attention, donnor cos! [ bleep ] that was our greeting. to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolo s donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from the general population within feet of mainline inmates. we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the inmates make fish lines and they ll tie a little weight to it and pass it down and pass kites or weapons, so it s a constant battle. just controlling contraband and keep an eye on these inmates, keep them in order. you never know what you re going to get in here. you have to be prepared. just last week we had an inmate
section. when we first met c.o. cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in desegregation. now he works in a dorm setting. i have 200 inmates and it s only me. it s like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you re always watching, you can tell when something s starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here. partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm about three days ago. so you got the drugs, you got the inmate-manufactured alcohol, you got the gangs, you got the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times. i got to do three searches a day. so we just pick them randomly. this guy i haven t did yet since i been down here so it s his lucky day.
before, i was working in donner section. when we first met c.o. cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in administrative segregation. now he interacts with level one inmates in a dorm setting. i have 200 inmates and it s only me. it s like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you re always watching, you can tell when something s starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here. partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm about three days ago. so you got the drugs, you got the inmate-manufactured alcohol, you got the gangs, you got the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times. i got to do three searches a day. so we just pick them randomly.
before, i was working in donner section. when we first met c.o. cavagnolo, he dealt with high level inmates in level one desegregation. now he works in a dorm setting. i have 200 inmates and it s only me. it s like going totally other side of the spectrum. everything down here is observation, just watching, listening, getting the feel for the dorm and if you re always watching, you can tell when something s starting to go bad, hopefully stop it before it gets bad, but things happen down here all the time. you have a lot of drugs down here. partner found two hypodermic needles in this dorm about three days ago. so you got the drugs, you got the inmate-manufactured alcohol, you got the gangs, you got the weapons. so it can be real dangerous at times. i got to do three searches a day. so we just pick them randomly. this guy i haven t did yet since
attention, donnor cos! [ bleep ] that was our greeting. to battle overcrowding, officer cavagnolo s donner unit houses inmates meant to be segregated from the general population within feet of mainline inmates. we have in this unit, we have 2 1/2 tiers of administrative segregation, and the bottom half is a reception center. it makes it really difficult for us, because inmates on the bottom half of the unit, they have access through a lot of different parts of the institution, and then our challenge we have in administrative segregation is the inmates make fish lines and they ll tie a little weight to it and pass it down and pass kites or weapons, so it s a constant battle. just controlling contraband and keep an eye on these inmates, keep them in order. you never know what you re going to get in here.