Snowbirds

They made a bad decision. One could argue they kept making bad decisions and that’s why they are imprisoned behind three barb wire fences. Today would be a culmination of a continued convoluted logic. These level four prisoners decided they were not going back inside their housing unit. Instead, they would disrupt how the prison would be run today. Once the officers closed the back gate they were not going to be going anywhere. Our Acting Deputy Warden walked into the yard where they were standing. He had courage. The officers told me later, the prisoners cussed him out and threatened his life. I don’t know if they realized that the officer in the gun tower could literally take them out permanently, and in all likelihood was waiting on the order to do so. Instead, the deputy turned and left the yard and at the same time motioned in the air with his hand to sound the siren. Once the control center saw him on camera, they immediately sounded the siren, and our swat team squad was activated.

Our facility was now in full mobilization. When an emergency mobilization is activated we are to report to our principal’s suite. All prisoners are told to leave the school and go lock up in their housing units. This is usually completed quickly, and without incident. An accounting of all the staff in the school building is completed by our school officers. We would then be directed to the visitor room in our administration building. Today we were told to stay in the school. The facility swat team was deployed to were the prisoners were standing. The prisoners were ordered to laydown on the ground with their hands behind their backs. Today they would make a better decision and they complied with the order. I believe men and women with riot shields, helmets, batons, and other assorted weapons got them thinking correctly. Their hands were zip tied, and then handcuffed. Some would be kept in separate cells in the housing unit , the others would be led to our segregation unit, and jailed there. The prison would return to normal operations the following morning.

My tutor was smiling when I saw him the next day. He had informed me that those guys wouldn’t be here much longer, and I asked him how he knew. The Acting Deputy Warden would not tolerate their nonsense. He was a man no one fooled with. He watched a prisoner punch him in the housing and the prisoner wasn’t seen again. Our Acting Deputy Warden was seen the next day making rounds like nothing happened. He was sure the prisoners who acted up yesterday would become “immediate snowbirds today. “It didn’t take me long to figure out what he meant. A long white correctional facility bus was making its way through our sally port gate. “Damn”, he said. “That didn’t take long”, he laughed. “They are on their way to the land of ice and snow. No visits for them!” Michigan’s higher security prisons were mostly located in the upper peninsula. They would only be getting an hour outside of their cell anyways. I wondered if it was worth it. They must have thought it was. My tutor continued laughing while saying, “they will be official snowbirds.” .. Prison Stories To Be Continued..

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