A huge majority of the guards at Ford Mountain were, given the fact it is a jail, reasonable, fair, and generally conscientious workers: I think of people like Messers. Brown, Jones, Magee, Epp, Fenson, Buchanan, Papineau, Madden, Polden, and even Mr. Gamme who was a bit of a stickler for petty rules, and Ms. Hansen and the other female officers. The guards were clearly father figures for many of the young inmates. This is not to say that these guards weren’t sometimes ignorant and officious which one would expect in their kind of work. I assume they freely chose the profession. The only guards I would complain about were Mr. Palmer, whom I found to be pompous, insensitive and very arrogant, and my case manager Mr. Engh who appeared afflicted by depression, lacked the social skills to be an effective guard, and would probably be happier in another line of work. The only staff member I developed a dislike for was Mr. Grypuik whom I found to be insincere and partial. Many inmates would strongly disagree with my assessment of Mr. Grypuik who was in a position to be helpful to inmates dealing with the parole board and internal discipline. He had a personality that a solid criminal could admire. I had little use for the three psychologists employed at the camp. They are largely a waste of money, but are an expected component in the treatment of SO’s. However forensic shrinks are generally in an ethically compromised situation being beholden to the interests of the correctional system which pays their fees, interests which may not be in harmony with serving the best interests of the inmates and society. That is about as nicely as I can put it.