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I always coached inmates on not drawing attention to themselves. I would give them an example. If they left a light on in their cell with something on it that could catch fire, I saw it as an invitation. I had to go in and correct the problem. While I was in there, it was appropriate to check for other violations. If I went in and wasn’t thorough, it could come back at me. If there were a shank in there and it was used on someone, I would look incompetent when it was found out that I was in that cell and had missed it.

I told the inmates, I targeted anything that I knew us officers would be chastised for if we were inspected and obvious violations were found. Don’t invite me into your cell with a violation that sticks out to a warden, unit director or lieutenant when they might pass by.

Some officers liked shaking down cells; looking through others property. I didn’t, but it was a necessary part of the job.