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HELP PLEASE!
My boyfriend is an inmate as we speak. I visit him every weekend and if I can get away from work I also visit during the week. My first couple visits were fine and then all hell broke loose. I came in and I went to do the ION scanner and hit on the machine for having morphine and cocaine. The stuck me in a little room kitty corner to the front desk. I waited about 2 hours when finally two correctional officers came in and tore me apart. They said because I was wearing a skirt I was smuggling drugs and that I was a whore.
They called me names and yell, swore and screamed in my face for over three hours. I offered them to strip search me and they said no. I gave them access to my personal belongings and my car in which both areas they found nothing but continued to harass me, call me names and make me leave the institution. I called on Monday morning after everything that happened and they said on Wednesday they would review my visits and they would let me know. I had to call back Thursday to find out that I would have to do 4 booth visits and be reviewed for PFV status. I finsihed my booth visits and went back to regular.
I would only at this point go to the visits while in the company of my mother in law so if anything were to happen again I had someone in my corner to hear how they spoke to me. Everything they wrote in the report was false. While doing my booth visits I wore a tank top. They hassled me for about 2 hours and said what I was wearing was not appropriate and that I would have to go to the nearest store and by a coat to cover my arms.
The next weekend I went two young ladies were going into a regular visit - both in small pink dresses, 6" heels and no under garments. Nothing was said. I continued doing my visits and nothing wrong was happening. I went for one 2 weeks ago. I got up in the morning. Showered and made sure my clothing was clean and put in the dryer with no bounce sheet. I drove up with my mother in law and we went in. I hit once on the machine for morphine. The office behind the counter said that it was a very small hit and nothing to worry about.
He passed me through security and had me wait to get through to see my boyfriend. The officer that I dealt with in the first problem came out. As soon as he saw me he came in the room and said that I was not going anywhere but home. The officer behind the desk was even baffled. I advised this guard that I was not going anywhere without a strip search and that I was not going to loose my visits because he did not want to do the full extent of his job by finding a female officer to search me. My mother asked to speak to his supervisor. We waited about 20 minutes and a gentlemen came in. He advised that the minutes from the last prison review board were lost and so they did not know the status of my visits. I explained to him that i knew they were having that meeting and that the officer I always deal with said I would have been fine and even the lady who booked the visit for me said I was okay and I was not leaving after driving 2 hours because they lost the papers.
He called the officer I spoke to at home on his day off and the officer told him in fact this is what happened. I got a letter from him stating an apology and that everything was fine for me to visit. I did my visit that day and went home. On the following monday I called to book a visit and I was told I was banned from visits and that my status would be reviewed. I called the officer this morning and was cursed and yelled at once again. I was told in the report they wrote over the weekend the dog they brought it detected drugs and thats why I could not visit. I advised the officer everything that happened and the dog that was brought in indicated nothing and the dog trainer told the supervisor that.
I have been through hell and back with this institution and I would like to move forward with doing something about this. I am sure I am not the only one who has had an issue with this and I don't care if you don't want to say you're name I just want the Warden and others to know what is happening behind the gates. If you can offer me anything, anything at all it would be much appreciated. These people seem to think because we are visiting a "criminal" we are also criminals. Guilt by assocation, I think not. Everyone involved is human and I think it's about time we are treated that way as well as the inmates.
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i was an inmate at bowden for 4 years till i went to the shu. keep your blinders on and you will do ok . it's the coppers like [*****] we all know who he is. he like to make us all do hard time. all the prisons are the same now no matter where you go mind your business. i've been free for 11 years but got to say bownden was a good go.
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I was an inmate that did time at Bowden and I will tell you that... yes there are alot of "NG" casses.... but that's every where now. In Bowden we can have our paper work with us and hang it up for others to see. So if someone is hidding things you'd know.... by them not willing to have there shit out for others to read, Drum is the opposite ,you can't have your paperwork anymore(since the riot that JJ was signed out) so who do you know who's who? So fuck you if you think Bowden is full of "GOOFS", "CAUSE I AIN'T A GOOF AND I PROVED IT"!!!And will continue too prove every knew bit.
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I'm corresponding on a cell phone, behind the fences at Turney Center Prison. If I was to get caught with this phone, I would lose my phone, be placed in the dungeon for at least a month, lose 180 good days, 5 dollar fine, and for the class A write-up, the parole board would put me off for at least 18 months as a deterrent from us having cell-phones. But I choose to talk to my loved ones. Without them having to get a second job to afford the monopolizing company that charges dollars per minute to talk. a 30 minute call to my mom is 25 bucks. so a months worth of allowed conversation with just my mom, every other day, comes to about 400 dollars. so instead I give 400 dollar to one of the many T.D.O.C. 's finest correctional officers. and not only now can I talk to my mom every day, but anyone I wish. I am even baby-sited with games and the internet.
And I'll be able to talk to my whole family now until I get caught. and this no life having internal affair officer can't sit around at his desk and get his rock off listening to my conversations with especially my wife, when we pleasure our minds and give each other something to think about when we're in the shower. Yea, he sits around all day eavesdropping. maybe when they make em a bit smaller I will get me a lap top!
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I have a son in Pollock la penitentiary he's been in the dungeon with no knowledge of what going on he's becoming inconitent i travel 700 miles to be distressed and heart broken there was an altercation, with another inmate and my son has been in the dungeon for 4-months, a bible in spanish , no english BIBLE , JUST his whole demeanor was a sight to see, my son don'T even response to my letters, i'm losed.no laywer, no write up,i have to call everyday just to know if he's alive.
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I am a reporter looking into what programs are offered for sexual offenders at Bowden and any other federal institution.
Has anyone out there had trouble getting a program because it's not offered?
Please email me.
carolyn.dunn@cbc.ca
thanks
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Times have changed. There are too many offenders these days for the system to place only certain people in Bowden. Grande Cache is now turned into a Medium security prison, so all of their minimum inmates have been divided between Bowden and Drumhellar. Bowden is now at the very least 50% drug offenders and it is not fair to classify them as being P.C, rats, skinners, women beaters etc. Alberta's drug trade is quickly declining as more offenders are being put away. These guys do not deserve those labels being put on them. They are there serving their time and do not need to worry about having to continuously prove themselves and explain their placement to closeminded people that think they know the Alberta penal system.
My fiancee has been a resident at Bowden for 11 months already and still has 18 more to go. I am sick and tired of having to defend him and his name in regards to why he is there. There are too many people who gossip and spread rumors about these guys who are stepping up and being men by doing their time.
My man does not deserve to have the burden of knowing that when he gets out he's going to have to fight for his life due to the fact that he was placed in Bowden... These guys do not choose where they go. Too many people keep breaking the law and prisons are packed. There are offenders of every type in every jail now. No more discriminating can be done because of where they are placed. Drugs have been ruling the world and now they are ruling the jails. Opinions and accusations should not be expressed.
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I was in bowden for 3 yrs. The majority of inmates there are PC, however there's a lot of guys doing time there that are good healthy non PC cons. There are some serious dudes in there. And it is a penitentiary. If you mess around you will lay around. There are a lot of goofs there though.
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I spent four years in Bowden and was just released. I have done research since then, and have found that Stony is at 52% SO, the Pa 48% SO, and the Drum at less then 20%. But Bowden is only 35% SO, so whichever prison is the PC you tell me!
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bowden IS a PC jail. I was there for 2 years and saw all kinds of pc inmates. I'm sure it is not defined as such, but in reality, the percentage of pc offenders to non-pc offenders tells the story.
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Theres no such thing as a p.c. jail anymore. There are sex offenders in every pen now. I was in bowden and I aint no p.c.!!!
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2/14/2008 4:35:25 PM
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richie-rillist ov da geez
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bowden's a bad p.c. jail
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My baby's dad is in bowden!!i went to vissit him once but hope to go again real soon!!my baby hasnt even met her daddy yet!!!hes only in there cuz hes taking the rap for something he didnt do!!!
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