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sure you told him on the 8th? Because he wasn’t there. No. I spoke to Captain about the cameras because he asked me, was I going to fix the cameras? I know it definitely was after the lunch, the lunch break. So, between – it was afternoon time – between 12:00, 1:00. All right. So, when you say late afternoon, before, you’re now thinking it was actually early afternoon? Well, that’s late afternoon for me when I get it — All right. — because I get in 5:00 in the morning. So — Okay. — I’m sorry. But it definitely was somewhere after the inmates’ lunch. Between 12:00, 12:00 noon, I want to say between 12:00 and 2:00. In that timeframe. Okay. I can’t tell you exactly the time. But it definitely was before I went home.¶
So, how important is it for the camera feed to be working at all times? Very. Compared – I know, let’s talk, separate that out from the actual recordings working. How often do people go in and view the live feeds? It’s my – this is just, again, I would say it should have been daily because since I’ve been at MCC New York, normal practice was that the communication shop came up every morning, went into that area where, I don’t know, like, the motherboard was at. And they checked it. So, that’s what I’ve always was used to happening. And they will say, hey, you got some cameras down, or A, B, C, and D, because SIS uses the cameras a lot. You know? We going back for video. We looking for fights. Like, you know, they’re up on our desks sometimes who we’re just seeing who’s doing what. So, I would see daily that they definitely should be monitored. Okay. And if the camera feeds were not working, I understand the¶
Okay. So, you’re positive they were blacked out, you’re positive you told Captain? Yes. Sorry. Go ahead, How many screens would you think were blacked out? I don’t even want to guess because it was a lot of cameras up there, but it was a good many. I know the housing units were recording. The blacked-out cameras, it was a lot of the corridors where we buzzed the doors, and we opened, a lot of the corridors were out. I do remember that. I do remember the units were up. The housing units were up. So, let’s talk about that for a second. I know it’s important for the, how important is it for the cameras to be working? Very. Now, we have two situations. One is, the camera feed not working, which would mean being able to view the cameras live. And second is the actual recordings not working. Okay.¶
recorder is not, that the recording is not there. And we might have spoken about this in the past, but should have gone home for the day, or should the recordings, the feeds been fixed immediately? I kind of don’t know the process of fixing the feeds because I know it was times he said he had to order new cameras. So, I don’t know if they were fixable where he had to order new cameras, and had to wait for cameras to come in. So, I don’t even, I don’t even know, honestly, if he would have been able to fix those cameras that was out, or if he needed to order new cameras to fix those cameras that was out. You mentioned there were quite a few feeds out, right? Yes. Do you think it was possible that he came in, he told you on the 10th that he came in on the 9th and he fixed them. Is it possible that he replaced all those cameras by the 9th? Oh, I don’t know.¶
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