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WHISTLE BLOWER: A person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity. You won’t find a neutral reaction to a whistle blower. You love him, or you hate him. Today’s podcast guest is Richard Caruso, a loved and hated important whistle blower. THE SHU Caruso blew the whistle on the SHU. It stands for Security Housing Unit. Richard was a prison guard in the most violent SHU in America, Corcoran State Prison in California. Check out this irony. Corcoran opened  with a seemingly progressive approach to incarceration. The idea was to integrate the prison population by allowing white, hispanic, and African American inmates to mingle in the yard. Sounds great, right? It turned into a nightmare. There were daily racial explosions that led to brutal inmate fights followed by violent “discipline” from prison staff. Discipline? Yeah. The guards stopped fights by shooting into the yard from a watchtower. We’re not talking about warning shots. We’re talki