Pelican Bay is yet again on lockdown, B-yard at least as far as I know. We just got off lockdown from November 7 - 21. They like to switch their program around all the time, who knows when it started and if it ever ended.
Last time they supposedly lost a clip off some hair clippers in a building. So they tossed up the whole yard. Cell by cell they searched, scanning mats ith metal detectors, running metal detectors thru every inmate. They took whatever they considered "contraband," simply things like extra pens, toothbrushes, empty plastic containers, and cardboard that comes from writing tablets and soup boxes bought at canteen.
Now they claim that materials used in the prison kitchen are missing. Not a piece but several things not being specific this time. They searched kitchen worker cells and no word on if they found what they're looking for, matter of fact, no word on the status of this lockdown. We're on hold until further notice.
Rumor is that this all has to do with the upcoming murder that's supposed to take place in San Quentin on December 13th. The pointless murder of Stanley Tookie Williams, another victim of the injustice system. Speculation is that they are not taking any chances. Of what? Do not know, that's just the word. I really don’t know how true their paranoia or precaution is. To my knowledge and observation, this has been going on for a while now and will continue to go on. They know how to play it right and they will keep on playing these mind games. They have a give and take policy quite easy to understand too.
See this last lockdown and search that just passed they didn’t find that missing piece according to COs themselves. However they were nice enough to get the search done by Thanksgiving Day or as I call it - Invasion Day.
Here we are on lockdown again and again the reason is "something is missing." This happened Saturday and today, Sunday, the good 'ol boss was kind enough to give out store list so that we could shop at canteen, something they consider a good gesture by officers. Right!
It's the give and take policy that unfortunately more than half the population fails to understand, ignore the obvious, don't care, or have been so used to being played that it's natural to them and they see nothing is wrong and simply nod to the boss in control of their minds.
I don't know what's ahead by nothing comes as a surprise to me around here anymore and neither does the inmates falling for this childish deceit, again for the record not all, but most do. The general population needs to start a paper trail along with Ad-seg and the SHU and get others out there involved to finally shut down these concentration camps.
- a California prisoner, December 2005