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We got locked down so often in B-West after we were double bunked, that they should have just made it part of our programming.

We had to get supplies for shaking down the cells. Buckets containing shakedown slips for anything we confiscated were needed. Flashlights for looking in dark areas, containers for dumping boxes of laundry soap (or other such products) in to see if anything was hidden in them, plastic bags for confiscated items or trash, rubber gloves for our protection, markers and pens were all necessary items. We needed to check out extra handcuffs and keys that the bubble officer had to keep track of.

Large bins needed to be rolled in for all of the contraband we seized; televisions, radios, fans, hot pots, clothes and linen were the bulk of it.

Distribution of toilet paper was a must.

We would place trash bags on the bars of every cell as they would not be able to leave their cell to dispose of their trash.

Enough officers needed to be accumulated from around the institution in order to get the job done in about a week. The least number of officers you would want would be ten.

Mail needed to be delivered.

When the shakedown was over, officers had to get all of the equipment back in order and make sure everything was locked down properly.

Swampers got released before the rest of the inmates to clean up the mess that the inmates made by throwing their trash and contraband out of their cells so they wouldn’t get caught with it.

During a long lockdown or at the end of it, we had to get all of the inmates out for showers a few at a time. Then we had to ease back into our regular programming schedule.

It was such fun! Yes, that is sarcasm.