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director, and the deputy warden accompanied him. It was a parade of officials. You’d have thought the president of the United States was visiting.
Jeff’s new home was an observation cell. At Columbia, this is a “tank” made of bullet-proof glass where Dahmer could easily be monitored twenty-four hours a day, both by correctional officers positioned in a booth in front of his cell and by the two cameras inside the cell. The officers watched Dahmer for any suicide attempt and documented everything he did or said.
The glass-tank cells are the same size as regular cells but with some major differences. In the glass tank, the beds have straps attached, used to restrainprisoners to the bed, if necessary. The bed is in the center of the cell and there is no sink or toilet. The floor is a concrete slab. There’s a literal hole in the concrete for the prisoner to urinate or defecate. When the prisoner finishes their “business,” the guard flushes the makeshift toilet from
outside
the cell.
While inmates are in observation cells, they wear only underwear and T-shirt and are not allowed any recreation. Meals are the same as in the other units, although glass-tank prisoners can’t to leave their cells to eat. Meals are served through “trap doors” in the cells and, during delivery, inmates must stand toward the rear of their cells.
During his time in the glass tank, Dahmer emerged only for showers, medical appointments, and haircuts. There’s a barber chair near the officer’s booth where inmates get haircuts every two weeks from barbers who visit units escorted by security officers.
Inmates
are
allowed paper and personal hygiene items. Each inmate received one razor each week for shaving but must return it after each shave. Prisoners in the glass tank can only shave while an officer observes.
Dahmer had only a mattress, paperback reading materials, and twenty-five letters a day. This seems like a lot of mail, more than someone could actually get, but after Dahmer arrived, he started getting more mail than any other prisoner. He received letters from people living across the United States and in many countries worldwide. Many people wrote simply to ask for his autograph.
From September through December, before his trial began, Dahmer received an average of five hundred letters a week. Prison rules, however, are very clear: a prisoner may only have twenty-five letters in his possession at any given time, no matter how many letters he receives.
Dahmer’s “fans” and other curious correspondents sent money, various articles of jewelry, and photos of themselves. Every day the mail contained
bags
of letters for Dahmer. One day word spread that a woman sent him one hundred pairs of shoes and a watch. The shoes apparently were returned because they weren’t shipped directly from the store where she bought them. The rule is that any item you receive from a retail store must bear the store’s official stamp or sticker; no handwritten return address. Supposedly, he kept the watch.
Dahmer was allowed one ten-minute phone call each week. He could not smoke, have electronics (radio or TV), or have metal objects inside his cell. His meals were the same as ours. Many people on the outside who haven’t experienced prison have a skewed idea of what prison food is like. Just to clear this up, it’s actually quite substantial.
Breakfast was standard fare with cereal, eggs, pancakes, breads, juices, coffee, and dairy. Lunch was a main entrée, vegetable, and dessert. Supper at Columbia was another full meal also including a dessert. The food in prison always provided variety and amount of food each prisoner received was more than ample. Nobody goes hungry in prison, that’s for sure. Now you know why some guys look forward to prison life …“three hots and a cot.” Most of us eat better in prison than people outside.
While Dahmer was in the glass tank, his meals arrived on Styrofoam trays with plastic cups and utensils
Jeff’s new home was an observation cell. At Columbia, this is a “tank” made of bullet-proof glass where Dahmer could easily be monitored twenty-four hours a day, both by correctional officers positioned in a booth in front of his cell and by the two cameras inside the cell. The officers watched Dahmer for any suicide attempt and documented everything he did or said.
The glass-tank cells are the same size as regular cells but with some major differences. In the glass tank, the beds have straps attached, used to restrainprisoners to the bed, if necessary. The bed is in the center of the cell and there is no sink or toilet. The floor is a concrete slab. There’s a literal hole in the concrete for the prisoner to urinate or defecate. When the prisoner finishes their “business,” the guard flushes the makeshift toilet from
outside
the cell.
While inmates are in observation cells, they wear only underwear and T-shirt and are not allowed any recreation. Meals are the same as in the other units, although glass-tank prisoners can’t to leave their cells to eat. Meals are served through “trap doors” in the cells and, during delivery, inmates must stand toward the rear of their cells.
During his time in the glass tank, Dahmer emerged only for showers, medical appointments, and haircuts. There’s a barber chair near the officer’s booth where inmates get haircuts every two weeks from barbers who visit units escorted by security officers.
Inmates
are
allowed paper and personal hygiene items. Each inmate received one razor each week for shaving but must return it after each shave. Prisoners in the glass tank can only shave while an officer observes.
Dahmer had only a mattress, paperback reading materials, and twenty-five letters a day. This seems like a lot of mail, more than someone could actually get, but after Dahmer arrived, he started getting more mail than any other prisoner. He received letters from people living across the United States and in many countries worldwide. Many people wrote simply to ask for his autograph.
From September through December, before his trial began, Dahmer received an average of five hundred letters a week. Prison rules, however, are very clear: a prisoner may only have twenty-five letters in his possession at any given time, no matter how many letters he receives.
Dahmer’s “fans” and other curious correspondents sent money, various articles of jewelry, and photos of themselves. Every day the mail contained
bags
of letters for Dahmer. One day word spread that a woman sent him one hundred pairs of shoes and a watch. The shoes apparently were returned because they weren’t shipped directly from the store where she bought them. The rule is that any item you receive from a retail store must bear the store’s official stamp or sticker; no handwritten return address. Supposedly, he kept the watch.
Dahmer was allowed one ten-minute phone call each week. He could not smoke, have electronics (radio or TV), or have metal objects inside his cell. His meals were the same as ours. Many people on the outside who haven’t experienced prison have a skewed idea of what prison food is like. Just to clear this up, it’s actually quite substantial.
Breakfast was standard fare with cereal, eggs, pancakes, breads, juices, coffee, and dairy. Lunch was a main entrée, vegetable, and dessert. Supper at Columbia was another full meal also including a dessert. The food in prison always provided variety and amount of food each prisoner received was more than ample. Nobody goes hungry in prison, that’s for sure. Now you know why some guys look forward to prison life …“three hots and a cot.” Most of us eat better in prison than people outside.
While Dahmer was in the glass tank, his meals arrived on Styrofoam trays with plastic cups and utensils
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