Some Are Sicker Than Others by Andrew Seaward

Author:Andrew Seaward
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Flophouse Books
Published: 2012-11-05T04:30:00+00:00

A few minutes later, the doors at the opposite end of the pod slung open and a pair of uniformed guards came walking out. They were dressed in all green with a pair of leather, workout gloves and set of white, plastic twisty-ties dangling from their black, utility belts.

“Alright,” one of them said, as he approached the center of the dayroom. “Everybody listen up. It’s visitation time. If I call your name, I need you to come here and stand at this black line.”

The guard unfolded a white sheet of paper and called out the names that were written on the top: “Hernandez, Ramirez, Washington, Bell.”

Oh thank god, Dave thought. It was Cheryl. Hopefully, she was gonna get him out of this fucking hellhole.

He stood up and shuffled quickly across the dayroom. As instructed, he placed the balls of his feet on the solid black line.

“Okay,” the guard said, turning to his partner. “Let’s get these guys down to visitation C.”

“Ten-four.”

The guards pulled off a couple of plastic twisty-ties then tightly secured them around each of the inmate’s wrists. Once they got everyone tied off, one of the guards radioed to the control booth and said he had four prisoners that were ready to be walked down. A voice came back and said, “Ten-four. Copy. Go ahead, bring ‘em on down.”

The guard nodded then turned towards the line of inmates and said, “Follow me. Single file.”

Dave was the last one in line. He followed the guy in front of him to a set of metal doors on the opposite side of the pod. Once the doors opened, they marched single file down a long, fluorescently lit hallway that was lined with windows and security guards working on the other side. The guards sat at long, angular desks, and stared at sets of video monitors that were stacked on top of one another in rows of perfectly lined cubes. They glanced up at the inmates as they walked past them, nodded their heads at the guards then returned to their cubes.

When they got to the end of the hall, the guards stopped at another set of large, metal doors then turned around to face the men. “Alright,” the one in charge said. “Who hasn’t done this before?”

Dave looked around and slowly lifted his hand. He wasn’t surprised that his was the only hand in the air.

“It’s simple,” the guard said, looking in Dave’s direction. “We’re going to get you in there one at a time. When these doors open, you go in and stand in front of the black line. State your name into the camera and wait for the next set of doors to open. Once they do, go into the holding area and take the number that the guard’s going to give you. Match that number with the number written on the top of the viewing stall. Then, go to that stall and look directly into the video monitor and pick up the phone that’s mounted on the wall. You can see them and they can see you.

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