They just put out a message on the electronic inmate bulletin board system saying they are doing a shakedown next week and we are only allowed to have three pairs of boxers/undergarments, three pairs of khaki pants, three khaki shirts, two sheets, one blanket, one laundry bag, one towel and one washcloth. So, I guess we are expected to wear three pairs of clothes for seven days, including undergarments, because they only do laundry one time each seven days.
Meanwhile, I am on restriction because an AC adapter was found under my celly’s locker. It said “medical device” on the side of it, but they photographed it sideways so you couldn’t see the sticker. Plus, it was a 5 amp charger, which would burn up a cell phone. None of that mattered to the DHO. He found me guilty of having a phone charger. There was also a square-ended USB cable with no AC adapter; there is nothing in this prison that such a device can plug into. I have never seen a cell phone that has a female, square USB receptacle that was also a phone charger.
Then, the warden made a rule that no one can wear boots to outdoor recreation. But I am on commissary restriction, so I cant buy any shoes. I talked to the warden and he said, “I am working on it.” I asked him three more times over the course of two weeks and he said the same thing each time. So, i have only been to outdoor recreation two times in the past month and to do it those times, I had to borrow a pair of shoes.
I had a pair of regular shoes but staff stole them the last time they did a mass shakedown due to an alleged staff assault. There actually was no staff assault, and I can testify to it. On March 20, I stepped out of the shower and saw three officers spraying CS gas on an inmate who was on the ground convulsing from an obvious drug overdose. A fourth officer shot him point blank with a CS paintball-type gun, and the officer with the highest rank kicked the inmate in the back as hard as he could. The inmate was obviously not conscious at any point during this incident and it was all caught on camera. That was the worse case of mistreatment i have seen in this unit. I yelled at them to stop and they locked me and my celly up the next day. The day after that was the shakedown. Our incident reports were expunged; they wanted to cover all that up.