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  1. What the words mean. this is the one
    Tools and rules
    • Discipline > Shot (official)

      aka incident report A disciplinary write-up. Can cost you privileges, commissary, or good conduct time depending on severity. Numbered by code, and it moves through a hearing process. In a sentence: "I caught a shot for having an extra...

    • People & roles > Shot caller (slang)

      An inmate who runs a car. Inmate politics, not staff structure. Soft in camps and lows, more real as security goes up. In a sentence: "You want the TV changed, you ask the shot caller, not the CO."

  2. Getting in trouble maybe this
    For the one going in / faq
    • Shots and hearings > What's a shot?

      An incident report. Every prohibited act has a code and every code sits in one of four severity tiers, and the tier is what decides what it costs you. Minor ones stop at the UDC (the unit-level hearing for minor write-ups). Anything...

    • Shots and hearings > Can I appeal a shot?

      There is a formal process. It rarely works and it is still worth doing, because the written record is what makes anything later possible. A DHO decision skips the institution and goes straight to the Regional Director, then to General...

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