William McCaffrey

"These are prison bars, in case you forgot, not gay bars. Quit it."

- McCaffrey.

William McCaffrey is a correctional officer at San Hill.

Appearance
McCaffrey stands at 5ft 9, has ginger hair and stubble. Originally in season one, he had a thick moustache but since going away he has shaved it off. He has brown eyes, and wears black framed glasses. He has a scar over his right eye.

He wears a typical correctional officer uniform, often accompanied by a dark beanie with the flag of Chicago on it, and a matching sleeveless fleece jacket.

Personality
McCaffrey is a rather arrogant correctional officer, showing no regard or respect to inmate or fellow officer alike. He's quick to find fault in others and for inmates this means constant write-ups of misdemeanours, or as McCaffrey likes to call out - 'shots'. Those who fail to comply with his demands often get tazed if they become aggressive.

It does seem however, deep down, he truly cares about the safety of the inmates, and while his actions may be aggressive and uncalled for, to him he believes they're for the best. He justifies this by also believing that inmates lost their rights for niceties by committing their crimes.

He has also been shown to be disrespectful even to visitors.

Biography
McCaffrey is a local Chicago boy, hailing from the stately district of the Gold Coast. He lives with both of his parents and is an only child. He acts and behaves quite formally at home, addressing his parents as 'mother' or 'father', and even 'sir' for his dad. They appear to treat him relatively well, even encouraging his arrogance rather than reprimanding him for it. They are proud of their son's achievements, evident enough by a trophy cabinet of various competitions that William has won, and further backed up by their support of his Rubik's cube championship win.

Season One
McCaffrey arrived in San Hill by making his arrogant personality known immediately. He drank from Marcel O'Brien's coffee and stated that his father was the President of ALT, thus implying he was untouchable and did not need to follow orders or impress the Warden. As he began to give out shots to Jason Zharkov for the most minor of infractions (such as taking coffee out of the cafeteria, or even writing him up for the mess McCaffrey had made during the cell search), it proved that he followed his own set of rules. He also displayed mild violence during the search by throwing Jason to the ground and keeping him held down with his foot, often applying pressure whenever Jason talked back.

He soon made quick enemies of Maxie Tanaka, singling him out during an inmate gathering outside of the library and wrote him up for simply stating why he was there. Upon questioning this, he was written up again, a trend that would continue with McCaffrey's shot giving. Maxie then received more shots from him, alongside his cellmate, Grey McCorduck, for sharing a bed together, which escallated into a whole affair of shots that included questioning his authority, being unsanitary due to Grey having paint in his hair, obstruction of justice, and McCaffrey's favourite of talking back to an officer, which he wrote up numerous times in this single encounter. From this and the time with Jason, word of McCaffrey's aggression spread around the prison.

Following a break in which McCaffrey was on a world tour for speed cubing (and later revealed he was the world champion), he returned to San Hill and continued his relationship with his notebook, scolding Della Prince for smoking - or as McCaffrey called it, attempting suicide - and wrote her up for littering, which again McCaffrey caused by throwing the cigaratte on the ground himself. Unknown to him at the time, cigarettes were classed as contraband a week before, McCaffrey learning this from his father after a bad day at work - he had a quota of ten shots a day which he had failed to fulfill, as well as his fellow correctional officers laughing at his Rubik's cube victory.

McCaffrey's shot giving and aggression became worse when he stumbled upon Syrus Norwood and Sanders in the yard one day, where he wrote up absurd infractions such as Syrus sitting on a bench incorrectly (inappropriate conduct), or Sanders having sideburns (public indecency). After lengthy disagreements between the inmates and McCaffrey, Sanders ended up getting tazed despite Syrus being the initial intended target. Further shots were handed out to both inmates following the fallout.

Maxie and Grey became targets for McCaffrey again when he caught them sharing a bed again. While Maxie attempted humour, it was lost on McCaffrey and instead resulted in some racism from the guard, mentioning 'ice' after Maxie spoke to him in Korean. McCaffrey then forcefully relocated Grey to a vacant cell, having tired of the inmates being so close. He threatened solitary if he ever caught the two together again.

During a visitation day, McCaffrey tossed Sanders' and Jason's cell in search of the tazer probes, knowing full well they could be dangerous. Coming up empty handed, he left the cell a mess and attended the visitor security station, a favourite of his. There, he encounted Theo McCorduck and Taavi Logan, who were enquiring about the inmates they were there to visit. McCaffrey initially mistook Theo as his brother, Grey, even going so far as asking him why he wasn't in his cell. McCaffrey was rude to both visitors, stating with pride that Grey had been written up and that Sanders had been tazed.

McCaffrey was absent during the prison fire, but he was quick to take advantage of the aftermath of it, aiming to to finally grant an inmate ten shots and an extra year to their sentence. His victim was unsurprisingly Tanaka, who had not turned up to work that day due to being sick. McCaffrey mostly did not care about the state of the inmate, and as such Maxie was written up, the last shot that he needed. Still, McCaffrey recommended that Tanaka went to the infirmary if he was unwell, which the inmate eventually agreed to after insulting McCaffrey further. Sanders and Zharkov were also evidently sick, but McCaffrey still managed to hand out shots for 'hoarding' commissary food, amongst other things. Zharkov too received an additional year to his sentence, as did Sanders - although he did manage to take McCaffrey off guard for a moment by playing into his ego.

Romantic

 * Eliza Ripley - a paramedic

Allies

 * Adrian Rydin
 * Marcel O'Brien

Enemies

 * Grey McCorduck
 * Syrus Norwood
 * Sanders
 * Jason Zharkov
 * Maxie Tanaka
 * Warden Odysessus

Trivia

 * He is a champion at solving Rubik's Cubes.
 * McCaffrey suffers from asthma.
 * McCaffrey has a ginger cat called Snap.
 * He is often seen eating a deep-dish pizza, a staple food of Chicago.
 * During intake days, McCaffrey takes the new inmate's mugshots, and on visitation he mans the prison's reception for visitors.