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During lockdowns, a lot of these guys will throw things out of their cells. If they feel we are going to be searching their cells, they will throw out things they don’t want to get caught with. Sometimes they just want to trash the place.

A real tough one to catch is someone throwing trash out of their cell. The problem with catching this is you have to see it when it first pops through those bars. Once it’s just a little ways out, you cannot say for certain which cell it came out of. Of course, nobody knows who did it when they are asked. Even if you see it come out and you are a little ways away at an angle, all you can see is a line of bars. It’s extremely difficult to keep in sight and distinguish the exact point it came flying out from.

One guy I caught started yelling, trying to incite other the others locked up in the unit. I directed him to settle down. He continued yelling and told me to get away from his cell. I left him be with his anger and went to write the report.

Part of his anger was that now everyone would know who tossed this trash out onto the flag. There are guys in here that don’t appreciate their home being disrespected. The only thing that will happen to this guy from my side of the fence is a talking to by the lieutenant.

His problem would be from those inmates that didn’t appreciate what he did.

During one lockdown, there was a guy that threw out a carton of milk; actually several over this extended lockdown. The milk landed on the flag in front of a guy’s cell that could take care of himself quite well. The milk soured on the floor in front of his cell creating quite the foul odor.

Sometimes these guys let their milk sour and then mixed in urine and feces. They will throw these “shit bombs” at an officer when possible. During this lockdown, this inmate tried to nail me with it. He missed and it burst open on the floor in front of this guy’s cell that was already frustrated with the sour milk smell. When he smelled the foul smell of the “shit bomb;” he yelled out, “I know who you are. When we get out, I’ll be getting you for this.”

Prison justice controls this place much more than we officers ever could.