Last week Opie left the dorm to go to cell block. For some reason he decided he didn't want to work anymore, so he just stayed in the dorm, racked up a few disciplinary cases, and went to cell block.I really don't know what's going on with that guy. I tried to bring him around and make him realize what he was doing but he didn't care. He always has to be talking to someone so I don't know know why he went to cell block where he'll probably be in a cell on his own. I hope he comes aorund eventually because that kind of attitude gets nobody anywhere.
Since Opie left, the light used for tattooing blew out and a couple of other guys got moved out. Now the dorm is much quieter. I'm really enjoying the peace (relative peace; the TV is always on and guys are always talking) and have finished quite a few things. I've been reading and writing more. I plan to finish Gulag Archipelago by this weekend so I can move on to lighter fare, and the parole packet has been coming together, too. I hope this quiet lasts for a long time to come.
Rabbit has moved into cell block now. I came back from Trig and some new guy was situating himself in Rabbit's bunk. Rabbit was kind of expecting to be moved because he had the same restrictions as Opie, just longer time. It was still disappointing to see him gone. He said he was going to talk to one of the lieutenants about getting moved back to shower crew and this dorm when he gets out of cell block, which would be great.
About ten minutes after I got back from school, Opie brought himself and all his stuff to one of the empty bunks. Apparently, they traded a body for a body and let Opie out early. The way they run this place is so contradictory that the only thing to expect is the unexpected.
Well, my time with Opie in the dorm has come to an end, at least temporarily. His move to cell block (segregation) today was pretty unexpected. He had a disciplinary case about a week ago for having a dry erase marker (we used it to draw maps for role playing games) and he received a fifteen days commissary and recreation restriction. Under the old warden, all rec restrictions were housed in cell block, but I haven't seen any get moved back there since the new warden arrived in January. Supposedly, the rule changed to only cell or property restrictions being moved. With only rec and commissary, Opie shouldn't have been moved.
The strange thing is that we have two other people in the dorm who have restrictions who weren't moved. One of them even has cell restriction. The way things are run here makes little sense at all. Sometimes I think they try different ways of doing things just to assert power, even if it makes things confusing for them and especially if it makes things harder on us.
Now Opie will be in cell block for two weeks before he gets moved again. Maybe he'll be back in here, but probably not.
