It has no welcome mat. In a few hours, that will change. Our primary source of work is in this room, Masey said. It gets very frustrating, trying to talk on the phone with someone going Bam, bam, bam - let me out, let me out. And they do it for 12 hours straight.
Windows take a beating.
Masey said three have been replaced in the last year. Usually, you get a whole group of guys in here, Masey said, indicating the sobering cell, and everybody takes a little nap - if they re nice. Once, Masey said, a holding cell inmate washed his clothes in the toilet and hung them on the ceiling fire sprinkler to dry. It seemed harmless, even creative - until he jumped up to get his dry clothes and pulled the pin on the fire sprinkler, setting it off and flooding the cell. You almost have to laugh sometimes, Masey said.