"Carl arrived to find an enormous to-do list and a very busy IT team who were strangely unwelcoming. Not long after starting, Carl was assigned a job in the prison. As it was his first visit, a colleague named "Mike" showed him the ropes. Carl found it disconcerting. "I was introduced to various guards and went through the first security checkpoint," he told On Call. "The heavy iron door slamming behind me was a bit nerve-wracking. The second wasn't so bad.""
"Job done, Mike introduced Carl to some more guards and then told him to make his own way back to the IT team's office, a journey that involved a turn to the left and a short walk. Carl did as he was told and found himself in a dim hallway in which he suddenly saw movement on all sides as prisoners shuffled from the back of small cells and approached him."
Carl took a desktop and LAN support job at a US police department that operated a prison in the early 1990s. He inherited a large workload and joined an unfriendly IT team. On his first prison assignment a colleague named "Mike" guided him through security checkpoints where prisoners stood against walls when civilians entered. The PC problem traced to a mainframe terminal; another team reset the session and the workstation recovered. After introductions, Mike sent Carl to find the IT office alone. Carl followed directions, entered a dim hallway, and was suddenly surrounded by prisoners who approached, made obscene remarks, and propositioned him.
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