I made my way down the long bleached hall, devoid of any color the bright overhead lights seemed to wash out all the pigment from my skin. The only contrast was the sharp silver steel of the cell doors every ten feet or so holding behind it someone far worse off than me.
My criminal justice degree had done me so much good getting me rejected from about every law enforcement agency I applied to after college. I guess most places wanted communications, science, mathematics, or hell even architecture degrees. I had applied almost everywhere and been denied just as many times. Hell, I had applied for this job as a joke, the vague listing and strange short interview with its weird questions made me think it was almost fake. I was positive I wasn't going to get it but as it turned out I was exactly what they were looking for. I was a nobody, no family, no friends, and no social life. I was a low risk for sharing information and I guess in their minds I was easily controlled. Much like everyone in these cells.
I stopped at cell number 38. Looking through the small reinforced section of plexiglass I locked eyes with prisoner 38. His blue eyes were the only hint of a person hidden underneath all that rubber. The black encased him from head to toe making his silhouette stand out in the backdrop of the white cell. I stared at him, locking eyes as we often did, wondering who was under there, why he was under there, and what he was thinking. Often was it about me?
We were a lot alike me and prisoner 38, no one knew who we were or cared. Easily controlled and unnoticed by society. However, he was once somebody, somebody important hence why he was here. You had to be somebody at one point in your life to be here, a criminal, a spy, or if you pissed off the wrong person with money or power, someone that wanted you to disappear.
"Guard Rogers!" The command of the guard master jerked me out of my trance causing me to quickly spin around.
"You were supposed to have finished your rounds fifteen minutes ago, get your ass moving," I responded with a quick nod, putting my head down and promptly walking off. The guards did not speak to each other, we only received orders from the head guard, and our routes were split so we never ran into each other and did routes in separate sections of the facility. I had yet to actually meet any of my so-called coworkers. The system was set up so that no one knew anything about anyone, we didn't even know anything about the prisoners, what they looked like, their names, or crimes. Simply their prisoner number.
I quickly finished my rounds and scanned my ID badge letting myself into the small break room to have my "Lunch" Yeah right lunch at 12:30 at night. I sat down straining against my uniform. That was the one thing I was not fond of about the job; everything else was great, the pay, the benefits, the commute. Being located in an old warehouse in the middle of the commercial district, the prison didn't have a heavy traffic rate getting to work since no one knew the place existed. You would only pass a few trucks in and out picking up shipments, and with the amount of cameras outside no one was going to steal your car. However, the uniform sucked. Guards wore a stark white uniform matching the entire complex. White leather boots and baggy smooth pants with no pockets which was a nice touch. Complemented by a white t-shirt covered by what one could describe as a button-up winter suit coat. All added to by a tight hood and police officer cap. All made up of leather which made me often hot and puzzled at who in the hell chose the uniform.
I was told the hood was to keep our identities anonymous hence the no one knows anything about anyone vibes. But other than that I wasn't complaining. Besides, it made me look hot. I would often put it on at home just to jack off. I was big into bondage but having no significant other I often had no real way to indulge. Sometimes I wished I could be the one in the cell and often thought about the irony of getting this job.
My tablet in my pocket started buzzing and I pulled it out to an alert. Each officer had tablets to monitor prison items and inmates as well as make logs. I still had my route on mine as I was still having trouble finding my way around as everything practically looked the same around here. Looking at the alert a vitals sensor in prisoner 38's cell had come loose and needed to be checked. Standing up and throwing my half-eaten lunch in the trash I hurried out of the break room to cell 38.
It didn't take me long as I knew exactly how to get there, often stopping by and looking through the window was my only thing to do on my rounds.
Upon arriving I looked through the window in the door and saw him knelt in the center of his cell. Usually, he was strung up hanging bound from the roof of the cell in a straightjacket sleepsack but he had been removed earlier to be interrogated for some reason. It wasn't uncommon for prisoners to be removed from their cells for questioning and we were alerted ahead of time that they would not be in their cell. Prisoner 38 had two days of interrogation and therefore was in his mobile restraints so the specialized guards could retrieve him easily from his cell tomorrow morning.
I would have loved to be one of them, they wore similar outfits to us but the pants were much tighter and the shirt was replaced with a heavy tactical vest leaving their muscular arms bulging on the sides. They looked like they were equipped to put down a riot carrying multiple pairs of handcuffs, zip ties, and even muzzles and gags hanging from their belts as they walked. Thanks to my baggy pants they couldn't see my erection every time they would drag a prisoner past while I was on my rounds.
These were the only guards we saw besides the head guard, and I was told it was made that way. If we ever told a soul about what happens here or where it is we would be arrested by these buff men and thrown in one of these cells ourselves and the key thrown away. That certainly kept me in line but deep down part of me wanted it.
Unlocking and opening the door the hinges groaned under the weight and the smell of rubber wafted into my nose. Despite wearing it my entire shift the cells having padded rubber walls from floor to ceiling (except for the mounting point bolted to the walls around the room peeking out) covered the cell blocking out all other smells.