Maximum and close security inmates would have their status reviewed yearly. I knew that almost every prisoner’s goal would be to make it to medium security that way.
Another major problem with the old reformatory I eliminated was the black market and illegal drug trade. The first thing I did was eliminate smoking and tobacco in all forms, thus removing the currency of cigarettes presently used.
Then I eliminated the prison commissary. The state would provide the necessities of life to inmates…they didn’t need to buy anything, and no comforts of outside food or anything else would be available.
Finally, with my political connections, I had the legislature push through a law against any guard, visitor or any non inmate conveying drugs into a prison, with a mandatory minimum prison sentence of ten years. That would stop or curtail anyone thinking about smuggling in narcotics!
Shelly’s help had been invaluable in me setting the prison system up, and being an ex-con, her job prospects were very limited. So she was my final staff hire. I hade her head prison disciplinary barber….she would personally head-shave the maximum security inmates, and supervise the haircuts of the close security inmates, as well as oversee the prison salon for the medium security cons. She was thrilled to say the least, especially at the prospect of getting back at some of the same women who abused her!
I had sent my rules for the new State Prison For Women over to the reformatory, and had them distributed to the inmates. There were lots of rumblings from them, but I had the National Guard standing by to help make the transition go smoothly. I made the call to start the transfer.
