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Originally Posted by willystyle
Why would you say VPD jail is more hazardous compared to other correctional facilities in BC?
if any, I would think VPD jail is less dangerous since they only house inmates who are sentenced to 2 years or under.
No, it's not, they are gonna allow you to slap a "L" sign on the back of a VPD vehicle, so that you can escort them to a medical facilitiy. 
Also, judging that you only have a "L", I will assume that you are still in your teens, good luck trying to get in while you have little life experience. |
VPD jail is run by the VPD (the Vancouver pretrial center closed down long ago and the jail side has been taken over by the VPD from BC Corrections in 2006, the jail itself doesn't house ANY inmates, they only house prisoners who got freshly arrested and are waiting to appear before a JP). Pretrial centers, like North Fraser, house inmates who are sentenced up to 2 years.
Here is the list of hazards:
1) When people get freshly taken off the street, they are usually pissed. So you will most likely be dealing with disgruntled prisoners who aren't cooperative, and you are responsible for searching them, booking them (fingerprinting [up close and personal with a prisoner who just pissed and shat all over himself], and photographing chronic drug users who's been up for days [good luck getting the prisoners to open their eyes and having people sitting behind their desks at 312 Main criticizing you of how much better you should take the photographs]) and telling them that they are not getting out of jail tonight.
2) Cops on the street usually aren't able to do a thorough search on the prisoners, so you pretty much are the first real line of defense against contrabands in the jail. You will find weapons, bunk drugs, real drugs, needles, pins, lighters... all sorts of things. Even if you think you did a thorough search, what you will see will surprise you, such as a prisoner who got fully searched burning his own poop with a lighter in his own cell.
3) Your only protective gear is the stab-resistant vest, try wearing some protective gloves and you will risk not able to feel anything on your hand and not able to do a thorough search.
4) You don't know what disease the prisoners have. The usual ones are Hep C and HIV. With the compromised immune systems that the prisoners have, they usually have TB, which is highly contagious and you won't know until they tell the doctor.
By the time they get to any pretrial center, whether remanded or sentenced, the prisoners / inmates would have been searched multiple times, by the cops, by the jail special constables and by the sheriffs. They get to shower at the pretrial center, get new cloths prior to the transfer. Compared to the VPD jail, the jail is definitely more hazardous in terms of hygiene.
After you've been to the VPD jail, you will find that your garbage at home smells wonderful and you will be able to tell the difference between the smell of rotten feet and the smell of ass.