The lockdown is over but in October there will be another one. Oh well, the sun can't shine all the time.
Here in Texas it's been hot! 108-109 degrees. I was taken outside for my 2-hour rec at 6:18 in the morning & I couldn't believe how warm it was.
Prison officials are now enforcing a T-shirt rule: prisoners have to wear their shirts the whole 2 hours we're outside or lose our rec or receive a disciplinary case. These people have lost their  minds! It's as hot as a desolate wasteland & we're not allowed to remove our T-shirts while working out or running a game of basketball. They have truly lost their minds. This works on some inmates, not all because it makes no sense. These women guards & other female personnel are attracted to us, prisoners' sweaty bodies. So to prevent these women from lusting, all prisoners have to wear their T-shirts. Prison isn't concerned about prisoners' health, only women guards falling in love with a prisoner.
Cameras are everywhere & they're worried about something getting past their eyes, I guess the hand is quicker than the eye.
Last week steel plates were welded to the edges of the cage doors to prevent us, prisoners from passing a book, magazine or anything else out the side of the door. The only thing I'm witnessing is prison officials taking any & everything they can & creating rules that allow the guards to harass prisoners at any time they feel like it!
Last week I was talking to a guy and I had to get up on the bars to hear what he was saying. I was in the dayroom for my rec and a woman guard came by & ordered me to get down. I got down and asked her: "Are you working over here?" She told me it didn't matter. I began to tell her it did but she said: "I don't like your fucking attitude". This created an exchange and she didn't like what I said, so she wrote a disciplinary case on me. When it was time to go to kangaroo court, I wasn't allowed - meaning I wasn't given an opportunity to go. These people are making a practice out of denying prisoners from going to court. This means whatever written on the case, the inmate is found guilty. I've written several grievances against this but the grievance system supports what's going on.
Anyway, I'm just trying to stay out of these people's way, it's less stress for me & good for my blood pressure...

14-09-2011, 00:00 geschreven door Sunshine