NEWS: Inmate separates guards fighting over food

by **Trick** Sun May 01, 2011 1:33 am

I must admit I laughed hard at this, you'd expect the opposite in such a situation Laughing

Two New York jail guards are in trouble after an inmate stepped in to break up their fight over food.

Erie County Undersheriff Mark Wipperman says both corrections officers are suspended with pay after what he calls an "embarrassment."

The inmate required medical attention but Wipperman says privacy laws prevent him from disclosing his injuries. Prison personnel told The Buffalo News that the inmate lost a tooth in the scuffle.

Wipperman says the inmate got between the unarmed guards because he didn't want either to get fired.

He wouldn't confirm a Buffalo News report that the April 21 bout started over a bag of chips. It happened at Erie County Correctional Facility in a dorm-like building.

Wipperman identified the officers as Lawrence Mule, a 26-year veteran, and James Conlin, who was hired 29 years ago. A message with the officers' union wasn't immediately returned.

Fighting over a bag of crisps, pathetic Laughing

(Should be in the news section, but I can't post in it Razz

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by **ArticShock** Sun May 01, 2011 1:46 am

Wow, two grown men fighting over a small bag of chips. Laughing

That's kind of ironic that the inmate had to break up the guards' fight!

by **LordRemington** Sun May 01, 2011 10:23 am

They should let that inmate out on good behavior just for that Razz

Those guys should be embarrassed. When a guy who is in prison for crime is the one breaking up the fight, then you know your a pretty terrible prison guard.