Hays County inmates housed inside the Comal County Jail staged an hours-long insurrection early last week after jail officers confiscated their homemade alcohol and denied their television privileges, Sheriff Mark
go in and give him a directive to cuff up and come out. if not, then we re planning the use of force for cell extraction. turn around and be restrained. no. if you don t turn around and be restrained we ll have to forcibly remove you from your cell. are you going to come out? what s going to happen now? they re going to instruct them to come in and remove him from the cell. 5:24 p.m., we re here for inmate kevin blanco 41918 who has refused several directions to be restrained and escorted out of his cell. at this time a cell extraction team has been set up to remove him from his cell. at this time we re going to proceed to the cell. blanco in your cell.
a deluge onto the rest of the cell block. he then refused to leave his cell, prompting a forced cell extraction. it makes a point. here s the thing. i ll explain this real simply. is my actions, right, that day affected how many people? lots. okay. their actions only affected who? me, right? it might be petty. it might be stupid. you got to understand, we live in a box. i live in a box. that s it. my life is in a box. we have nothing else to do. i had the joy of knowing that i affected them as much as they affected me. and that s what gets you through it. you know what i mean? is that their day was just as hard as my day was. now grahf faces the prison s disciplinary hearing board to account for his actions. it s the position of the department that as a result of this man s actions, numerous staff were called away from their normal duties to participate in the forced cell move. it s all i have at this time. mr. grahf.
controls as well. the prison s emergency response team is ordered to suit up for a forcible cell extraction on grahf. put your top on. i m officer wilson. i m the number one man on the cell extraction team. i ll be in charge of his head. each member has a specific function in these highly choreographed procedures. my name is sergeant scott i m the number four man and team leader. i m responsible for securing right side leg and i m also responsible for all team movement. prison policy is to videotape statements from each team member. i am responsible for introducing chemical agents into the cell. i m officer barry soski. i ll be videotaping this operation. i ll be using the amount of force necessary. i ll use the least amount of force necessary i ll use the least amount of force necessary to gain control of the offender. okay, let s go, guys.