The “traveling bar” as it was known was a widely used cell locking mechanism installed in many Canadian Prisons. “The Wheels” were threaded onto two side by side bars that ran the length of the cellblock. These bars had misaligned holes in them that would match up when the wheel was spun allowing a vertical..
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Officer Safety was never a CSC priority in my time with them. Here you can see the severe cuts to my hands inflicted upon me during the riot in 1997. The CSC removed the gloves from the IERT Members and did not replace them until after injuries such as this occurred and after a formal..
In 1990 the author was required to appear in information flyers for recruitment purposes.
Here is another picture of the flame thrower that was built inside one of the prison shops at Collins Bay Institution. Note the spark plug fastened into the body of the tube. Not many “pressure washers” have a spark plug or a regulator knob for a propane BBQ tank.
This is Emergency Response Team Leader using a loud speaker giving direct orders to the inmates to go back into their cells.Please note that the year on the photo is incorrect.
What I have written within are my firsthand experiences, boots on the ground, stab wounds and all. I was not one of the staff separated from the inmates by armed guards, metal bars, and bulletproof glass. I did my time with them, where they lived, where they slept and worked. I swam with the sharks..