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Inmate Serving Life Bites Century Correctional Officer
September 28, 2017
A correctional officer was recently assaulted at Century Correctional Institution.
Inmate George L. Strickland assaulted the officer, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Strickland became combative and bit the officer in the leg. Staff responded appropriately, and the inmate was subdued, according to the FDOC.
Medical staff examined the officer and noted injuries. Strickland will receive a disciplinary report for this assault.
Strickland was serving a life sentence out of Orange County for a burglary with an assault. He has a long criminal record that includes multiple burglary convictions, robbery, aggravated battery and grand theft.
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20 Responses to “Inmate Serving Life Bites Century Correctional Officer”
Let’s not forget, this monster killed his ex girlfriend following their breakup. He stalked he harassed and stalked her eventually murdering her in front of her 3 year old daughter by pulling her by the hair and shooting her in the head. Where was Jennifer’s mercy?
The inmate is a fool, ignorant, and useless. He gets a letter of reprimand. Wow, bet he really cared.
@ A spouse— I disagree. I think officers should be able to horsewhip this guy. Like a child, it needs to hurt. They need to feel pain. There has to be fear of the punishment or they’ll keep on.
Chris in Molino, nobody should do without food but if they refuse to eat that’s something different, there are some that refuse to eat the loaf. Nobody should be kicked to sleep. But there are consequences if they hurt someone & that someone is fighting back to defend themselves. They should also receive medical treatment,. The HIPA also needs to be dropped so that the officers have a right to know if they have any diseases like HIV or AIDS, prisoners also should be mandatory tested all throughout the prison term & when released.
@ Shay
You’re condoning, make that encouraging, brutality against an inmate? How nice! I hope you don’t have children but if you do I hope they are never in prison and subjected to mistreatment by brutal prison guards. My son is serving a lengthy sentence for a relatively minor offense and he’s been abused by guards simply because he’s too timid to fight back. He may be a prisoner but he’s still a human being.
Back in the day, I’d see inmates come to Starke for assaulting staff somewhere else. They’d get kicked to sleep. No food or medical attention for days. Some every now and then, beat to death. Not saying that should happen (not out loud) however, officers should be able to put boots on him a Lott bit without fear of retribution. It appears prison officers are getting the poop end of the stick these days. No support from Central Office. Sad.
Mr. Nobody, you guys can only do what you can, you’re doing what some refuse to do, but not all staff are scared to the point they won’t do their job, yeah it’s scary, not just for the workers but for their families at times but you still gotta do it & you keep doing what you’re supposed to be doing to help support your fellow workers & help watch their backs. Your families also should be supporting their workers. Sometimes confinement is so full that they might not be able to do anything. Dont give up, then it’s left up to the others. Some talk the talk but can’t walk the walk. That officer might be the smallest but I’m guessing he could hold his own for a bit if need be.This is just me talking but some of the officers are so out of shape, they couldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper sack. Sad if some really needed backup. It used to be where officers had physical guidelines to follow. Some need to get out & get in shape. To answer the others questions, I can’t say for sure but I heard the inmate has a better attitude.
I slightly disagree with Anne, it should be more like a body for an eye.
Mr. Nobody is not exaggerating one bit. That’s why I’m recently retired. That prison is worse now than it has ever been.
He attacked and bit the smallest Sergeant we have. The administration has installed cameras everywhere including outside and tell us it’s a tool for us to use. The problem is when you review the cameras and see in plain view inmates assaulting other inmates or committing any other crime they don’t want you to do anything about it. The cameras are clearly installed to catch the officers and sergeants doing wrong. I hate my job now. They threaten to have us arrested if we do anything that LOOKS wrong on camera. If anyone was to walk into this facility at any given time they would see the inmates doing whatever they want because the majority of the staff are afraid to correct the inmates. Not because the inmates are scary but because the administration will discipline us if it just looks like we did something wrong. The inspectors office call century the stabbin cabin. That’s saying a lot. We have inmates with iPhones now. They obtain them illegally and the staff doesn’t even care anymore because when u catch them with phones and drugs and weapons nothing happens anymore. We caught an inmate with multiple phones and drugs and a weapon and he received a famous disciplinary report and was released from confinement within a week. Why try anymore? It won’t be long before there’s no one left to work at the prison. Then what will Julie jones do? We have so many staff members actively seeking employment elsewhere myself included. Julie jones tied our hands and makes us out to be the bad guys so why would we care anymore?
Tooth for a tooth? That’s how these people need to be handled.
appears the criminals are running the prison. there is always something going on there. that mess could be eliminated if they knew the punishment would be severe.
Gotta start feeding these convicted criminals better…. Bread and water for starters!
That’s about all they can do for a lifer because as a society we want these individuals locked up but do not want to pay for the cost to do it the right way. He’ll eventually make his way to a Unit like Santa Rosa but my understanding is their full too. State needs more management units so inmates that can not follow the rules in a facility like Century can be locked up 24/7, maybe earning the chance to come out for one hour physical activity a day. Every time I read one of these it just amazes me how much we expect out of these officers while giving them low pay. They make less than any other State Law Enforcement and I would say their job appears tougher. They are not armed but with a can of pepper spray. Not very good when you consider the ratios of 1 officer to 100 plus inmates at any given time. The control is an allusion. We need to do more for these Officers. That is a job I wouldn’t want and I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels that way.
A disciplinary report? This animal is serving a life sentence and all you can do is file a report? Im surprised people still apply for corrections jobs considering what’s expected of them.
For someone who is serving a life sentence, we will pencil-whip him, and that will put him in line…yeah right…see how far that gets them!
This has become a daily accourance. When will they take this prison back?
That’s a little reverse spin on take a bite out of crime.
Needs to receive the chair instead of a report.
One can imagine the following article regarding the same gentleman:
Inmate Serving Life Gums Century Correctional Officer
(Not that we wish anyone ill or to have dental problems.)
Sadly, as long as they continue to give these animals a slap on the wrist, this will continue.
I hope the “responded appropriately” means this animal has less teeth than he did before the attack.