Daily Schedule at the Prison
Circa 1970
6:00a - Count and short line was run for breakfast
| When all men were accounted for, short line was run |
| New inmates, protective custody inmates, and the cell housecleaners (swampers) went to breakfast. |
7:00a - Main line ran next
| The remainder of the inmates went to breakfast |
8:30a - Supervisors would arrive to pick up work crews.
| Cell House sergeant was responsible for cell shake downs (searches) |
10:30a - Short line was run for lunch
11:00a - Work crews came in
11:30a - Count and main line was run for lunch
| Mail and medication were distributed to the cells after lunch |
12:30p - Work crews went out
2:00p - Change of shifts for guards. Count.
3:00p - Short line ran for dinner
3:15p - Work crews return
3:30p - Afternoon yard (outside recreation)
4:30p - Inmates return to cells
4:45p - Count and main line ran for dinner
5:30p - Mail call and medication
6:00p - Outside recreation, television, hobby shop, self-help groups (AA, etc.)
8:00p - Showers when inmates came in from recreation
| Clean clothes, cigarettes, etc., were issued |
8:45p - Kitchen crew and those who had outside recreation could go to the television room or return to their cells
9:00p - Count
10p-12a - Everyone back in their cells, cells locked. Shift change.
2:00a - Count
4:00a - Count
6:00a - Shift change and count
| Short line consisted of new inmates, protective custody inmates, and the kitchen crew. |
| Main line consisted of the main prison population. |