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Hey guys I'm curious:
At the end of the movie "Lock Up", Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) puts the prison warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) in the electric chair and threatens to kill him. As it turns out, Leone had the critical fuse in his pocket so that even though he pulled the lever, Drumgoole wasn't electrocuted. Afterward, Captain Meissner (John Amos), the head of the guards, had Drumgoole placed in custody after hearing how he set Leone up.
It is true that this is fiction and that there is a lot of dramatic license going on. Also, we are supposed to have a suspension of disbelief. However, when there are accusations of a warden not doing his/her job properly and possibly mistreating prisoners, does the head CO have the authority to serve as "interim warden" until a proper judicial inquiry can be done? What are the real-life procedures for such a scenario?
Thanks!
At the end of the movie "Lock Up", Frank Leone (Sylvester Stallone) puts the prison warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) in the electric chair and threatens to kill him. As it turns out, Leone had the critical fuse in his pocket so that even though he pulled the lever, Drumgoole wasn't electrocuted. Afterward, Captain Meissner (John Amos), the head of the guards, had Drumgoole placed in custody after hearing how he set Leone up.
It is true that this is fiction and that there is a lot of dramatic license going on. Also, we are supposed to have a suspension of disbelief. However, when there are accusations of a warden not doing his/her job properly and possibly mistreating prisoners, does the head CO have the authority to serve as "interim warden" until a proper judicial inquiry can be done? What are the real-life procedures for such a scenario?
Thanks!
