Jailer

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Jailers and prizoners, by E.Kersnovskaya
Jailers and prizoners, by E.Kersnovskaya

Jailer, unformal name for the profession of Corrections officer, or a specific worker of this profession.

the therm jailer usually implies certain crytic intonation with respect to the profession.

Duties of jailers include guarding of prisoners and their punishment.

Various authors mention definite similarities between jailers and prisoners, considering both as victims of the cruel society. [1][2][3]

Russian writer and emigrant Sergei Dovlatov (Сергей Довлатов) described his work as jailer in the USSR and applies the term jailer (вертухай) to himself [4].

[edit] References

Additional illustrations are available at the Russian version http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вертухай

  1. ^ Jailer, de Asa (Asha), video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_IUhqRex0
  2. ^ Jailer, video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OO2D86qebo&watch_response
  3. ^ Natella Boltianskaya. There is no exit. Echo of Moscow, 27.02.2008 (in Russian) Нателла Болтянская. Выхода нет. Эхо Москвы, 27.02.2008. http://echo.msk.ru/programs/noexit/497615-echo
  4. ^ Sergei Dovlatov Profession. In Russian (Сергей Довлатов. Ремесло). http://www.lib.ru/DOWLATOW/remeslo.txt
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