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As anyplace, people get lax on things off and on. In a place like this, some of those things could have critical consequences. One day, all officers were informed that the inmates must always have their headphones on and plugged in when they are watching their TV's or radios. This may seem like a small thing, but in a place like this with so many different types of people and so many of them having a tendency toward violence, this becomes a big thing. If an inmate is following the rules in one cell and the inmate next to him is blasting their television or radio in the next cell, the normally compliant inmate would be compelled to take some sort of action.

They could inform on the violator. That would not be acceptable according to the inmate code and could get them in big trouble with other inmates. There would also have to be a lot of inmates complaining for anything to get resolved.

They could ask the inmate to comply with the policy and turn the volume down. That could work if the violator was cooperative, but they weren’t following policy to begin with, so most likely things would escalate to another level.

The frustration would build. The one following policy could ask to move. You would need a good reason and if you stated the actual reason, then you are fronting off the violator.

Eventually the complying inmate would either try to gain access into the others cell and smash the equipment or smash the inmate.

Sometimes, if they are involved in the same gang, a leader could resolve the issue.

If they were members of different gangs and a resolution could not be worked out, a fight between the gangs could break out.

As you see, the possibilities are many. You never can tell when a small thing will grow into a big thing.