While it sounds silly, COs accepting payment for doing favors for an inmate is not a good thing. That’s the kind of thing that sorta needs to be a zero tolerance policy.
He got a burger as well. It’s seemingly minor, but we have a saying that “many small streams make a large river”. The cop probably meant well, but it’s unacceptable behavior unfortunately.
What compensation? He said that he only gave him enough money to pay for the food. If I give you $10 and say go buy me $10 of something there’s no compensation.
It probably has to do with the inability/expense of the facility to be able to properly secure outside food against other more serious kinds of contraband.
While it sounds silly, COs accepting payment for doing favors for an inmate is not a good thing. That’s the kind of thing that sorta needs to be a zero tolerance policy.
i didn’t see in the article that he accepted more than the cost of the meal.
He got a burger as well. It’s seemingly minor, but we have a saying that “many small streams make a large river”. The cop probably meant well, but it’s unacceptable behavior unfortunately.
That’s still payment for doing a favor.
No it wouldn’t be.
Yes, it’s compensation for doing a favor. Payment doesn’t have to be cash.
What compensation? He said that he only gave him enough money to pay for the food. If I give you $10 and say go buy me $10 of something there’s no compensation.
They gave him enough that he could buy food for himself.
He ate some fries on the way this is unacceptable
True, but why are we making food contraband in the first place? That seems incredibly unnecessary
It probably has to do with the inability/expense of the facility to be able to properly secure outside food against other more serious kinds of contraband.
Because inmates get super creative with smuggling in drugs and weapons.
A hyperbolic example is the king of the hill episode where Peggy gets conned into smuggling cocaine into prison.