Leo Glynn - Season 2

Season 2

The aftermath of the riot is investigated by Alvah Case, a law school dean whom Devlin has appointed to lead the investigation for purposes of clearing Devlin's hands. Throughout the investigation, Glynn and the staff are in the process of covering up the murder of inmate Scott Ross from Case. Ross was shot in the head, heart, and genitals and after interrogating several staff members, Case is convinced that CO Diane Whittlesey killed Ross. Glynn urges Case to leave it alone as Whittlesey is one of his best guards and Ross was one of the most dis likable prisoners in Em City to both the staff and inmates around him. Case concludes that the only way to get Devlin free from guilt in using force is to file no charges against any of the prisoners. Case states that the riot was caused directly by anti-prisoner acts passed through the Governor's office and that if the prisoners are guilty, Devlin is too. Devlin warns Case that he will not become the state's attorney general as a result but Case no longer wants the position as after investigating the prison conditions, he wants to run against Devlin for governor in the next election instead. Devlin is not supportive of this but goes through with it as Case announces to the press that no one in particular is at fault for the riot but improvements will be made to prevent another riot. This saves the job of Glynn and everyone else on the staff and also guarantees the reopening of Em City.

Emerald City is reopened 10 months after the riot under a new deal approved by Glynn and McManus. Ten inmate groups- The Muslims, Aryans, Homeboys, Latinos, Italians, Irish, Bikers, Gays, Christians, and Others will have four inmates from each group living in Em City and one representative from each group will be present on a Seg Council as a means of figuring out how to make life better for themselves and the staff inside of Oz. McManus starts a GED program which Glynn supports until Governor Devlin cuts it from the state budget. The program has positive results however particularly with inmate Arnold "Poet" Jackson whose talent for poetry brings a good name to Oz, a published book, and an early parole. This is short lived however as Poet violates parole and comes back to Oz for murdering a drug dealer whom he owed money.

In the meantime, Glynn has several issues. First, his daughter is raped at school by a gang of Latinos and this puts Glynn in complete disarray. A snide remark by inmate Miguel Alvarez during a speech that Glynn gives the inmates infuriates him and causes him to lash out on Alvarez sending him to solitary confinement. Sister Pete urges Glynn that he is a better man than that and that Miguel Alvarez was incarcerated at the time of the rape and not involved with the rape. Glynn lets Alvarez out of solitary then. Alvarez however knows the men responsible for the rape and tortures Glynn with this knowledge as revenge. In an interrogation Miguel won't tell Glynn the names of the men involved but does make comments pertaining to his daughter's rape. Glynn nearly assaults Alvarez but is stopped by Father Ray Mukada. This incident causes there to be bad blood between Glynn and Alvarez who later in the season blinds a Latino CO named Eugene Rivera. As a result Alvarez is sent to solitary by Glynn gladly.

The second major issue for Glynn this season is Italian inmate Peter Schibetta. Peter is the son of deceased leader Nino Schibetta and now runs the Italians with the help of Chucky Pancamo. Leo's brother Mark committed a murder for the mafia, and as a result Peter uses it as leverage to get what he wants from Glynn inside of Oz. Peter gets the kitchen from Leo and then tells Leo that he will pay the price if Mark does not turn himself in for the murder. Mark turns himself in after a talk with Leo who then furiously transfers the Italian inmates out of the kitchen and into the dress factory. Peter is later raped by Black inmate Simon Adebisi and Glynn is not unhappy about it as he wants Schibetta to suffer. Antonio Nappa comes to Oz to run the Italians, and with the help of the Italian staff members gets Glynn to take Adebisi off of heroin as a result.

Other issues that preside for Glynn in this season of Oz come in the form of Vernon Schillinger and Kareem Saïd. An inmate Alexander Vogel is murdered with the word "JEW" carved into his chest. Glynn quickly interrogates Schillinger, the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood. The interrogation does not yield any proof however giving Glynn a headache through Schillinger's obstinent and racist behavior (Schillinger tells Glynn that his "people", i.e. African Americans are as anti-semitic as the Brotherhood in addition to humming a blackface minstrel song praising slavery). Glynn finds proof however from gay inmate Richie Hanlon who is then forced to cop to Vogel's murder by Aryan Guard Karl Metzger. Schillinger thereby goes free which angers Glynn. During the Islamic month of Ramadan, Glynn announces that Governor Devlin is pardoning a Muslim inmate from Oz. Kareem Saïd is chosen but refuses at the press conference as he believes it is a cheap way of gaining Islamic voters throughout the state. Saïd stays in Oz, a move that shocks Glynn and Tim McManus.