"So far this season, the city's new prison warden, Nina Hobbs, is proving to be a formidable foe for Mike, because she's been employing a radical strategy: following the rules. Mike can't just pop by anytime anymore, just because he thinks his concerns are urgent. Visiting hours are visiting hours. A meeting with the warden requires an appointment. It's a wild concept Nina is putting into play: operating like a normal business."
"In this week's "People Who Died" (titled, I assume, after the great Jim Carroll song), Nina allows Mike to barge in one last time, so she can express her exasperation. She promised to keep Kyle safe and secure, and he currently is. Given that, what possible reason could Mike have to be in her office? Oh yeah, because Mike's prison guard pal Doug Carney just got murdered."
"Mike seems taken aback by Nina's stony resistance. Even after he reminds her of the influence he has with local law enforcement and after he warns her that there's a brewing Colombian-Crip gang war in the city that will eventually spread to the prison, Nina remains unmoved. If anything, she's openly peeved at Mike, mentioning with no small amount of consternation that she knows he's been navigating around the proper channels to manipulate her employees and prisoners."
Nina Hobbs, the new prison warden, insists on formal procedures and limits Mike McLusky's informal access, enforcing visiting hours and appointments. Mike confronts her over a murdered guard and warns of an impending Colombian-Crip gang war that could reach the prison. Nina cooperates with police and resists Mike's attempts to bypass official channels, accusing him of manipulating staff and inmates. Nina also displays a harsher side, alternating between sympathetic gestures like grief-management brochures and covert actions that suggest she may be undermining or framing others within the facility.
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