VLOG Permission Granted!

Its weird, the last time I spoke to Six, they had moved him into the punishment cells, he was in solitary confinement and admin told him that he would be moved to consolidated confinement after a week in solitary.

They also told him that he had 22 points in his file and because of his punishment status, that would be double punishment and that he would not only have to spend the last 3 weeks of his quarantine in consolidated confinement, but he would have to serve another 44 days as well.

He was pretty pissed off, because they also told him that they had released his cell to another prisoner and that after spending 65 days in consolidated confinement, he would go back on standby for another lower level luxury cell.

It was not looking good at all!

I emailed our contact with a complaint and she never replied to my email.

Then suddenly today, they pulled him out of solitary, he thought they were going to move him to consolidated confinement, but instead they told him he had a meeting with legal scheduled, which is weird because previously, he was only allowed a hearing with legal after he got to his regular cell, they wouldnt hear him while in the punishment cells.

He just sent me this email from prison:

EMAIL FROM SIX:

Hey, I am super excited, they pulled me from solitary confinement in the punishment cells and took me to a hearing room. I stood with filthy bare feet on a footprint authentication panel with nothing on but a paper punishment gown and no underwear, as I looked down in the mirror beneath my feet and then up at the desks that are raised up so those who sit up there are looking down at me.

Of course from that vantage point, as I am standing on a mirror, they can see right up my gown… I am wearing the permanent shackles and punishment restraints.

I am standing there for what feels like hours, wondering if there was a mistake because I dont normally have hearings with legal while in the punishment cells, the glass panel I am standing on heats up like they always do when standing on them for a long time as I start leaving sweaty black footprints on the glass, hoping that I can muddy up the glass enough to block direct view of my crotch.

They lawyers finally come into the room, 4 older men and 3 younger female secretaries or paralegals.

Its always degrading being seen like that by people who are way above my station, they are clean and wearing street clothes and the only thing we have in common is bare feet, because of the barefoot rule in the prison.

But I am filthy, chained up and wearing nothing but paper and they sit on pedestals which is designed to make us feel small as we stand on the footprint authentication panel.

I have been to these meetings before, so I know what to expect as they watch my videos and read my blogs and make fun of me and threaten me with punishment for saying things that I wasnt supposed to say.

These guys are the reason that I have to serve 44 days in consolidated confinement and I am sure at this point they dragged me from the punishment cells to add more days to my punishment.

They start out as usual, going over a video I posted and so far this meeting is going exactly as expected as they degrade and insult me before threatening more punishment.

This goes on for about 3 hours, and I have been standing on this hot footprint authentication panel for a couple hours before that. I am tired and hungry and at this point, I just want to go back to my punishment cell, expecting that they would be moving me consolidated confinement for a 65 day stay with additional time for standby again.

But then its like someone flipped a switch, suddenly they are being nice, well nicer than usual anyway.

One of the lawyers petitioned to allow audio only vlogs to begin, then another lawyer mentions the luxury cell, I dont remember exactly what he said, but he eluded to me being moved to a luxury cell after this meeting.

I am getting super excited, but I am still a little skeptical, is this just another tactic to degrade me further, getting my hopes up, then having the staff take me back down to the punishment cells and put me in consolidated confinement?

Well, I continue to listen, because I am not allowed to speak unless asked a direct question as they talk amongst themselves.

then a 3rd lawyer suggests allowing video, but restrict it for now, to just a corner of the cell, until we work out the logistics and rules.

I thought, no way in hell are they going to allow this so soon, but then the other 3 lawyers agree and write it down. They set a limit, I can do a VLOG from my new lower level luxury cell, but I can only show the corner of the back of the cell at the foot of my cell bunk.

I honestly dont know if it was the hunger, the fact that I had been standing motionless on a hot glass panel for 5 hours or the shock of all this finally coming to fruition, but I felt like I was going to pass out.

But I am still a little skeptical, but they seem to be actually planning all this as they write it down.

They hit the wooden hammer down and walk out without a single word from me.

The staff come a little later, after they had left to take me back to the punishment cells, this is when I realize they were just messing with me and now I was going to a consolidated confinement cell with added punishment days.

But when we get back to the punishment cells, they take me to processing and give me a uniform, I rip the paper off and slip on grey leggings, grey long sleeve shirt and the long t-shirt and they escort me back up the stairwell of foot torture, across the parking structure to the main building.

Once I am through the glass door, Mother instructs me with a map to my new cell. This is another lower level luxury cell, not the one I was in before, but its really close to the one I was in.

I make my way and slide the barred door shut behind me as I step on to the footprint authentication panel in my new cell.

Later in the day, they delivered my ipad to the cell, but no camera…

I checked the terminal in my cell for deliveries and it looks like the little camera, not my main camera, will be delivered tomorrow.

So, its actually starting to happen, i am still on quarantine, but I am back in a lower level luxury cell and I have my ipad.

I am including pictures and if you are seeing them now, then they were obviously approved by staff, because I wouldnt be able to send them otherwise, so I guess this is a test.

These are pictures of what my feet look like after being in the punishment cells, then walking the halls of the prison to my new cell. the floor in here is filthy with black footprints left by the previous prisoner, so clearly no one cleaned it before putting me inside, but its still awesome.

The lighting in here is bright, so my toes are not as black on camera, but this is shot while standing on the tiled floor of my new luxury cell.

I hope they dont get mad, these are technically not in the corner of my cell at the foot of my bunk, but I think the spirit of the restriction is to not show anything in the cell that might be restricted later, I am pretty sure these images dont show anything that will be restricted by the final ruling.

I hope to get my camera tomorrow, they are only allowing me to submit one vlog per week, I still dont have whitelist on firewall, I will have to edit the vlog and submit it to legal, one of the paralegal girls will view it and give me time codes for cuts.

I can only cut the submitted vlog, I cant reshoot it with the changes, so the final vlog will probably have jump cuts. If i reshoot it, then it counts as a new vlog and I wont be able to submit it till the following week.

Its a little annoying, but I am just happy they are letting me vlog so soon, after what admin told me, I was expecting another 3 or 4 months in consolidated confinement, and here I am in the luxury cell. I didnt even have to complete my 30 days in quarantine.

I am still flagged for quarantine, which means I cant leave my cell, not even for mandatory labor, so the next 3 weeks is going to be pretty chill. 🙂