So he was on suicide watch?
Yeah, well, considerin the circumstances, it seemed like a good idea.
Maybe... Hard to know... Video? or 15 minute check in?
Well... we're supposed to do the 15 minute round, knock an talk, direct visual observation, ya know? but we were short a couple of guys last night, called in sick. Ya know how it is....
Yeah I know, so it was just video, an the guy watchin the monitors? Sleepin? Went to take a leak?
No. No, he wasn't sleepin, drinkin too much coffee to fall asleep, he was pullin a double shift, ya know? coverin for one of the guys who was out. Double time. Ka ching.... So he's watchin, an it looks like the guys asleep. Been asleep for a while, so he figures he can take a quick trip to the can.
Yeah, well coffee is like beer, ya don't buy it, ya rent it. So he goes off ta take a leak an when he comes back our boy has disappeared.
He didn't think he was gone first, the camera doesn't cover the whole room, see? there's spots ya can't see on the monitor.
No pan an tilt?
Costs extra.
It always does.
So anyways, he waits maybe a minute to see if he comes back into th picture, into camera range, maybe he's takin a leak too? an when he doesn't, he goes down to check on him, make sure he hasn't got himself inta trouble maybe. Not sure how, what with no belt or shoelaces, and nothin to hang from, but ya never know, we've lost a few creative types. But we ain't allowed ta lock em up naked....
Huh. No shit. Yeah, the lawyers wouldn't like that.
So he goes down an checks the cell and finds?
Nothin.
Nothin?
Rooms empty, no one there. So he calls it in, runs back to the observation post, hits the section lock down button. Then we lock down the whole shebang an start the routine. No one in, no one out, call back any vehicles.
The whole shebang.
The whole shebang.
And nothin?
Nothin. Hell, they even brought the dogs in...
And?
And nothin. Track from intake to the room. That's all. That's it.
And no visitors.
None, and no one in or out since shift change.
No one?
No one. Quiet night. Nothin for at least two hours before.
So now you decide to check the video.
Yeah, well, now it's gettin kinda spooky.
Cameras on the blocks and common areas?
Cameras everydamnwhere.
So, now, show me what you got.
That's it, lessee, and the timecode is? Oh there it is, top right.
yeah, we can put it in any of the corners you want.
Nah, s'fine where it is. Lessee, 15 frames per second?
Yeah.
So, where does the excitement begin?
Well, he paces for a while, then sits on the bed. Looks like he's about to nod off, wakes up, gets off the bed.
Does this how many times?
Five times, like he's really fighting going to sleep.
Huh.
So here's the part that's just... That we can't explain...
OK, I'm watchin... What the fuck!? Sorry.
No problem, that's what we all said.
Back that up, yeah say two, three minutes. Ok, so there's our boy, sound asleep, been out for how long? Ninety minutes?
We think so. That's what it looks like on the video.
Tape or harddrive?
Harddrive.
Shit!
Yeah, it's... I don't know.
Damn.
Can you do frame advance?
Absolutely. See?
Back it up a couple of frames. Yeah, there ya go. OK now, one frame at a time.
Let's see, timecode 02:13:52:7, he's there, 52:8, he's there...
Next frame?
52:9
Sonofabitch, he's gone. Sonofabitch... Where the hell did he go?
Yeah, well, considerin the circumstances, it seemed like a good idea.
Maybe... Hard to know... Video? or 15 minute check in?
Well... we're supposed to do the 15 minute round, knock an talk, direct visual observation, ya know? but we were short a couple of guys last night, called in sick. Ya know how it is....
Yeah I know, so it was just video, an the guy watchin the monitors? Sleepin? Went to take a leak?
No. No, he wasn't sleepin, drinkin too much coffee to fall asleep, he was pullin a double shift, ya know? coverin for one of the guys who was out. Double time. Ka ching.... So he's watchin, an it looks like the guys asleep. Been asleep for a while, so he figures he can take a quick trip to the can.
Yeah, well coffee is like beer, ya don't buy it, ya rent it. So he goes off ta take a leak an when he comes back our boy has disappeared.
He didn't think he was gone first, the camera doesn't cover the whole room, see? there's spots ya can't see on the monitor.
No pan an tilt?
Costs extra.
It always does.
So anyways, he waits maybe a minute to see if he comes back into th picture, into camera range, maybe he's takin a leak too? an when he doesn't, he goes down to check on him, make sure he hasn't got himself inta trouble maybe. Not sure how, what with no belt or shoelaces, and nothin to hang from, but ya never know, we've lost a few creative types. But we ain't allowed ta lock em up naked....
Huh. No shit. Yeah, the lawyers wouldn't like that.
So he goes down an checks the cell and finds?
Nothin.
Nothin?
Rooms empty, no one there. So he calls it in, runs back to the observation post, hits the section lock down button. Then we lock down the whole shebang an start the routine. No one in, no one out, call back any vehicles.
The whole shebang.
The whole shebang.
And nothin?
Nothin. Hell, they even brought the dogs in...
And?
And nothin. Track from intake to the room. That's all. That's it.
And no visitors.
None, and no one in or out since shift change.
No one?
No one. Quiet night. Nothin for at least two hours before.
So now you decide to check the video.
Yeah, well, now it's gettin kinda spooky.
Cameras on the blocks and common areas?
Cameras everydamnwhere.
So, now, show me what you got.
That's it, lessee, and the timecode is? Oh there it is, top right.
yeah, we can put it in any of the corners you want.
Nah, s'fine where it is. Lessee, 15 frames per second?
Yeah.
So, where does the excitement begin?
Well, he paces for a while, then sits on the bed. Looks like he's about to nod off, wakes up, gets off the bed.
Does this how many times?
Five times, like he's really fighting going to sleep.
Huh.
So here's the part that's just... That we can't explain...
OK, I'm watchin... What the fuck!? Sorry.
No problem, that's what we all said.
Back that up, yeah say two, three minutes. Ok, so there's our boy, sound asleep, been out for how long? Ninety minutes?
We think so. That's what it looks like on the video.
Tape or harddrive?
Harddrive.
Shit!
Yeah, it's... I don't know.
Damn.
Can you do frame advance?
Absolutely. See?
Back it up a couple of frames. Yeah, there ya go. OK now, one frame at a time.
Let's see, timecode 02:13:52:7, he's there, 52:8, he's there...
Next frame?
52:9
Sonofabitch, he's gone. Sonofabitch... Where the hell did he go?
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