unit lockdown consequences

Unit lockdown consequences

The state of Texas went on lockdown. A prisoner from death row called a senator with a cell phone smuggled in by a dirty officer. Not good. He told the senator the names and addresses of his daughter and that if he did not get a visit with his mom he had gang members on the out side that would harm them. The senator talked to him several times. Each time the guards would search his cell and look for the cell phone, and could find nothing. The senator arranged for his mother to be flown to Texas and as soon as she arrived in Texas she called on her cell phone. Officers at Polunsky where death row is located went to his cell and sure enough, he was on the phone with his mom. They got the phone, then arrested his mom. They ordered a state wide lock down and searched all the units. Hundreds of cell phones were found. We found three at my unit. Anyway, now the offenders are up and in the dayrooms again rather then confined to their cells. They are in a nasty mood. The black eyes are everywhere. Two fights on the afternoon of my Friday. They are being very aggressive. We are now pat searched and run a metal detector over us, our shoes off, and everything out of our pockets. I hope it helps. Our cars are searched every morning upon entering the unit. It is all a pain in the you know where, but if it helps keep the officers honest, I say go for it. It takes about half an hour wait to get into the unit as they search our cars. Not fun. Also, there has been a lot less smoking so maybe it is making the dirty bosses notice. That makes the Offenders uneasy too.