Lockdown ended on the 12th. Prison officials only locked down the unit because they were about to turn on the cameras - they wanted to play with their new toy. Confusion is everywhere, just as I predicted. No work is being done by these guards. What do I mean?
Prison officials want the guards to go by policy i.e. count has to be done first thing in the morning, recs set up, strip search prisoners, search dayrooms & yards, escort nurse & mailroom personnel. All of this is done between the hours of 5:30 and 9 o'clock.
This was being done before the cameras entered the picture, now guards are following policy and they aren't able to do 4 rounds of recs & shower 50 inmates in their 12-hour shift, they're using policy as an excuse on why they can't do their jobs. Here's what takes place in the morning shift once officers change out at 5:30: there are 3 guards working the pod, 1 inside the control picket & 2 walking the floor; on arrival the count is taken, which means both guards are going door to door counting each prisoner; once done, they go door to door again asking each prisoner if he's going out. This is called setting up recs, which eats up time, by now it's about 6:20. By this time another count is done around 6:35. The guards search the dayrooms & yards. It's about 7-7:15 by the time the first prisoner is put out. It will take over an hour to put 6 prisoners in 6 different dayrooms & 4 prisoners in 4 different yards because all prisoners have to be strip-searched before leaving their cage or the yard. This consumes time as the guards always have to stop before putting out 10 prisoners to do their security check. What's a security check? Every 30 minutes the guards will walk the whole pod, which is shaped like a C, which has 2 rows, top & bottom row. They're going door to door looking into each cage checking to see what each prisoner is doing. By the time they've finished doing this & putting out the recs, they're supposed to do showers. You see, there're 6 sections on a pod but only 5 sections rec a day. Each day one section remains confined to their cages. This section is showered first during the first round while the prisoners are doing their 2 hours' rec. This isn't happening. The nurse & mailroom personnel show up around 8-8:30. Now the guards have to escort these people around. If they have someone inside the shower, these people will end up staying inside the showers for a long time because once they're done escorting these people, they have to do their 30 minutes' checks again - do you see this picture I am sharing with you? The guards have to strip prisoners coming from out of the shower. I don't know what they're searching for, there are cameras everywhere! Once someone has been placed inside the shower, there's no way this prisoner is able to get anything from anyone!
Nonetheless, this is only another reason why prisoners are left in the shower over an hour and shower at 12-1 o'clock in the morning! I don't have time to be sitting inside a hot ass shower waiting on guards to come back around to remove me from the shower. I shower inside my cage to remove negative energy & frustration from my mind...
The madness doesn't stop here. Prisoners are only supposed to get 2 hours of rec but due to the manner guards are being allowed to do their jobs, now prisoners are receiving 4 hours. This would be a good thing, however everyone isn't getting an opportunity to rec or recs are being run at 12 o'clock at night. Some people don't want to be in the dayroom at that time or out on the yard; if so, these people inside the dayrooms are disturbing those trying to sleep or concentrate - many write letters & study their cases at night. It's not just this. These people are still showering at this time. A person is in a deep sleep & the guard comes & wakes him up asking him if he wants to shower! Or asking for his dinner tray or giving him his mail! Do you see the mental picture I'm describing? I could go on & on discussing the madness taking place here. Is it a wonder I feel depressed at times?

02-08-2010, 17:47 geschreven door Sunshine