Jimd
04-21-2006, 01:32 PM
Well, yesterday was eventful in the Armpit of America.....
Inmates on D-Block decided that they weren't going to lock into their cells at lock-up time in the morning. Now some time before this consensus had been arrived at, the D-Block sergeant decided to take a stroll (to where no one really knew) for about an hour, so he wasn't there to supervise anything.
At any rate, I saw a group of Miscellaneous Officers (Extra COs that are posted outside the Operations Center for Miscellaneous/Emergency duties) walking quickly down the Main Corridor toward D-Block. I asked Joe what was up, and he said D-Block wasn't locking in. That raised my eyebrows.
After a while, they returned, problem handled. Why the whole damned cell block wasn't placed on Lockdown status at that point, I couldn't tell you.
After the noon meal, same thing..."We aren't locking up, screw you, COs!" More officers down to D-block to lock it up. Again, the inmates had to be put into their cells. Again, no lock-up status for the block. Everyone's afraid to piss off the inmates.
D-block is one of the worst cell blocks in this country. It's filled mostly, with inmates who either just were released from The Hole, or are probably going to go to the Hole in a week or two. In short, it's a collection of assholes who've been thrown in prison because they won't conform to society, and now they've been thrown into the Hole because they won't conform in prison. They're the worst in the prison, basically. C-Block isn't far behind, either.
Later in the day, I was heading outside the prison to instruct a Defensive Tactics class. I get to the front gate, and the officer states, "I don't know anything about a class going on. You can't leave." I explained to him that this class has been going on every day for the past two weeks, and that I've been teaching it (and I'm in full uniform, mind you). I told him who to call to verify this.
Again, he refuses to let me out the Front Gate. This is against policy, since not allowing staff members to leave basically constitutes being held hostage, and they've been warned about this. Fortunately, this asshole was behind bullet-resistant glass, so I wasn't tempted to take matters into my own hands as my anger rose sharply.
I threw my jacket onto the table in the front gate bubble and stood there. I told him, "Hey, it doesn't matter to me at this point, jack-off; I'm getting paid until 1400 hours. If you want thirty people sitting in the class with no instructor, you'll be answering why."
Another officer there saw the dilemma and called to verify that I was, indeed, teaching the class. Eventually, Mr. A$$hole opened the gate to let me out, albeit grudgingly.
Needless, retarded frustration. This is the reason we die so young.
Inmates on D-Block decided that they weren't going to lock into their cells at lock-up time in the morning. Now some time before this consensus had been arrived at, the D-Block sergeant decided to take a stroll (to where no one really knew) for about an hour, so he wasn't there to supervise anything.
At any rate, I saw a group of Miscellaneous Officers (Extra COs that are posted outside the Operations Center for Miscellaneous/Emergency duties) walking quickly down the Main Corridor toward D-Block. I asked Joe what was up, and he said D-Block wasn't locking in. That raised my eyebrows.
After a while, they returned, problem handled. Why the whole damned cell block wasn't placed on Lockdown status at that point, I couldn't tell you.
After the noon meal, same thing..."We aren't locking up, screw you, COs!" More officers down to D-block to lock it up. Again, the inmates had to be put into their cells. Again, no lock-up status for the block. Everyone's afraid to piss off the inmates.
D-block is one of the worst cell blocks in this country. It's filled mostly, with inmates who either just were released from The Hole, or are probably going to go to the Hole in a week or two. In short, it's a collection of assholes who've been thrown in prison because they won't conform to society, and now they've been thrown into the Hole because they won't conform in prison. They're the worst in the prison, basically. C-Block isn't far behind, either.
Later in the day, I was heading outside the prison to instruct a Defensive Tactics class. I get to the front gate, and the officer states, "I don't know anything about a class going on. You can't leave." I explained to him that this class has been going on every day for the past two weeks, and that I've been teaching it (and I'm in full uniform, mind you). I told him who to call to verify this.
Again, he refuses to let me out the Front Gate. This is against policy, since not allowing staff members to leave basically constitutes being held hostage, and they've been warned about this. Fortunately, this asshole was behind bullet-resistant glass, so I wasn't tempted to take matters into my own hands as my anger rose sharply.
I threw my jacket onto the table in the front gate bubble and stood there. I told him, "Hey, it doesn't matter to me at this point, jack-off; I'm getting paid until 1400 hours. If you want thirty people sitting in the class with no instructor, you'll be answering why."
Another officer there saw the dilemma and called to verify that I was, indeed, teaching the class. Eventually, Mr. A$$hole opened the gate to let me out, albeit grudgingly.
Needless, retarded frustration. This is the reason we die so young.