"DANGER DANGER"
2006-07-29, 1:18 a.m.

I CALLED OFF SICK YESTERDAY. MY NERVES ARE ON EDGE, AND I THINK WORKING CENTRAL THE NIGHT PRIOR DIDN'T HELP MUCH. IN CENTRAL WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THE WORST OF THE WORST. THAT USUALLY CONSISTS OF THE GUYS WAITING FOR RELOCATION TO A STATE FACILITY FOR LIFE OR A DEATH SENTENCE.
I HAD DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE INMATES WAS FOUND WITH A 12 INCH SHANK IN HIS CELL.
THE ENTIRE NIGHT I HAD VISIONS OF GETTING STABBED EITHER IN THE CHEST OR THE STOMACH WITH A SHANK, BECAUSE GOD KNOWS OUR ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE THINGS, SO THEY CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING.
MY PARTNER WAS TELLING ME TONIGHT THAT SHE'LL OFTEN GO UP CLOSE TO THE CELLS IN THE RESTRICTIVE HOUSING UNIT (RHU) AND STICK HER FACE UP CLOSE TO THE BARS TO SEE IN. (THE INMATES OFTEN COVER THEIR LIGHTS TO MAKE IT DIM IN THERE. I'LL YELL AT THEM, GIVING THEM A DIRECT ORDER TO TAKE THE CRAP DOWN.) WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT, I WAS FLOORED! I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE 19 YEARS SHE'S BEEN WORKING, THAT WE HAVE MOSTLY PEOPLE FROM THE NYC AREA AND NOT FROM MAYBERRY.
EVERYONE IT SEEMS TO BE WORRIED THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ONE OF US.
OUR SERGEANT TOOK OFF 2 HOURS EARLY THE OTHER NIGHT BECAUSE HE IS SO DISGUSTED WITH ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR FAILURE TO ALLOW US TO LOCK THE ENTIRE PRISON DOWN, DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. JUST TONIGHT, THERE WAS ONLY 8 PEOPLE FROM OUR SHIFT TO COVER. THE REST OF THE SHIFT WAS MADE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE MANDATORIED TO STAY OUR SHIFT.

THINGS ARE SO CRAZY NOW OF DAYS, THAT WHEN I HANDCUFFED A FEMALE FOR NOT FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE NURSE,THE NURSE DIDN'T EVEN BLINK AN EYE.

YUP, I HEAR THE ROBOT FROM 'LOST IN SPACE' YELLING, "DANGER DANGER"

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