Comments on: Hold your breath: prison de-segregation to begin http://apublicdefender.com/2008/07/27/hold-your-breath-prison-de-segregation-to-begin/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James http://apublicdefender.com/2008/07/27/hold-your-breath-prison-de-segregation-to-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-36016 James Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:46:05 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1386#comment-36016 The prison where Jean's husband is at is the only general population facility facing "integration" at this point. The other prison is PC (SNY) so this is a good test on a level 2 yard. I suspect the administration overplayed the importance of the whole thing -- a month's worth of propaganda (movies, etc.) trying to sell the inmates makes them think the cops fear the whole thing and what it might bring. Inmates are nothing if not opportunistic and manipulative. One inmate group has already taken a hard stance, and there have been some altercations -- resulting in the lockdowns. As this goes on, administrative segregation is going to get even busier -- and overflow is in place. If I were charged with implementing this I'd have taken a very firm position and done it unrelentingly one institution at at time. The soft approach (including giving each inmate one of five categories of potential cooperation) is allowing inmates the wrong impression that they have some say in the process. The prison where Jean’s husband is at is the only general population facility facing “integration” at this point. The other prison is PC (SNY) so this is a good test on a level 2 yard. I suspect the administration overplayed the importance of the whole thing — a month’s worth of propaganda (movies, etc.) trying to sell the inmates makes them think the cops fear the whole thing and what it might bring. Inmates are nothing if not opportunistic and manipulative. One inmate group has already taken a hard stance, and there have been some altercations — resulting in the lockdowns. As this goes on, administrative segregation is going to get even busier — and overflow is in place.

If I were charged with implementing this I’d have taken a very firm position and done it unrelentingly one institution at at time. The soft approach (including giving each inmate one of five categories of potential cooperation) is allowing inmates the wrong impression that they have some say in the process.

]]> By: Jean http://apublicdefender.com/2008/07/27/hold-your-breath-prison-de-segregation-to-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-35959 Jean Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:16:41 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1386#comment-35959 My husband landed in the first overcrowded CA state prison (unnamed for security reasons) to be desegregated. For the last - almost three weeks, the low level inmates who are blacks and Mexicans have been on lock down with no going out on the yard, no telephone to loved ones, no canteen, no visits. The newspapers are not covering the real story taking place at this moment. The few articles that are being approved by the prison are positive stories. There is a lot more going on than is being reported. If you were on lock down with nothing else to talk about - Which side of this desegregation ruling is begging and setting up a boiling point for rebellion and/or riot?? PLEASE keep on top of this story. “A CONCERNED WIFE WAITING FOR HER FIRST VISIT!” My husband landed in the first overcrowded CA state prison (unnamed for security reasons) to be desegregated. For the last – almost three weeks, the low level inmates who are blacks and Mexicans have been on lock down with no going out on the yard, no telephone to loved ones, no canteen, no visits. The newspapers are not covering the real story taking place at this moment.

The few articles that are being approved by the prison are positive stories. There is a lot more going on than is being reported. If you were on lock down with nothing else to talk about – Which side of this desegregation ruling is begging and setting up a boiling point for rebellion and/or riot??

PLEASE keep on top of this story. “A CONCERNED WIFE WAITING FOR HER FIRST VISIT!”

]]> By: SPO http://apublicdefender.com/2008/07/27/hold-your-breath-prison-de-segregation-to-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-35951 SPO Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:29:34 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1386#comment-35951 What they should have is an automatic death sentence with no federal habeas right for any prisoner convicted of murder or attempted murder of a prison guard or other inmate. California prison gangs are vicious. They need to be dealt with accordingly. What they should have is an automatic death sentence with no federal habeas right for any prisoner convicted of murder or attempted murder of a prison guard or other inmate.

California prison gangs are vicious. They need to be dealt with accordingly.

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