IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
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05/21/12

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On 05/05/12, at 1154, the Idaho Correctional Center had an incident in F pod of their
close custody unit involving aD ~ssault with weapons. Security Threat Group
members from the Aryan Knights (AK) and Severely Violent Criminals (SVC) hid in a
janitor closet during a recreation movement. When the next quadrant of offenders
were released into the dayroom the AK and SVC offenders came out of the closet
and attacked members of the Youngsters Fucking Society (YFS) with weapons.
There were 13 offenders involved in this incident.
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Mills, Jacob

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Others Involved:
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LeMaster, Carrol Registered Nurse
BUrmeister, Michelle Licensed Practical Nurse
Segal, Jodi Licensed Practical Nurse
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'Wasforc~used? Yes ' ~ No

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Did all involved staff members compieted information reports? Yes

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There is no report on his actions.

Nari)~,ancUp,b. title ,of_the shift commander (correctional facility) or supelYisor (community corrections) at the
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Describe the shift commander/supervisor's involvement:
The shift commander in this incident was Unit Manager Brian Johnson. In the reports received and during
interview~" there was 'no Clear indication during the incident of who was in charge. The shift commander did
j,'ot seem to recognize the scope of the incident and his duties. The Shift commander who was in charge ..
seemed to be unsure of all oT the weapons, injuries, and offenders being moved through the crime scene
quring the incide,nt. After the jnitial pbmbatants were removed from the tier he gave orders to go get the
,rest 'ontie offenders out of their cells for treatment. He was unaware that the offenders were being moved
unrestrained and allowed to contaminate items from'the crime scene.
The report written by the shift commander stated inmates appeared to have weapons. However, during the
panels inter,view with t~e shift,commander stated he knew weapons were involved.
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The Shift Qommander did not-feel this incident rose to the level of activating ICS because by the tirne he
arr,ived on;s~en~ the incident was alre.adY.9y~r.~sth~ offe_r:ld.~rs wer~. no Ip8ger c;o!lJb.ative, A~ of Op/21/12
'staf(seem to be ..unclear of what emergency procedures they are using: When asked if'they are using IMT
qr. I,CS, the panel w~s told, by the shift commanderthey are and have been using ICS. When asked how
they are trained on ICS he stated ,iAnnually". However, it is' clear that they are not using the Incident
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If applicable, the name and ,title (if available) of any'medical personnel involved:
Dr. Agl~r
LeMaster, Carrol Registered Nurse
Burmeister, Michelle, Licensed Practical Nurse
Jodi Ucensedpi-a'dicai Nurse ' - ,

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Describe in general, any medical care given:
The panel did not receive reports from medical staff in regards to this incident. There was limited
information given in reports as to the medical care given. With the information,provided it appe'ars that
medica!'staff'noted injuries and stitched up the wounds that warranted 'it.

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What department policies, SOPs, FMs, post orders, living guides, etc. govern the incident?
SOP 504.02.01.002 Security Threat Group Management
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SOP 307.02.01.001 Use Of Force
SOP 116.02.01.002 Custody of Evidence
.SOP 1.05.02.01.001 General Reportingand..Jnvestigations of Major Incidents
Idaho Correctional Center·Post Orders - General ICC Post Orders·ICC PO-OO
Idaho Correctional Center Post Orders - Close Custody O-E-F ICC PO-100
Memo from Chief Jepson 3/15/10 (OC)
ICC Inmate Handbook
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W~re.policies, SOPs, FMs, post orders, living guides, etc. followed?

SOP 507.02.01.001 Emergency Preparedness was not followed. The shift commander stated that
'Incident'Coinmand System was not followed as he did not think the incident rose to that level because the
incident was contained by the time he arrived at the unit several minutes after the initial "Code Blue~ was
called. It appears that staff do' not understand when to implement ICS. By not using ICS the resources
were dispatchec;l to the ~rong area and other resources were not used efficiently. Staff on the tier did not
hav.e 8:.clear understanding. of-whO. was. in,charge'-during the incident. .The shift commander stated that he
had contrql'in:the;fqyer of the pod bot could'not say who the group leader or on scene supervisor was on
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sop 504.02.01.002 Security Threat Group Managementwas not followed. Offenders documented in
the .I0o.c, o.f(end~r. $y~ter:T.1, IC.$, ..as. part of.a $.ecurity Threat Group, were hO\Jsed together in quadrants of
the:tier.·Qne quad rant. of offenders was just moved onto the tier. These offenders were suspected
members o.f the Security Threat Group YFS (Youngsters Fucking Society). Staff stated they knew that
· tnem b.ers .of the YF$ group. had safety concerns being housed arour:td memb.ers of t.he Aryan Knights (AK)
andJhe·SevereJy Violent. Criminals: ($vq) ... However; .the u.nit manager, knowing .this information, decided
to move a group of YFS onto the tier, on the same level, as the AK and SVC. The Unit Man'age'r and some .
'9fthe other.. u.l"!it supervisClrs:.w~re,.co.nsulting .susp~cted leaders of STC? groups, i)1 eSl?eflQe.getting their
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SOP 317.02.01.001 Searches: .Cell/Living Unit, and Offender was not follow.ed. Clothed body searches '
were not conducted on offenderswho were leaving their cells. These should be conducted frequently to
, make sure offenders on:the tiers are not carrying contraband SUch as homemade weapons. Although cell
: searches·were!shown,as being completed,. a re.view.ofseveral mo.nths of logs showed.no.major.. . ..
cohtraband found.i-Basedon'-staWinterviews·a good cell.search·is completed in 15 minutes. 'This is a-very
· short· period of time 'for a two person cell.
Idaho·Correctional Center Post Orders.- General ICC POst Orders ICC PO,=,OO was not followed. The
· officer .did.not .cbe.ck JD's or haveJhe offenders .identify themselves as they were leaving to recreation. The
officer·on the tier did not conduct an informal count of the offenders left on the tier after a recreation
movement. This would have alerted him to the fact that six offenders were unaccounted for. The officer
admits that.he thoughphey were' all out so there was no need to look in the windoWs. Furthermore, the "
windows' arerreql!entlyblocked out .by the offenders making seeing into the cell·for accountability· . . .
impossible unless stopping·and putting your ·face up to the window while cupping your hands to block out
light.from the: tier, This'makesit impossible,for staff.to observe and count living breathing.flesh in that.cell.
The frequency of windows being covered can be noted in weekly reports from the contract monitors as well
· as when this panel went on the tier there were many windows covered to which offenders were refusing to
remove the objects. blocking the light. Offenders have affected an escape in the past in 100C facilities by
covering a window to which staff did not check. By not checking or having the offender remove the:it~ms
blocking his window they.could not see that he was altering the window in preparation for an escape.
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uides, etc. followed?

SOP 307.02.01.001 Use Of Force was not followed. By not using the equipment and tools available the
responding officers put themselves in harm's way. Staff failed to recognize -the seriousness of the situation
therefore they did not use the tools available for protection such as shields, stab vests, pepperball gun, and
restraints that. were in
Responding staff also did not obtain effective use of force
equipment or protective equipment on their way to the quell incident. Not only did this slow the process of
containment but put staff safety in serious jeopardy. It is apparent in the response by the staff on the tier
and ERT response that they did not take into account the behaviors and risk factors associated with close
custody offenders, therefore they did not escalate their level of response to the level of the incident by
considering other lethal or less lethal options as back up.
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The safety equipment that could have been used for this incident is located in
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staff did not take with them nor w~re they directed to take with them control equipment or protective gear to
,the incident. Had ICS been implemented this gear could have been distributed to staff as they arrived on
scene. Based on interviews, staff seemed hesitant to use the use of force equipment available i n .

SOP 116.02.01.002 Custody of Evidence was not followed . Once combative offenders were restrained,
staff returned to get other offenders out of their cells for medical treatment. While this was taking place
other offenders were picking up objects jn the crime scene and carrying them around. Furthermore, the
cells in which offenders were fighting were left unsecured once those offenders were removed. The shift
commander did declare a crime scene and a log was started however the log is incomplete and' does not ·
include important/complete information. Clothing items that were collected were placed allin, one bag and
they were all wet therefore unusable, by the crime scene detectives.

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Staff did do well -in that they took pictures off all offenders involved and included their names, IDOC
number, date, time, and who photographed the offenders. This helps staff correctly identify those who
were involved in the incident and can be instrumental in the investigative and prosecutorial pr.ocess. This
leaves no doubt who was involved as they were photographed immediately after they were removed from
the incident.
SOP 105.02.01.001 General Reporting and Investigations of Major Incidents. While a 105 was
completed by the shift commander and -notification was made, the verbiage in the 105 was inaccurate. The
shift commander wrote "The attacking inmates appeared to have weapons ... " even though he had been to
the incident scene and witnessed the weapons himself.
Memo from Chief Jepson 3/15/10 (OC): The memo that Chief Jepson wrote on 03/15/10, that staff who
are certified to use OC will carry it. His failure to deploy OC in response to this incident delayed
containment of the offenders involved.
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Based on the professional opinions of the SIR board, did the staff respond properly?
In our opinion the staff member on the tier initially acted appropriately by using the radio to call in the
incident and deploying OC. He then advanced into the group of fighting offenders to deploy more ac.
While doing so he assessed the situation and believed that an offender's life was in jeopardy since he was
being stabbed by another offender. He pulled the offender doing the stabbing off of the victim. While we
would not normally recommend that staff place themselves into the middle of a group of combative
offenders, we commend him for his courage during this incident.

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The initial responding staff member had appropriate containment equipment but chose not to use it. Had
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Based on the professional opinions of the SIR board , did the staff respond properly?
contained the offenders and/or had a faster resolution to the incident. Because responding staff chose not
to use the OC he increased the risk to the other staff member and himself on the tier.
The ERT team responded quickly to the scene. However, they did not use safety/containment equipment
that was .available to them . The other pods were not celled up which could have led .to a more serious
incident. More staff were needed in this incident to effectively control the situation. The pod control officer
was left alone to do the log book, open doors, answer the radio and phone. This led to an incomplete log
of events that transpired during the incident. Again, had ICS been implemented more resources would
have been available to accomplish these tasks.
Prior to the incident the Unit Manager was allowing the unit to be operated outside of the guidelines of the
. post orders. There was minimal accountability for staff or offenders who were not following established
rules or procedures. According to staff interviews the unit has been operating for more than a year outside
of the establlshed post orders. Contract staff provided a pass down log as evidence, along with the
inter.views that the panel conducted with staff, that supports the fact the Unit Manager had directed staff to
deviate from post orders in regards to dayroom operations as far ,back as November. When interviewing
the Unit Manager she did admit that staff should have been opening the cell doors one at a time.
The Unit Manager has also been using STG leadership counsel in regards to moves of STG offenders .
During our interview with the Unit Manager she admitted that she talked to a leader of the YFS in regards
to making moves. This process was confirmed by the other staff members that we interviewed. She
continues to group offenders in her pods by STG affilfation and encourages offenders to group together in
"communities". The STG influence on staff is so pronounced that while interviewing staff, staff refer to .
offenders crimes as ".solid" or "lame". While interviewing the Unit Manager as well as unit staff we learned
that the Unit Manager has also allowed offenders to influence the way rule violations are corrected. The
Unit Manager stated when STG offenders tell her that enforcing the rules will make it more difficult for her
staff she chooses not to enforce holding the offenders accountable. Her decision to include STG leadership
in unit management decisions contributes to STG groups gaining more control and authority in the unit.
In our professional opinion the shift commander's response could have been handled more appropriately
such as the shift commander did not seem to.recognize the scope of the incident and his duties. The Shift
commander who was in charge seemed to be unsure of all of the weapons, injuries, and offenders being .
moved through the crime scene during the incident. The report written by the shift commander stated
inmates appeared to have weapons. However, during the panels interview with the shift commander stated
he knew weapons were involved.
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Offender Acc.o untabilityFrequent informal counts completed after each movement or tier rotation. This will allow staff to account for
all the offenders as well as be alerted to any offenders in the wrong area.
Recreation and DayroomMovements should be completed in a very controlled manner. Offenders should be given firm g.uidelines
and instructions from staff during the movement process. Offenders should be made to line up to go to
recreation and not allowed to wander the tier. During this process of outside movement the offenders will
be accounted for by identification card and numerical counting process.

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'What if anything, can be 'done to reduce the risk of a similar incident in the future?
open the door for the offender to get th~ supplies out and then immediately secure the door a'nd reverses
this process to return the supplies.
Currently offenders are alloweq 5 to 10 minutes with their doors open to gather .property to use during
'dayroomand, leave·the ceiL This shou'ld be changed·to an auditory. announcement .Ietting the offenders
· know fhey 'have 5 minutes to prepa~e for ·dayropm .. Cell doors could then be immediat~ly secured: as
· offenders leave the'ir:cells; 'one :Celi·~t 'a time. Establishing 'this process would decrease the' amount of time
needed to transfer offenders from ·their cells to recreation Cilnd dayroom. This would also prevent them
from going 'into areas that are restricted and. increase staffs ability to account for the offenders.
Tier Checks.
·Staff·eire·not accounting for living breathing flesh. Proper tier checks and addressing'potential security
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weapons used 'during .this·incident. Quality.cell searches versus quantity. Staff need to spend significant .
time-.in '~Cell to:uncover serious contraband. Two offenders with close c~tody property cannot be .
searched properly in 15 minutes. The requirement to do pat searches should be added to their unit post
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clean environment and also allows staff. to gauge the attitude of t~e' inmates on 'the tier~ Offenders on the
'. tier'displayed: verbal :resistance to' ·comply.ing wi'ijl rule enforcement.·. Supporting·staff in"rule' enforcement
and rewarding staff for diligence in 'this area will encourage staff to take ownership of the unit.
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Equipment should be .readily available and used by staff assigned to the pod. For example, us.ing a
flashli'ght to see into the cells. Staff should be required by. post order to carry arid use.the necessary·
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Post orders need to be followed .and should be reviewed fr.equently to ensure they are 'effective and reflect
· de~ired''Practices: Staff should qe held· accountable for signing that they have read the. post 'orders and are
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'and her lack of managing the employees and her unit resulted in an atmosphere that allowed this incident
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, Corrective action should be considered with 'Sgt. Ca~rick for failing' to use Use of Force ~ciuipmerit (OG) .to
control the incident. His actions delayed the containment and resolution of this incident
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hi spite of the fact that Officer Skogsberg's actions may have contributed to this incidenHhe panel
members commend him for his courage in taking action to stop the offenders' assault.
The, panel would also like to commend Sgt. Sharp for his actions to take control of the incident and
directing staff. '
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Although the unit appeared to have appropriate staffing several of those staff were performing other duties
which distracted them from the duties assigned to the post they were filling.
Sup~r:yisory, staff who :ar~ filling i'1,offjc~r P9sts need.t~ insu,rejhat ,t~ey focLJ,s ~m tha,t p.o~t and :d,o, n.~t Il?~.ve
the area.
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· The' facility'should'consider"Litilizing'a 66rririia"nd"struCture that models'the IhCident Command System.
· $taff.are unsure of what .elTlergency system they are using and when it is appropriate to activate it, and
, seem to feel that ICS is appropriate only for large scale emergencies. The'panelrecommend that all staff
receive ,more training in the InCident Command System and perform routine simulations to become
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Post orders need to be revised to reflect a safe operational system allowing staff time to complete the
· required tasks. In reviewing the post orders the panel found that if staff followed what was written they
'would' gain accountability as the .staff would be .controlling,the movement instead of the,offenders,.
Operational Issues:
The"STG' pop'ulatibh is grouped into" quadrants' in O-E-F 'which increases the STG 'power base. This· . · .: : ' .
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Pat,'searches'"and unclothed body searches could be completed with more regularity. Pat searches'should
be completed of offenders exiting their cells and leaving the unit or going on to the recreation yard.
Property brought out of cells should be searched by staff. Offenders returning to the unit or from the
recreation yard should be pat searched and accompanying property searched as well. O-E-F and General
Post orders could be more specific and use stronger language about the ir:nportance of maintaining' q safe
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CCA's IMT system seems to create confusion among staff as to who is in charge of the incident and who is
managing the immediate resolution by directing the ERT members who respond to the incident. This
confusion extends farther when determining whether Qf not to use ICS,CCA inoicates that IMT is similar
and compatible with ICS. However, ICS provides clear'understanding and direction as to how to announce
the Incident Commander and command structure for the incident. By eliminating the use of a dual system
(IMT and ICS), CCA would eliminate the confusion among staff when responding to an incident.
D-E-F Post Orders provide the offenders a 5-minute window to exit their cells for dayroom and recreation
time. This 5-minute period is to allow offenders to gather any property that they might need during day
room hours. Facility operations could be improved by eliminating this 5-minute grace period and instead,
annouhce the movement to the dayroomlrecreation 5 minutes before the movement. D-E-F staff indicated
that they must keep to their schedule and thus fail to follow post order requirements for direct offender
supervision at each cell before the cell door is opened and the offender is allowed to exit the cell and begin
the 5-minute egress period. If staff follows the post orders as written, it would take 40 minutes to transition
to and from the dayroom for each dayroom period.

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Staff should complete informal counts of offenders leaving the unit to maintain offender accountability. In
this case if the floor officer had counted the offenders left on the tier, he would have realized that 6
offenders were unaccounted for.
During and after the 'incident, not all of the offenders were restrained because staff felt that they were not a
threat. These offenders were moved and allowed back out of their cells without restraints. All offenders
should be restrained in an incident to ensure safety to staff and other offenders.

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Either the janitor's closet was left un-secured or unit staff missed a lock that had been tampered with on
the janitor's closet during security device inspections. Staff must complete security device inspections
carefully and follow the post orders which require the janitor's closets to remain secured. Staff visibility
could be improved by adding a window to"the janitor closet door or an expanded metal gate instead of the
solid door.
Offenders should be required to keep windows clear in order to verify that the window has not been: ,.
tampered with. Cell windows could be covered to conceal D-E-F deficiencies and lead to the ability for
offenders to escape from the facility.
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Window checks to verify that each cell window is secured and in good condition should be completed and
documented at regular and frequent intervals to ensure that they are in good condition and provide security
as intended.
Incident commanders and shift supervisors should follow evidence handling and crime scene protection
standard procedures to ensure that evidence is appropriately collected and can be used to prosecute
offenders who commit crimes.
Staffing in D-E-F was not mair:Jtained at an appropriate level and was inadequate at the time of the
incident. Each position identified should be filled and staffed to ensure safety in the unit and adequate
emergency response.

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The ERT responded quickly to the incident and began resolution efforts immediately. There was confusion
in the response that could have been avoided if staff and taken a few seconds to organize their actions
when entering the tier, including ensuring that the crime scene and evidence was preserved. Staff was in a
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.hurry to r~solve theIncident and oyerlpoked eVidence collection and crilTJe 'scene p~eservati.on.

. .Staff is reluctant to' use force options available to them and at the adequate level to safely resolve the
incident. For instance, this incident involved immediate imminent life-safety concerns, yet no physical force
. was'used, arid only OG.was :Used to quell the attack when pther less lethal options were available (pepper
ball launcher, munitions.) Some responding staff responded to the incident with OC but chose not use it
even though it would have been appropriate to
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Staff failed to complete adequate and proper tier checks by looking in each cell and visually verifying the
safety and well-being of the occupants by seeing living, breathing humans. This error directly contributed '·
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Staff failed to adequately protect and collect evidence and the crime scene and allowed offenders to
tamper.with the evidence and crime scene. The crime scene log was also inadequate. Staff should be
tr~jn.ed to have a better unde~tanding in this area.
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S~aff" i~ 'not cqn~ist.eotly c.()~duct.i!.lg .P~t searches, which is allowi.ng contr~band ?nq we~po~s Je;> be .passed
from qffender to .offender. Cell search logs do not indicate that staff are finding any significant contraQand.
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St~ff shpuld to Qe traineQ to;cOl1lplete. adequate tier c;:hecks by ch~C?king .on offenders ~nd ~he.co,nditiol1s of
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Staff respe;>nded .tq :this ·incide,nt witho.l:I.t equipment.that was .available .to them but could have been
gain offender compliarice while decreasing the r.isk to staff
such as: shields ' "'I'n'tCI"'lr1\/C
restraints,·~~pir~tor.s/ga~ mas~.sl a Pt3Pper ball launcher
less lethal munitions.
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orange stocks identifying them as less lethal deployrne'nt

Staff is. reporti~g for duty without checking out the proper equipment 'needed to complete their dutie's such
as' flashlights, or checking out the equipment and not using it.
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Sabre Red. The panel suggests that ICC management further research this issue.
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This same type of incident, with offenders hiding in the janitor's closet, happened less than one _year ago.
While the panel was told changes were made so this type of incident could not happen again, it appears
that staff had reverted back to the same practices that allowed both incidents to occur. Furthermore, the
unit manager and unit staff stated the shortcuts were in 'an effort to keep their schedules on time as not to
disrupt the offender population. These changes were either approved by the unit manager, who was the
same unit manager for both incidents, or she had knowledge that the unit was being operated in this
manner and she took no steps to correct the issues. The panel recommends that facility managers address
the is~ue of management of the unit.
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