If you are saying your inmate assaulted a guard to keep him from finding their hidden cellphone, they have a huge problem. Cell phone possession by an inmate carries a five-year federal charge. They do not often up the charges, they usually throw the inmate in the SHU for 6 months to a year then transfer them to a higher security facility. But, the assault of an officer changes everything.

Yes, but you would have to do something illegal that helped them in some way. For instance, if you brought in contraband and your inmate received it from you. On their way back to the housing unit, they search and find what you passed. He is going to the SHU, or worse depending on what it was. Was there something you were thinking about that you want a private answer, please ask, we do not judge anyone for anything.

The hole anywhere sucks. It is solitary confinement. There is nothing good about it, except you can sleep a lot... which gets old in a hurry.

The statute for contraband cell phones in a penal facility is now federal and carries up to five years of additional prison time. We don't know how they are treating the case - our best guess is that he will not get more time, but he will spend considerable time in the SHU (months) and have his privileges reduced. 

No good! Cell phones in prison or jail is a new charge, a felony thanks to the Obama Administration. If they are in federal, the punishment is probably 6-12 months in the SHU (disciplinary segregation), no phone privileges, no visitation, no commissary and at the end of the SHU stay, they will be shipped to a higher security facility most likely hundreds of miles away from the nearest family member to add another hardship to the folks that care about

Probably no more time added as marijuana is almost like tobacco now - we think that the penalties would be similar. But he will do think he will do much "harder time" for the balance of the sentence. He is probably in the SHU, or solitary now and it is our guess that he will spend several weeks there serving the punishment for having contraband.

There is no way to know for sure. He will be allowed to write you, so ask him why he's there and for how long. I was in the SHU for one day, every minute felt like it was an hour - it is hell. I had my DHO hearing and was luckily released back into gen pop. There was another guy in there for eight months for having a cell phone. Rumor was he got a year in solitary and then

It means that they have lost some of their privileges for disciplinary reasons or general population inmates who refuse to accept or perform in a work/training assignment. There is a negative stigma associated to inmates in "C" Status. Lost privileges may include: no visitation, limited if any commissary, emergency only phone calls, no recreation, no entertainment, no personal property packages

No, they lose phone privileges for saying something they should not on the phone, for causing a disturbance while using the phone or in line waiting for the phone, for abusing the phone equipment. There are also "shots" given for other infractions where the loss of phone privileges is one of the punishments.

Not likely, unless you said something that would have triggered a response like that. He could lose phone privileges for a number of other reasons, but not this.