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==Origin of term==
==Origin of term==
The term "lockdown" originated in prison systems as a mechanism to control and modify the behavior of prisoners. When a fight between prisoners or prison gangs occurred, or the prison administration detected a threat to its authority, the prison would go on immediate lockdown and prisoners ordered to return to their cells. Alternatively, in some chaotic situations, prisoners would be ordered to remain in place ("lockdown in place") and not move. Guards and the prison administration would be ordered to return to their duty stations to assess and surveil the situation. In more extreme examples, such as a riot, the prison administration had options to call in off-duty guards for assistance to contain the situation. If the situation escalated, options to ask for state police assistance or national guard were the decision of the warden.
The term "lockdown" originated in prison systems as a mechanism to control and modify the behavior of prisoners. When a fight between prisoners or prison gangs occurred, or the prison administration detected a threat to its authority, the prison would go on immediate lockdown and prisoners ordered to return to their cells. Alternatively, in some chaotic situations, prisoners would be ordered to remain in place ("lockdown in place") and not move. Guards and the prison administration were programed to return to their duty stations to assess and surveil the situation. In more extreme examples, such as a riot, the prison administration had options to call in off-duty guards for assistance to contain the situation. If the situation escalated, options to ask for state police assistance or national guard were the decision of the warden.
After the 1999 [[Columbine High School Massacre|Columbine High School shooting]], these measures and techniques were extended outside the prison setting to public schools by state officials in the event of [[public school]] shootings which became increasingly more frequent during the period of civic and moral decline of the Clinton administration and afterward. A generation of public school children were instructed what their role was in the case of the school administration ordering a lockdown, similar to an old fashioned fire drill or tornado warning only more complicated to instruct and implement. Government offices at the federal, state, and municipal levels also adopted training techniques for government workers what to do in the case of an "emergency lockdown", as well as some private corporations and government contractors.
After the 1999 [[Columbine High School Massacre|Columbine High School shooting]], these measures and techniques were extended outside the prison setting to public schools by state officials in the event of [[public school]] shootings which became increasingly more frequent during the period of civic and moral decline of the Clinton administration and afterward. A generation of public school children were instructed what their role was in the case of the school administration ordering a lockdown, similar to an old fashioned fire drill or tornado warning only more complicated to instruct and implement. Government offices at the federal, state, and municipal levels also adopted training techniques for government workers what to do in the case of an "emergency lockdown", as well as some private corporations and government contractors.