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TommyT139

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14. Here it is:

Reply to Attilatheblond (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:43 PM

Jan 21

https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers

"We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE

Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.

by Keri Blakinger
November 21, 2025, 5:30 am

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To All Newly Hired ICE Agents [View all] Coldwater Jan 21 OP

I read somewhere that they get a good bonus which they Tadpole Raisin Jan 21 #1

Prison guards are leaving in droves TommyT139 Jan 21 #5

Wow, I hadn't thought about that! I wonder how they will feel if they are indicted by a blue state Tadpole Raisin Jan 21 #9

I think the key TommyT139 Jan 21 #11

Hackers, we need your help now and until this ends! RockCreek Jan 22 #24

Joke will be on them when they decide to go work at ICE prisons when ICE hiring goes down, and it will soon. Attilatheblond Jan 21 #10

My understanding was that they are going to work TommyT139 Jan 21 #12

Yeah, I get that, but it seems likely a lot of them won't wanna deal with being sent to places far away & very cold Attilatheblond Jan 21 #13

Here it is: TommyT139 Jan 21 #14

Not to mention JokeHer Jan 21 #18

10K Signing Bonus North Coast Lawyer Jan 21 #17

In Dr. Dre official Compton voice: Kid Berwyn Jan 21 #2

ICE just murdered someone in Compton, CA OMGWTF Jan 21 #21

I think they tried. The Old "Car Rammed Agent" Routine Kid Berwyn Jan 22 #23

In the infinite words of W.C. Fields: MarineCombatEngineer Jan 21 #3

Incorrect RustyWheels Jan 21 #4

Sounds like there are enough "ifs" there to almost guarantee Buns_of_Fire Jan 21 #6

The Trump Doctrine ToxMarz Jan 21 #7

They could have used that $50K to pay their legal fees. sop Jan 21 #8

ICE will likely be gone by then Renew Deal Jan 21 #15

A Trump Never Pays His Debts North Coast Lawyer Jan 21 #16

Don't even ask about pensions. eppur_se_muova Jan 21 #19

Is this true or satire? MadameButterfly Jan 21 #20

Its a structured payment Coldwater Jan 22 #22

aka the orange asshole is pulling a putin. Javaman Jan 22 #25