Yeah, spitting at a guard would probably make him attack you and heckle you, but not cause an army to come in. I think Cyrus's tackle and choke kind of tipped em off and made riot guards come in.

We can break open other cells and cause a gigantic prison break riot, thus allowing us easy escape, but the main control for all the cells are on a different sector. We can just tear open individual cells on the way however.