REEL SOUTH

[contemplative ambient music] - They ran this facility a certain way that I didn't feel comfortable in, so it was best for me to find another job.

They kept the kids confined long.

The kids really didn't get a chance to come out of their cells.

Most of the time, the kids was on lockdown.

- We were locked in cells basically all day and let out for an hour for a shower.

- They just isolate you in the cell that you in.

- [Gabryell] I call it solitary confinement, they might not, but when you get one hour a day, that's solitary confinement.

- [Interviewer] Was that typical for facilities you'd worked in before or was that unusual?

- No, ma'am.

That was unusual and that was my main concern when I got down there.

- Ware was just one of those places.

These people don't care, they don't care.

They let you know that they don't care.

It's not like they're trying to hide it.

- It was just a big swamp.

They would hire cousins, nieces, whoever in Coushatta that they knew.

The staff was not properly trained and some of the staff should have never even been allowed to work with kids.

- When certain staff would work at night and I'm on lockdown, I would be scared that they would do something.

The male guards would come in and they would rough us up.

Busted lips, busted nose hurt.

Yeah, he said, "I see why I had to choke you out."

- [Interviewer] Was there an incident where he tripped you?

- Yeah, plenty of times.

Plenty of times.

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