They treat you like you’re nothing

“… the majority of the correction officers that work in there have a ‘Don’t care’ attitude. ‘Oh, you’re a inmate. You committed a crime, so we’re going to treat you like you’re nothing.’” –Gregory Pierce

Title: They treat you like you’re nothing

Collection: Digital Storytelling

Theme: Correction Officers

Summary: Correction Officers as an extension of systemic issues like violence and drugs. Complicit in (and at times almost taking pleasure in) exploiting and abusing detainees, like gatekeepers who orchestrate and enable what happens inside.

Narrators: Natasha White, Ty, Gregory Pierce, Lorenzo Blakeney, Tyrone Jackson, Michael Stephen, Anna Pastoressa

Creators: Gerardo Regalado

Producer: Regina Campbell

Date Created: May 17, 2021

Full interviews for Natasha White, Ty, Gregory Pierce, Lorenzo Blakeney, Tyrone Jackson, Michael Stephen, Anna Pastoressa can be accessed here.