Well this week has been busier than normal and its not even over yet. By now all of the inmates know that they are moving all of the bunks out of the prison and are getting kind of anxious. So far this week we have had 2 fights in our Unit alone. The first one was on Tuesday right before our shift came on. This one involved to gay guys none the less. One of them was the guy that refused to give up the cardboard box a couple weeks ago. He was the instigator in that right. He didn't do too much to the guy except give him a couple cuts over his eye. For as built as he is I would have figured he broke the guys nose. I guess having a lot of muscles means nothing if you don't know how to fight. Then yesterday we had another fight right before shift change. I'm walking up the sidewalk to the Unit and all the other officers start running past me headed inside. I instantly knew what was going on. But this is where I made my mistake. After seeing 25 officers run in there, I didn't follow them right away. What I should have done is dropped all my stuff and ran right behind them to help. My train of thought at the time was that it was probably only two guys i there fighting and all those c/o's should be able to handle it. Its not that I felt I wasn't at work yet, I just assumed they didn't need me. I assumed wrong. No matter what I should always run in there and make sure everything is ok instead of just assuming. It could have been a riot in the cell clock and here I am just taking my sweet time. But i know better for the next time that even though I may see 20 officers run in there, they may need officer 21 to help finish taking care of the problem. Its not something i thought much about at the time. Later on I spoke to a fellow c/o who is my age and has been there for 4 or 5 years. He filled me in on what I should have done so I know for the next time.
The funny part was when they were walking the guys out in handcuffs, the guy who got punch first was talking about how painful the spray was. He told the officer that after that experience, the next time an officer tells him to "stop!", that's exactly what he would do haha. I know first hand how much that OC spray hurts so its def in their best interest to not get sprayed. When i got sprayed, I was able to wash it out immediately. These guys had to wait almost half an hour before they were able to wash it out. Serves them right.
Lets just hope that tonight and tomorrow night are a little less eventful. There is always so much more stress in the blocks after a fight cause the adrenaline is still pumping and everyone is fired up. Hope you all have a great night. Time to get ready for work.
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