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The Middlesex sheriff maintains a large fleet of unused vans, SUVs and one humoungous bus (loaded with electronics) parked in the main driveway in Billerica. The sheriff tends to smear his name on a lot of these vehicles since it is an elected political office.
Transport: 20121005: Van 34 Cashman, Thing: Dillon Laire The Middlesex Sheriff's web site My address while at Billerica was:
Harold J. Wolfe # 120325
Drug abuse is primarily a medical problem, not a crime against society. American anti-drug policy is a means of social control that's rooted in racial and ethnic prejudice. The country's incarceration industry has become a self-sustaining force, predicated on economics of the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) rather than justice. The U.S. is the jailingest country in the world. Why not just kill the poor? The House I Live In (Review) as an MP4 file
A short stay in prison is the best way to observe the corrupting influence of power. Nothing better exemplifies corruption by power than the relationship between an inmate and his prison guards. The prison guard treats the inmates like dirt and he would never do that to people on the outside. Within the prison walls, the guards consider themselves more worthy of respect and dignity than the prisoners who are regarded as less than human. These two groups, inmates and guards would never show such disdain towards each other in any other environment, but power corrupts behind prison walls. The notion that taxpayers should pay far in excess in incarceration costs than the crime is worth is ludicrous. Incarcerating someone for two years for breaking and entering where the theft was $100 and having the taxpayers pay two times $42,000 for incarceration is stupid and shows how government metastisizes High security means far less cameras. Having more cameras prevents physical abuse by guards. We often refer to the The Soviet Gulag but no mention is made of The American Gulag even if it is many times larger than what the Soviets ever had. It is a punitive, repressive system where inmates are treated as sub-humans. The US has five percent of the world's population but twenty five percent of it's inmates, more than Russia, China, Iran and North Korea put together. As always we regard ourselves as the Land Of The Free.
No DNA swab taken, therefore I was not convicted of a felony.
What's that famous quotation?
Prison guards (correction officers) are police officer wannabees that did not make the cut. The correction officers have the equivalent of baby sitting skills. None of them wore guns. The police and prison guards always use name calling to degrade you, to de-humanize you. They enjoy doing this.
The canteen is really a computer interface to an electronic store.
Inmates deposit funds into a canteen account and purchase items
I suspect that there may be some embezzlement of canteen funds.
Why would canteen prices differ per prison within the Middlesex Sheriff's
domain?.
Come October aand November, many homeless people (usually with mental illnesses) commit petty crimes hoping to get Three Hots and A Cot for the harsh winter to come.
The Middlesex sheriff's office would literally spends millions to capture anyone who escapes to prevent embarrassment even if the inmate committed a minor crime. The police claim that Crime Doesn't Pay and that is true for the alleged criminal, but if you work for the police, the courts, parole officers, probation officers, judges or working in the i Prison Industrial Complex, crime is a gold mine. Obviously, cellmates are important. If you have a psycho, your stay might be uncomfortable until you get him replaced (one to five days at most if you consider him dangerous). My first cellmate, Eugene, was a psycho and he left after four days. Eugene did not talk to me but he did talk to the invisible people, much like Christians talk to invisible cloud people. He never mingled with any other inmates either. Each time a corrections officer came to do headcounts, Eugene would throw a book at the door just to show off how unpleasant he was. There are many uses for books even if you can't read. Eugene will face a difficult life. My second cellmate, Larry, was rationale and definitely more earthbound. Larry was married and had four grown kids and a wife with a significant health problem. I can only wish him the best. I suspect that the prison system tries to place you with someone incompatible hoping you'll do something that will extend your stay and help out their paychecks. Eating in prison actually makes you rather creative in how to combine foods in ways that had never previously considered. One of the staples in every meal was two or three slices of whole wheat bread. This allowed you to make
The Friday (religious influenced food) fish sticks were just as tasty as the McDonals Chicken McNuggets that my cats rejected as NOT food. Kudos to my cats for being sufficiently discriminating and identifying them as NOT food. The food is served in a standard tray, three times a day. Breakfast at 0500, lunch around 1100 and dinner around 1700. Serving trays may have residual food from last meal since the cleaning process seems deficient. Larry Brown's golden rules of Prison Toilet Etiquette 101 There are two functions that men perform in prison that they may wish that their cell mates not see (or hear). One is taking a dump. If your cell mate is sane (as my second one was), you establish rules to define your privacy. I myself am not that private on this matter because, if one has to go, one has to go, and the process is really not that mysterious. We pretty much do it the same way (unless you have developed some innovative approach that might have involved a trapeze). The second function is masturbation (sexual relief). In my case, this is not an issue anymore and it was not an issue for my cellmate, who thought of it as raping one's self. Had I had a younger sane cellmate, I would have simply allowed him to do so semi-privately without any commentary. Time goes backwards in the last week of incarceration. On entering the Billerica facility, you are placed in the D Pod to be evaluated. You are locked up for 21 hours a day. I'm not sure what these clowns in prison are trying to evaluate. Most batterers are victims in the war on drugs since they beat their spouse/girlfriend when they are too high on drugs or do not have enough drugs. Each cell had a vent that blew cold air in along with an incredible amount of dust. The dust must have been deliberate and might have contained something. Most guards are openly contemptious of inmates. Some guards realize that inmates are real humans and treat them with respect. Razors are issued three times a week. Must be returned the same night they are issued. For those requiring medication, it is offered twice a day (morning/evening). by Medusa in the Morning ( the really ugly nurse). I requested milk of magnesia every 36 hours. Prison food constipated me. You are requested to show the inside of your mouth to the nurse before you leave her/him. Ice deliveries in the evening on request, You get clean sheets and a blanket every week. Laundry service was provided once a week.
Hurter kit (indigent kit): stamped envelopes, toothpaste, toothbrush, deoderant, comb Monday thru Fridays consisted of 21 hours incarceration. One had to do their best to find amusing books in the pathetic library that the prison had. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, three evening recs (recreational breaks where you get to mingle with the other inmates). (45 minutes + 45 minutes + 30 minutes). These were your shower intervals if you cared about your personal hygeine. Saturday and Sunday: morning, afternoon recs, three evening recs, Vrecs Periodic freeze count. Guards would make rounds to count us all. About six to eight times a day. It seemed like a farce. Inmates have access to two different lawyers once a week. One lawyer is an in-house prison lawyer who basically is always around the facility. The other is paid by the state and provides free legal advice to inmates on request. One inmate is tasked to go around the cell block asking everyone if they want to see the lawyer. Snitches get stiches Inner perimeter police (Artie Amorello) Search: the hole, pickle suit, turtle suit. White/blue shirts, gold stars, shoulder stars The white shirts were higher ups in the prison system. Their presence increased the level of tension amongst inmates. It's like having a rabid dog around you. The language used by guard or inmates was pretty much identical. As long as there is money to incarcerate people, the repressive punitive state will do so,
The metastisis of the state and its power and its pensions and jobs is far more important than the concept of crime and punishment. Parole (and success) is like pregnancy. Everyone congratulates you but they don't know how many times you got fucked to achieve it. |
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