This comes from the fact that inmates have faced the opposite: lying on the ground while surrounded by four police officers.
Fourteen inmates face assault and other charges in connection with the incident.
Additionally, existing inmates may face early release from parole and other credits.
An inmate faces execution as soon as December, he said.
The frisks are conducted while the inmate faces a wall and the officer stands behind her.
First-time inmates facing minimum sentences of one to three years are eligible for the program.
Any inmate who dares to exercise is called to "attention" before a gang leader, and may face punishment.
On the gurney, the inmate faces away from the darkened room where the doctor is observing through a partly closed window, the judge wrote.
Six inmates facing the Virginia electric chair made a daring escape from the facility on May 31, 1984.
In December 1993, the authorities found that the lab was bungling the tests, and the inmates were facing drastic consequences.