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Any officer that can be pulled from their assigned area without creating a security issue is sent to the cell block that is on lockdown in order to help shake it down.

Officers are divided up into teams of two. Each team goes to a cell. They start with an unclothed body search of the inmate in that cell. The inmate is then taken to the end of the gallery and handcuffed to a railing. This is so they cannot interfere with the search of their cell. If they had something hidden that they did not want us to find and they saw us finding it, they needed to be restrained to prevent us from getting attacked. They also can’t be wandering around. If they were able to roam, they could get a shank or something from someone in a cell that had not been searched yet and pass it off to someone in a cell that had been searched, so it would not be found.

The officers are given a list of that inmate’s property. They then go through the cell looking for any weapons, contraband or other violations. Any property that is not on their list is taken and turned into evidence. A list of anything removed is left for the inmate.

Once the officers are finished, they bring the inmate back to his cell, report their findings to him and have him sign off on his property sheet. Some of these guys get satisfaction in refusing to sign their sheet. It makes them feel like they are creating a problem for us and that they are getting away with being defiant. We don’t care. We just have to offer them the opportunity. If they won’t sign, we just write on the sheet that they refused to sign.