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The Suffolk County Jail: Keepers and the Kept

from Complete the Trip · #20

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Shannon talks about her time working at a jail between the morgue, sharing a co-worker's line about 'a thin line between the keeper and the kept,' leading into a discussion of the psychology of prison guards and cops.

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  • 10:06A thin line exists between the keeper and the kept, according to someone Tim knew at the jail.
  • 10:34Tim argues that authority figures and cops are typically alpha males who like the idea of being above the law, citing studies on their psychology.
  • 10:51These are not sweet people, Tim concludes about the officers he encountered.

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