardens can and can not do, and... honestly, some of these hypothetical questions should not be things that any of us are in doubt about.
If you are a warden, then killing an inmate, any inmate, should be your absolute last resort.
If you are an inmate, then at the very least you should not feel as if your life is in danger from a warden.
[Prefect's EXTREMELY SERIOUS FACE is extremely serious right now. He is kind of talking to you here, Buffy.]
Sadly, there will be exceptions to these. There will be situations where the decision will have to be made as to whether killing a dangerous inmate is the only way to prevent a great deal of harm, and unfortunately there have been, and will be, situations where wardens abuse their powers and neglect their responsibilities.
I don't think the problems we have right now are of that great a magnitude, however, I do think that the warden community has a collective responsibility of care for the inmate community, which it is very easy to neglect. Especially if you've got a tendency to devote all of your attention to your own inmate, and no one elses. [This is not a dig at anyone, he is 100% talking about himself here.] What this means is that no matter how good a job we are doing as individuals, there will still be inmates who are suffering unnecessarily, who see what we are trying to do here as being undermined by a small minority, and through these things, who lose the opportunity of a second chance that they've been brought here for.
[He clears his throat, clearly getting to the point at last:]
So, that brings me to the purpose of this post.
If there are any inmates currently on board who have serious concerns or complaints about the conduct of specific wardens, then I want to ask you to bring them forward. You can make them public, or I'd be just as happy to hear them privately.
The reason why I want to hear them is because while we don't have any specific authority over one another, and while I couldn't go out by myself and punish anyone for whatever they've done, or threatened to do to you? I would really want to take steps to protect you from that person. Whether it's by confronting the person who has threatened you, or by making sure that you have somewhere secure to stay, or... anything else that's within my capabilities, really.
[He reaches off Camera, and lifts up a small safety deposit box, with a slot on the top. Those who have been here for a million billion years may find it somewhat familiar...]
Now... What I'm talking about here are pretty specific and urgent circumstances, Comrades, but I'm aware that there will be other problems, and that they may continue to arise in the future. Because of this, I will be officially re-instituting the Complaints and Suggestions box. If anyone has a problem, and they either aren't comfortable coming to me in person, or if they can't find me immediately? Then from now on you'll be able to find this outside my cabin. That's outside room five, on level four.
And... to those who've only recently arrived? Welcome to the Barge, I'm sorry things have been a little hectic lately. My name is Prefect.
[And with that said, he gives a small, polite smile, and clicks off the communicator.]
[ooc: YES, PREFECT HAS PUT THE SUGGESTION BOX BACK UP. FEEL FREE TO TROLL THE EVER LOVING HELL OUT OF IT.]
You get shouty Prefect, because his conversation with the Marquis riled him up some :c
Date: 2012-05-28 01:19 am (UTC)Wanting to do what's best for her does not justify a damn thing, Sister, and honestly I don't think it means much of anything at all for people like you and me to kill people for what we think is a higher cause. It's just running away from the responsibility that we took on when we graduated, to be better than that.
But whatever. I'm not your warden, I can't stop you from thinking that is right. But if I ever hear that you're going to try and do something like that, then you're going to have to go through me first and then you can wax poetic about how you refuse to apologise for your flawless priorities.
Shouty Prefect is always okay. xD
Date: 2012-05-28 01:29 am (UTC)I don't expect you or anyone else to believe it, but I sincerely fuckin' regret what I did during that port. That wasn't to gain her trust. That was because I couldn't control my guilt and my anger, and Stephanie...helped me with that once we were back. She made me realize I was just acting like I used to and dressing it up to make it seem noble. It's not something I'll ever sink to again, and I wish someone had found me and stopped me somehow while I was doing it.
What I'm saying is if retaliation against someone is what it would've taken to gain her trust, I'd have done it without apology. I don't have to with her, so I won't, but if I'd had to resort to it? No apologies.
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Date: 2012-05-28 01:40 am (UTC)Sister, I don't find it hard to believe that you regret that. It was an incredible situation, and a lot of people were put into positions where it was life or death, or where they did just lose control. Even before you graduated, I believe that what you overcame here as a person has been immense.
What I do find hard to believe, is that you could come this far and still say that you think it would be okay to take someone's life to gain your inmate's trust. Honestly... I understand that Sarah did it for you, but it's one thing to go out and beat someone up because they hurt someone precious to you and you can't stand the thought of letting it be, and something else entirely when you sit there telling me that you'd do it to make headway with your inmate. It's calculating, and it is wrong.
Honestly if you were in a situation where you didn't believe you could gain your inmate's trust without getting blood on your hands? Then as far as I'm concerned you should go home and let someone who could actually do this job step up and take over.
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Date: 2012-05-28 02:01 am (UTC)Sarah couldn't have done anything else that would've made me realize she wasn't just here for her deal. If I had no other options, I would've risked demotion and losing my deal to save John, Jill and their son to have proved to her that she wasn't just a means to an end.
I want to help her get better more than anything. Her life before this place was a hell of a lot like mine in ways that are nobody else's business. It's not calculating, it's being fuckin' realistic. She could've easily had the same trust issues with me that I had with Sarah and if she had, Sarah's the reason I knew what I might've had to do.