Toilet Paper In Prison

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On Friday, September 17, 2010, I was assigned to the 6A Module at NCADC from 0800-1600 hours. At approximately 0835 hours Inmate Gaman pressed his emergency call button in his cell (6A-04) and asked me for a roll of toilet paper. I opened Gaman’s cell door using the control panel at the Officers station and as I walked from behind the desk I tossed Gaman the roll of toilet paper. After Gaman caught the toilet paper, he continued to walk in an aggressive manner towards the inmates seated at the table to my right. As he was moving towards the table I heard him say, “Come on, let’s go”. After that I saw Inmate Harris moving quickly and aggressively from my right towards inmate Gaman. I immediately stepped in between both inmates and told them to “knock it off”. As I stood in between both inmates, I tried to keep them separated by putting my arms out and using the palms of my hands as a barrier. As I attempted to deescalate the situation, I gave both of them several verbal commands to stop and lock down. Neither inmate would back down or follow my orders to stop and lockdown. …show more content…

At this point I was able to get Harris to walk away while I attempted to unlock Gaman’s cell (6A-04) to lock him down. While I was attempting to unlock the cell door with my module keys, Harris continued to provoke and assault Gaman by saying, “Come on mother fucker” and attempting to push through

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