wavenovel Chapter 1320 Standards
Chapter 1320 Standards
Chapter 1320 Standards
Changyang Prison.
On the massive, ten-meter-long stone plaque, four dark red characters stand out, appearing striking, dignified, profound, and awe-inspiring.
However, the outermost retractable gate greatly diminishes the majesty of the adjacent gate stone; without reading the inscription, it looks like the gate of a school.
In fact, the gate of Changyang Prison is not even as tall as the gate of Changyang Vocational School of Science and Technology. It is just a very ordinary retractable gate, painted white, which retracts when there are vehicles to enter or exit and unfolds when there are no vehicles. It is only 1.5 meters high, and anyone with a certain level of physical ability can climb over it.
Because it is a low, retractable gate, the environment inside Changyang Prison, or at least the external environment, is clearly exposed when viewed from the roadside outside the prison.
This is a flat area consisting of a main road with greenery in the middle, stretching straight for a long distance. On both sides of the main road, which is wide enough to be six lanes wide, are rows of low-rise buildings, and further in, there are high gray walls that block out the prison area.
The warden was already waiting outside. Upon seeing Jiang Yuan and his convoy, he had the gate opened and greeted them warmly.
Yu Wenshu, who was traveling with them, quickly got off the bus. Since they weren't from the same system, it was still very necessary to be polite at this point.
Jiang Yuan and Huang Qiangmin also got off the car and greeted the group of people opposite them.
The warden brought not only many of his own administrative staff, but also representatives from the procuratorate and other departments.
For prisons, the procuratorate has always been a sword hanging over their heads. There are clear regulations regarding all kinds of behavior, operations, and countless accidents within prisons, and the procuratorate is the agency responsible for handling most of these matters.
Just like when a prison inmate dies unexpectedly, there are regulations that require the direct supervisor to arrive at the scene within 3 minutes. If they fail to arrive within the time limit, they are suspected of dereliction of duty and can be sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Of course, if it is indeed an accidental death or suicide, and the direct supervisors have arrived at the scene and handled the situation according to regulations, at most they will be fined or have their bonuses reduced. The sub-wardens, wardens, and even the prison warden will be spared any punishment.
The situation becomes even more complicated when a murder occurs.
"This is Lin Qingshan, Prosecutor Lin." After shaking hands with Jiang Yuan, the warden immediately introduced the prosecutor next to him and said, "From now on, I will trouble Director Jiang to cooperate with Prosecutor Lin. I need to avoid suspicion. Of course, I will follow any instructions."
He didn't speak very smoothly, and it was indeed a bit difficult for him.
For prisons, the death of an inmate is probably the worst-case scenario.
Before Jiang Yuan could speak, Huang Qiangmin stepped forward and said, "We're just here to lend a hand and help in any way we can. Shall we check the surveillance footage first?"
Lin Qingshan nodded solemnly: "We've been watching the surveillance footage these past two days. We'll see..."
Jiang Yuan and Huang Qiangmin exchanged a glance and relaxed slightly.
Liu Jinghui rubbed his hands together silently, as if he had smelled a delicious fly.
Whether or not the surveillance footage is available is a watershed moment for this case.
Modern prisons, especially in the last decade or so, have achieved full coverage. Professional staff have installed specialized cameras to ensure that every corner of the prison is covered. This eliminates blind spots in terms of hardware.
If everything is done according to regulations, all of an inmate's activities in prison are monitored, including going to the toilet and taking a shower, and naturally, the process of an inmate's death.
If this was a premeditated murder, and it evaded the prosecutor's office's routine review, then it could also be called a locked-room murder.
A new era of locked-room murders, or locked-room murders that are presented to everyone!
A group of people arrived at the office building quickly in a prison vehicle.
As they walked in, the prison police officers coming and going would intentionally or unintentionally observe Jiang Yuan and his group.
Liu Jinghui and Jiang Yuan also observe each other.
Changyang Prison holds more than 4000 inmates on a daily basis, with more than 600 staff members. Either number is significant for criminal investigations.
Aside from extremely strict management, the size and operation of a prison are no different from a large factory or mine. In fact, the industries within prisons are quite large; for example, Changyang Prison has a copper coil factory and its own cattle farm, and strictly adheres to an 8-hour workday.
Previously, many prisons had three shifts, but later the system was changed from partial funding to full funding. After the income of prison enterprises was fully handed over, the prisons lost their incentive to produce.
Now, with the separation of prison and enterprise, Changyang Prison has also established its own group company. The general manager of the company is at the same level as the prison director and still holds the identity of a police officer, which is a rather special case.
The atmosphere in the prison inevitably affected Jiang Yuan and the others.
The group silently entered the monitoring duty room, where they saw screens covering the walls, with a smaller screen forming a separate area at the back.
"We've been watching the surveillance footage here for the past two days," Lin Qingshan explained, adding, "After we've finished watching it today, we'll take some hard drives back with us."
"Then let's check the scene first, the surveillance footage of when the deceased fell to the ground." Jiang Yuan didn't care about anything else; he just wanted to see the surveillance footage first.
A prison guard stepped forward silently, waited a moment, and then turned off the surveillance camera.
The scene of the deceased collapsing in the cafeteria had already been carefully examined. Now, the footage being released is a nine-grid multi-angle video, including panoramic views of the cafeteria from front to back, panoramic views from back to front, views facing the counters, views facing the door, and even footage from the camera in the next room when the incident occurred.
Jiang Yuan has LV3 security monitoring technology. It is clear that these monitoring locations are arranged according to standards, and the selected monitoring cameras are carefully chosen, without any perfunctory work.
Of course, the selection of surveillance cameras is only one aspect; the specific content to be monitored...
The deceased was kneading dough when he suddenly clutched his stomach and stumbled to the floor.
Immediately afterwards, a fellow inmate who worked in the canteen shouted, and then a middle-aged man in prison uniform quickly ran over, called out to the deceased twice, and then ran to call a police officer over.
The police officer came over and asked a question, then started calling on the walkie-talkie, and then began to perform CPR on the inmate who had collapsed.
The whole process was quick, and although the cafeteria was in chaos, it was still able to maintain a fairly good order.
The prison guard who was monitoring the situation explained, "The first person to call for help was the supervisor, someone we selected for our use. He has a very good track record. The officer he called over is Wang Zhai, the direct supervisor of that group..."
He briefly introduced the characters in the scene, and then fell silent.
"What do you think?" Prosecutor Lin Qingshan asked impatiently.
"Judging from this, poison was used? I need to perform an autopsy to confirm." Jiang Yuan frowned slightly.
Poisoning investigations are actually not easy. The difficulty lies not in solving the case, but in identifying the type of poison, especially some obscure biological agents. If you try to investigate blindly, you may never find the poison in your entire life.
Liu Jinghui grunted and said, "There's not much to say about the whole video, except for the part about the rescue. All the cameras captured were the backs of the inmates. It's uncertain whether they took the opportunity to do anything."