Pushups!!!

Wednesday, an inmate suggested that when an inmate uses that naughty F word, he should be made to do push-ups.  Hmmmmm . . . great idea!  So the very next morning, an inmate was insructed to do 10 push-ups.  He said, "Really?!?!"  I said, "REALLY!"   Ten push-ups it was.  No one else that day had to do push-ups.  Yesterday, I was on another yard where the inmates are all on lock down so they were escorted over and remained in waist restraints.  The morning group was fine.  The afternoon group . . . sheesh guys!!!  I couldn't really make them do them on the floor so I made them do them at the counter.  One guy thought I couldn't count or maybe wasn't paying attention.  When he finished, I looked at him and said, "Three more!"  His eyes were incredulous, and he went back to the counter and did three more.  I did have one scrawny inmate say to me that it was unconstitutional, cruel and unusual punishment.  "Perhaps if you exercised more push-ups would be easy and not a punishment."  He shut up.