The prison haircut for close security inmates would be the hair removed from the scalp as close as possible with electrics clippers, and allowed to grow no more than ¼" in length before it was clipped off again. The haircut would be administered by a guard. Shelly called it a “Big House Buzz-cut" or a “Convict Crew-cut."
Close security inmates would be assigned to more physical, menial and tedious work in positions in the fields or factories, and would work 10-12 hours daily, depending on their assignment.
Maximum security was reserved for inmates who had accumulated three strikes. They would spend their miserable existence locked in the solitary cells 23 ½ hours daily, with no interaction with anyone except the guards in charge of them. As for work, they would have to use an elliptical exercise machine 12 hours daily in their cells, 50 minutes per hour with a 10 minute break. The kinetic energy y\generated by pedaling the machines would be converted to electricity to help power the prison….something I was quite proud of!
Maximum security inmates would have their heads shaved totally bald…first with electric clippers then finished with a straight razor. A lotion would then be rubbed on the inmate’s head to retard hair growth, and the procedure would be repeated every other week. Shelly called it a “Con Kojak" or “The Slammer Smoothie" and really seemed to be turned on by the thought of it all.
