Reviewed on: May 13,2018
Prison Discipline

How long will my husband be in the SHU for contraband?

My husband is in federal camp no prior points being in trouble etc. he is is SHU because they found hair dye in his locker he shouldn’t have had my question is how long will he probably be in there and will they transfer him over this?

Hair dye is a minor infraction especially in a camp, but contraband is a loosely used term in the incident reports.
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✓ Verified answer May 13,2018 · Prison Discipline
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Hair dye is a minor infraction especially in a camp, but contraband is a loosely used term in the incident reports. Contraband can be a weapon, drugs, obvious signs of operating a business, gambling records or ANYTHING not on the comissary list. Hair dye seems almost like a nuisance charge, we wonder whose bad-side did your husband get on. Our guess is that the SHU stay will be no more than two weeks and he might have some limitations on commissary purchases or phone time but nothing worse (we hope).

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