Contraband Bleach

Last Friday a few of the guys were playing hacky sack in the dorm when one of the guards came in. The guard didn't care that they were playing until someone tried to hide the sack from her. Then she pulled the guys who were playing into the hall to talk. After a couple minutes she came in and searched their bunks just because they tried to hide the hacky sack.

We thought that was the end of it but she came back about ten minutes later with a guard-in-training to search everyone else's bunks. I had a latex glove that had some bleach in it that I use to clean my clothes and the dorm. I got it when we went to work in the hall from a bucket that they were about to toss out. We don't get the cleaning supplies we need for the dorm, so we make do. The guard took the glove with bleach and wrote me a case for it because it is a substance not sold on commissary.

Today I was called down to the captain's office to receive the disposition. When I came in, the captain asked why I had the bleach so I told him. He said he was surprised that the guard wrote the case and that if I get anymore bleach, to use it quickly or make sure it won't be found. My punishment is fifteen days of commissary restriction, which is okay because I have enough food and writing supplies for now.

Some guys asked me why I had contraband if I am a Christian. My answer was: the state is not supplying us with the necessary cleaning products for our dorm and I didn't steal the bleach like so many other guys do. I know it was against the rules, but I made the decision to not lie about it and accept whatever punishment the authority handed down. I wish the state would follow through with its responsibilities, but I will gladly take this hit for them, my first on this unit.