Lockdown Chapter 4 Summary

  • Lockdown's over and the inmates are back in class. Toon seems a bit down. Reese tells us that he sees Toon as another version of himself—the vulnerable part that he feels like he has to keep hidden from people.
  • At lunch, Play tells Reese that Toon cried when Diego beat him up, so he didn't get in the prison gang, after all.
  • Back in class, Reese is having a rough afternoon; the teacher makes him stand up because he keeps falling asleep.
  • When the inmates are sitting around afterward, Cobo approaches Toon.
  • Play tells Reese that Cobo wants to kill Toon. As in, like, murder him.
  • But Cobo doesn't want to do it himself—he wants Diego to do it. This sounds like sort of a bad deal for Diego.
  • Even though he knows he shouldn't get involved, Reese asks Diego why he's messing with Toon. He tells Diego to leave Toon alone.
  • Mr. Pugh senses something going on and goes to stand with Reese and Diego. Then he decides everyone should go on lockdown for the rest of the day.
  • At dinner, Reese notices a group of nine observers. They're all white.
  • Cobo gets up and steals part of Toon's dinner. What a jerk.
  • The observers leave. Mr. Cintron tells the inmates that they were a facility reform committee.
  • Mr. Cintron seems pretty disillusioned about facility reform. The committee has great ideas, but they'll never be enacted.
  • Reese tells Play he's thinking about telling Mr. Cintron about the Toon situation. Play thinks he shouldn't snitch, though.
  • Reese wants to write his little sister, but he's not sure what to say. He thinks back to his sentencing: Icy cried; his mom didn't even bother to come.
  • He tries to get some sleep, but he keeps thinking about Toon. He knows that Cobo and Diego are starting trouble for no reason—just like Reese's dad.
  • Reese remembers how, the month before his arrest, his father told him he wasn't his real son. Reese knew that his father just wanted to hurt him, but that knowledge didn't make it sting any less.