Have You Ever, Ever, Ever ?

I mean evuh?!

A gunfight broke out this morning in a federal prison here between federal agents and prison guards, as the agents tried to arrest six guards on charges that they traded alcohol and drugs for sex with female prisoners.

When the shooting ended, two people were dead. One was a federal law enforcement agent, whose name has not been released, and the other was Ralph Hill, one of the six men who was to be arrested, the authorities said. Another person whose name has not been released was wounded, and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The five other guards who were to be arrested were identified in court papers as Alfred Barnes, Gregory Dixon, Vincent Johnson, Alan Moore and E. Lavon Spence. They were all taken into custody.

The shooting erupted at 7:42 a.m., according to Michael Folmer, the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Jacksonville. He said the arrests followed a yearlong investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice and the F.B.I.

The six guards were indicted on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to commit acts of bribery, witness tampering, mail fraud and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering. Those charges carry maximum sentences of 20 years in prison.

"Actually, what this involved is the defendants using their official positions to obtain money from inmates in exchange for introducing contraband into the prison," he told reporters outside the detention center.

Black folks, you know I've got my eyes closed and my fingers crossed don't you?