Hostage Incident Case Study
The Morey Unit Hostage Incident The Morey Unit Hostage Incident On January 18th 2004, Ricky Wassenaar and Steven J. Coy subdued two correctional officers in an attempt to escape, leading to the longest prison hostage situation in history. The men responsible for the 15 day standoff, Wassenaar and Coy seriously injured one guard, and Coy raped two of the females during the standoff. According to the David J. Cieslak’s article, both men had been in trouble with the law since they were teenagers, caused problems for correctional officers, including escape attempts while incarcerated throughout their lives. Ricky Wassenaar was serving 26 years and Steven Coy was serving a life sentence. Coy, a rapist with a history of violence and convictions
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Kitchen duty should either be inmates who are not violent offenders or hired from the outside only. Inmates should not be trusted to work in an area where many weapons and materials to make weapons are easily accessible. If inmates are allowed to continue to work in the kitchen they should rotate as to not become familiar with the schedule of the correctional officers who are on duty. More officers should be on duty in the kitchen and the area should be treated as there were bombs or guns present. The security in the kitchen should be tight as lives are at stake. As the security is tightened, the utensils should be guarded at all times and video cameras in place as to provide better security (NIOC …show more content…
The technology in prisons should be state of the art and always updated and tested. Surveillance should be available throughout the prison. The officers should have a communication unknown to the inmates with encrypted messages only known to guards. If all areas are under surveillance 24 hours a day, situations will not get out of control. Surveillance would not only protect the guards but put a stop to illegal contraband within the inmate’s cells and other areas of the prison. The officers would also learn to communicate in a way to not alert the inmates, a coded messaging system. High tech surveillance and an encrypted messaging communication system would improve the safety for the guards. (NIOC
Kitchen duty should either be inmates who are not violent offenders or hired from the outside only. Inmates should not be trusted to work in an area where many weapons and materials to make weapons are easily accessible. If inmates are allowed to continue to work in the kitchen they should rotate as to not become familiar with the schedule of the correctional officers who are on duty. More officers should be on duty in the kitchen and the area should be treated as there were bombs or guns present. The security in the kitchen should be tight as lives are at stake. As the security is tightened, the utensils should be guarded at all times and video cameras in place as to provide better security (NIOC …show more content…
The technology in prisons should be state of the art and always updated and tested. Surveillance should be available throughout the prison. The officers should have a communication unknown to the inmates with encrypted messages only known to guards. If all areas are under surveillance 24 hours a day, situations will not get out of control. Surveillance would not only protect the guards but put a stop to illegal contraband within the inmate’s cells and other areas of the prison. The officers would also learn to communicate in a way to not alert the inmates, a coded messaging system. High tech surveillance and an encrypted messaging communication system would improve the safety for the guards. (NIOC