2/4/2012 4:09:55 PM
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Listen up, for real. I'm not trying to offend anyone, so don't take this personally, but heres some observations of SBCC and other facilities in Ma. CO's are for the most part friendly, but have to be strict in enforcing the rules, which by the way, are posted everywhere in the lobbies of every facility. It's your fault you chose not to read them, follow them, or ignore them. Sweat pants, bootie shorts, tube tops, no bra's, huge piercings, contraband, trying to smuggle in narcotics, cigarettes, needles, not bringing your ID, not bringing kids Birth certificates, open warrants, drunk, smelling like marijuana, not watching your kids(CO's are not your babysitters), women performing sex acts in plain view of everyone including the visiting kids. This is just some of the things going on during visits.
Next, lets talk about all the "A CO did this to my loved one". Hate to tell ya, but 99.9% of what you are being told is a straight up lie. Your "loved one is in the hole and isnt being told why" they know exactly why, whats involved, and just like on the street, are being investigated until the matter is handled internally or turned over to the DA's office. "My mail was ripped up by a CO" nope, 9xs out of 10 you mailed it wrong. There are cameras everywhere, not just 1 tape, those videos are sent to many places even outside of the facilities and are impossible to erase or "lose". Another movie myth. Ladies, dating websites for inmates is huge. Do you really think he is thinking "I want to meet a kind soul to chill with and maybe friends first hopefully leading to more". You and a dozen others are sending your "soulmate" money. Some of these "loved ones" have more money in their prison accounts than they ever did on the street. It's your money, but its fact(no doubt someones gonna say "not my loved one"). Heres another fact, SBCC is a Level 6 facility, that means your "loved one" is a very dangerous person. Like someone posted below, they are not car thieves, they did something or some things that ranked them to Level 6. "My loved one is mentally ill", nope, the judge, the jury, and the Physche staff found them mentally sane. I see those games all the time. As someone posted about AIDs/HIV, crap bombs, urine tossing. I know the medical possibilities too, Ill tell you what, if your so sure, , lets make a deal, I get hit with 1 of the above, then I get to do 1 to your kid. Thats fair right? After all, my parents are still alive and im their loved one. Little different looking at it that way isnt it. (and NO i would never dream of doing that to ANYONE).
The things Ive posted above are just the daily grind of SBCC, along with the daily fights, gangs, stealing, lying, fake medical conditions, assaults on staff, fake grievances, faked lawsuits, etc. To those who call me a wanna be cop, ok. But being a fake rent a cop has its perks. I'll be retired after 20yrs, under 50yrs old, a 6 figure a year job cause of overtime, $72,000 without OT, and I have a 4yr college education. So call me a rent a cop, a pig, a fake pig or whatever, its in 1 ear out the other. In all probablity, I probably have a better car, house, motorized toys, and quality of life in general. At the end of the day, Im going home to my loved ones. Like I stated earlier, im not trying to put anyone down, im just stating facts, and they are facts, some people are just blinded with emotion. We dont go to work to make your loved ones day worse, we go to do our job, thats it, no more. Oh and 1 more thing, the "Do you know who I am", "Im gonna have your job", and "Im making a call, youll see" doesnt mean crap to us. You look and sound ignorant to us when you behave this way, so save your rants for the ride home, you are bothering the other visitors who are doing whats asked of them.
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I find alot of this comical. The "Evil" CO's. Looks like some people have the movies confused with real life. There are more cameras at SBCC than probably any other facility. This isnt Shawshank.
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1/27/2012 8:48:30 AM
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hello, i have recently visited SBCC, and i felt that they are a bit strict on the visiting dress code. other than that all the personnel are very friendly ,and respectful, even my relative living in there told me that they are very nice to the inmates. We have to keep in mind that a jail is what it is a jail, and however we want to see is not a good place for nobody, we have to trust in God cause he is the only one that can provide then resignacion and patience until they see the streets again. Let's be together on this journey and be close to our family, friends, boyfriends whoever is in that belongs to you. Show them that they are not forgotten, visit them more often, write to them, remember they are tied up, not much they can do in there.
so pleas dont abandon your love ones ..you are all they have......and lets pray for them to be safe,and lets pray for the officers who are working and dedicating theyr lifes ,,to our relatives in there...my writing is not as good as i wish cause i am spanish ,,and i could it write it on spanish but i want every body to be able to read my experience ,,,,,i love my brother in there and i hope he comes out soon he got me and 5 little girls and 1 granson and 2 grand daugthers watting for him home ....yony we all love you,,,PS for everybody to write theyr experience in here ,,,,thank you ,,,and know that all the inmates are able to read this too....
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1/15/2012 8:38:28 PM
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Hello @ Ada,
It sounds like your son is almost finished his sentence. I hope you can share what you can about your visit to Souza- Baranowski. Good luck!
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1/13/2012 4:49:25 AM
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I have my son there. I have plans to visit him soon. it's been a tough road for him as he is mentally ill and committed a crime that he has no knowledge of but I' m sure he regrets he has been in prison for 6 years now, facing a 7 to 10 year sentence. My prayers are with him. By next weekend I should have directions and visiting hours to see him. I will be back to share my experience.
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1/12/2012 6:16:09 PM
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Hello Mr. Denuccio,
Please know that your son will survive and he knows you care and will be there for him. He must feel your support. I hope you get the answers you need. I hope your son will be with you again soon and that he knows how worried you are for him. I saw your post and I felt you concern for your son. I wish you good luck in helping your son through this crucial hard period. Please take care of your self as well.
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1/12/2012 5:57:32 PM
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Hello @"I worked on the inside of SBCC ",
Thank you for your view of the prisons. Yes we need to ask our governor what they made so many prisons anyway and why are they so full too that we would have to send them televisions. Televisions are not that important to make a big deal for that Americans in prisons are watching them. I hope they all can gain positive insight from the televisions sent to them. Just because you worked in the prisons do you really agree that the people housed there should be treated poorly? You seem to have so much insight, definitely more than me.
But you found work there, I actually hope you made a difference in some ones life besides counting up the budget for what you believe the American in prison deserve or not. Your right those guys are someones baby and some ones honey and some of them did wrong that is why they are there. Can I ask you how you viewed the children that are in the prison and what is the" Hole" like for any of those individuals? I am appreciative of your statements about classifications and how each individual in prison can change that classification by changing their behavior and respecting prison boundaries. I guess they would have to build two gyms for all the men they have housed. Imagine if they did not have that outlet and you went to work there. You say men threw piss filled sheets at you and threatened you? I have to say that is a very disturbed person that has been treated pretty bad for him to have no compassion for you coming in to do your job. There is no excuse for that behavior.
Thank you for that insight. I had questions about classification and you did answer that.
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1/12/2012 5:46:53 PM
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Hi @ Get a Clue,
It sounds as if your husband should find another job. I mean if he is working with such foul judgement of people he is suppose to be guarding and actually sometimes needing to protect and he can not handle it, it would be better that he not be a CO for everyone involved. I hear you on the child rapist thing I would not like them either. But you do no know "scum" really do you? The energy he may be bringing home may be transferring to you and that is not cool at all. I hope you understand there are children also in prison and as your husband knows there are people that made some mistakes or even are innocent! I believe everyone can find redemption. I hear you though.
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1/12/2012 5:24:48 PM
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Hi this is to Donna.
I hear you. But our Justice System has rail roaded many people. Prisons are not what they seem. There are many people that are good and got caught up or never knew what you know. Really. I am dealing with a family member that is growing up in prison. And honestly with all respect to the plaintiff that is decease and his family, but it was a self defense case between kids that took the wrong turn. I do agree that what ever cause one makes there is an effect and there are consequences to pay for even your mistakes. Choices. But to learn that so young in a corrupt system is outrageous. It's crazy to believe a child so young could learn anything from prison the way it is.
I think that the public should be more involved for sure. There really is no time for pity parties in prison. I think the are all trying to keep out of the violent crap that is happening. Your right their karma got them there but for a child I think it's just too much to cast the child to be thrown away. People make mistakes and some people are just predators and they were raised predators. That's another thing. Many people don't say a word when there is violence around children. The violence around children and to children prepares them for places like this. They grow up and act out. I mean if your talking about a Rapist or a stick up man I hear you he is well aware of the place called prison. He knows there is a place for him there. But that homeless comparison is such crap. I mean many homeless are people that have been in prison with no where to go and no learned coping skills that leads them to desperation and then back in the prisons or mental institutions that have closed their doors due to lack of funds. Today there are so many good people losing their jobs and yes they too are homeless.
Just because a human being did something wrong does not mean that they have to live like a zoo animal. I mean there is no reason for abuse in the prisons to the inmates or amongst each other. Being confined for years on end is not enough? What are we as a society grooming in prison to come back out on the street if the inmates have to be gladiators in prison. Yes many inmates are learning some things that they have never learned before but that does not mean that it's good stuff. We are hoping for positive reform so you and I can feel safe when these guys get out right? Yes we the tax payers are paying for prison functions so we should demand that the reform works for a humane society. We should question the existence of private prisons in which the state give the prisons money for the each head that comes in. We should also ask why our government has built so many prisons and many of them are over flowing. There is no pity party here. Just checking out the vicious circle that exist and many side step it and do not question it because they are limited. We are all validated in our feelings. That's why we are writing on this site I hope. Any way good luck to you and I hope all goes well in your world.
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1/12/2012 5:02:40 PM
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Hello everyone,
My very young relative is at Souza- Baranowski. He went in to prison at 14 years old on a 2nd degree murder charge. He never had a trail and his lawyer was a sham. He is now 21 years old and going through behavioral problems of course. He feels like he will be there for life. I am currently trying to get some lawyers to help him and I am getting their attention just waiting to hear if one of them will help him withdraw his guilty plea and help him get the trail he never had. First he needs to change his classification and do better behavior wise. I am a Buddhist and I want to get him into chanting and of course on the prison website there is no religious meeting group for Soka Gakkai International Buddhist. I really think if I can get him chanting and reading and in to programs for education this could help his situation.
Does any one know if there are is a SGI group in Souza- Baranowski? I called the prison and they told me they have a Buddhist group. But I don't see it on the programs. I feel like when I call there the people working and answering the phones are tense and really caught up so they rush on the phone. Like I asked if I could send art and the man on the phone that answered in the information department was like NO. DO NOT SEND ANYTHING LIKE THAT!. I was like no art? Anyway Please let me know if you have had any successful experiences with helping a young person change and get ready for parole or chances to leave prison like good behavior or help from law services. And please let me know if you have heard anything about Buddhism at Souza- Barabowski.
Thank you,
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
Road Less Travelled.
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This is to 'Sick of Ignorance'
All 'Electris Chair' is saying is that everyone has a choice and the people in jail/prison made the choice to break the law. Desperation is not an excuse for committing crimes that affect everyone.
Sure the prison population is made up of human beings who have loved ones. That doesn't mean that being incarcerated should be a walk in the park. Whatever crime was committed was against someone or affected someone and often many in ways which most people never stop to consider. Being desperate doesn't give someone else the right to take from others either in the form of forgery or theft. When we make poor choices we have to assume the responsibility of accepting poor consequences... a pity party isn't going to help anyone. Excuses are just a way of trying to relieve oneself of accountability and responsibility.
If someone commits a crime they certainly need to take into consideration what the consequences will be. New clothes, sheets, and towels once a year? Be thankful you get that. There are many people living in and below poverty level that can't afford to do that. Many of those people don't feel entitled. They just make do.
Why should inmates be granted any creature comforts when they have made it that much harder for those on the outside. Crime affects society economically which isn't fair to those that have done no wrong.
If you don't want to sleep on a cot with three hots, obey the law. Don't expect other people to feel sorry for you. Society is helping to pay your debt... be grateful you have more than the homeless.
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11/8/2011 12:25:51 PM
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I have had family members and friends in county jail and state prison. I do have to agree not all decisions are fair or even reasonable. But I believe it's not the CO's fault they are there and not all CO's have that "I'm in charge" chip on their shoulder.
I am currently going to school for criminal justice. I want to become a parole officer so I can help those who are willing to help themselves. But I must go through corrections first and again I will do my job and follow my guidelines but will help those who are willing to help themselves the best I can...
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I traveled to visit a family member and there was a problem at the facility. When I got there and it was on lockdown. In short, I have to say the staff was very nice there and went above and beyond to help me. I think they were all really nice people.
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I am wanting to know if Turney Center Prison has had alot of suicides there in the past 5 years? if anyone can answer that please. thanks in advance. or if anyone can tell me about the suicide that happened last night september 20th 2010.
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My grandson is in Farmington Correctional Center. H has a 5 year sentence for taking the rap alone when his friends set him up. He's been in the hole 75 days now because they say he was pushing and smacking another inmate around in the gym. They told him to admit to it because they have him on camera, but he said he didn't do it and if he did why are they asking him to admit to it? He asked to see the camera video of him and they won't do it. It's supposed to be under investigation but don't tell him anything, just add more days on to his stay in the hole.
They also shredded some photos I sent him of when he and my other grandkids were real small, all memories I had all these years and told him they contained porn. Please why would anyone do that when they're already doing time? They forged his name and said he gave them permission after they got stamps and an envelope to mail them back to me. That's forgery and tampering with my property. They're not trying to find out who did the pushing or anything else.
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I did my time in Shirley Mass. It wasn't so hard, I think you make it hard on yourself. I was the be alone type never got involved with gangs or hung out with 3 or more people, went to school, got my GED, learned how to make kitchen cabinets in Habitat for Humanity, was President of Toastmasters a leadership program, played the congas for the church band, did 3 years gave me time to analize my life and change,Today I'm free and work for a great company and workout daily ,no drugs have a great girl so I say! like Malcom X said, In the hectic place of the world today , there is no time for deep thought or meditation, prison is a place where a man has time to analize and think his life over, I put prison 2nd to college where, if a man wants he can change his life. Make the best of it. Good Luck!
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8/3/2009 7:44:27 PM
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There is no possible way a C.O. (or anyone) could get AIDS from the urine of someone with it! HIV cannot live for more than mere minutes outside the body, and you cannot get it merely by coming into contact with the urine of someone who has it. If this were possible, there would be cases of people who got it from bathrooms, from stepping in spit, or being spat at, etc., and there simply is no medical evidence whatsoever that backs this up.
You can't even get it from sharing a beverage or kissing someone who has it! In fact, there is *no known risk* of HIV transmission through contact with urine in or on your body. HIV cannot always be isolated in urine, and if it is, HIV concentrations are too small to pose a threat of infection.
Additionally, if this were true, the handling of the diapers of babies born to mothers with AIDS (or whose HIV/AIDS status is unknown) would be much more talked about, as well as the handling of urine in a medical setting. There is not a single case of a medical worker being given preventative HIV treatment due to coming in contact with urine. Whereas, medical workers are treated on a preventative basis every single day in this country due to accidental needle sticks, even when the person whose blood was also on the needle is believed to be HIV- but is not definitively known (due to the fact that you can test negative for HIV for a period of time after exposure but still have and spread the virus).
To contract HIV, direct, blood-to-blood or sexual contact is required. One way to get blood-to-blood contact is if two people (say an inmate and a C.O.) have open wounds. However, no C.O. should be working with open wounds (at a minimum, they should be totally bandaged) to protect them *and* others. C.O.s can have and spread disease, germs, bacteria, etc. just as easily as anyone else. If a C.O. or other prison worker had an open wound and did come into contact with someone else's blood (need not be an inmate necessarily, remember C.O.s can have diseases too), they'd be offered the same HIV prevention treatments medical workers get after accidental needle sticks.
However, that is not to say that it's not completely jacked up that C.O.s get urine and other disgusting stuff thrown at them all the time, because I know they do. Just please do not incite fear-mongering about how HIV and AIDS are transmitted. Your belief that a C.O. could (or did) encounter AIDS from a prisoner's urine are simply not possible.
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For those of you who have relatives in a Florida prison, this post might be of interest to you. In 2007, at Okaloosa Correctional Institution in Crestview, Florida, there was a correctional officer and a work squad of inmates who were exposed to massive amounts of asbestos. They were sent to work off of prison grounds to renovate a building.
When they were put to work, they were told that the building was safe. However, six months later, the correctional officer took it upon himself to have the building tested.
It turned out that he and the crew of inmates had been working 10 hour days for the previous 6 months in 10% - 15% asbestos.
After he reported this to the administration at the prison, it still took months for the inmates to receive medical care.
The inmates were sent to RMC for evaluation, at which time, only an x-ray was conducted. For those of you who are not aware, doctors suggest that an MRI be done every year for the rest of a person's life when he has been exposed to asbestos.
As a previous correctional officer of this facility, I could no longer work there knowing the filthy administration that was in charge. I encourage anyone associated with an inmate who was exposed to seek help.
There may come a time in the future that the documentation of this incident will be invaluable to your loved one's health.
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My ex husband is a CO at SBCC...it's not an easy job and it messes with your life outside..every day he goes to work to deal with the scum, knowing that these guys have raped children, murdered people, done things to other human beings that we couldn't even imagine, thinking to himself "it could've been my child, my mother, my best friend"...the CO's have to put their personal feelings aside and do their jobs, just like anyone else...the difference is, we don't go through our daily jobs wondering what our patient or our student has done to ruin someone else's life-a fact that CO's are faced with every day...do I think that every inmate is guilty? No.
But I do think that every inmate is there for a reason and like it or not, it is not any CO's fault that these guys are where they are. And oh yeah, who decided that inmates have rights? The rights to keep their medical conditions confidential? So the guy with HIV gets mad at a CO because his mashed potatoes were lumpy and decides to toss a bucket of contaminated urine at him....the CO gets AIDS and what happens to the inmate? some time in the seg unit maybe?...even without "weapons" some of these guys still have the ability to ruin someone's life...CO's are just doing their jobs, a job that is difficult and stressful on a good day....quit crying about the big bad CO's picking on your hunny and take a look at the reality of the situation....
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First, I'm not sure how the post from "Electris Chair" was approved when it is full of hate and discrimination. The prison population is made up of human beings, and a mixture of good and bad, and most with families and loved ones. Bad things do happen to good people and people have poor judgement. In this economy, the prison populations will soar with check forgeries, thefts, and other crimes that are committed out of desperation.
To address your claims, (at SBCC) they get new clothes ONCE A YEAR, new sheets ONCE A YEAR, new towels ONCE A YEAR. Phone times, yard times, visits, are all at the whim of the COs -- for instance, from May 3 to May 7 because of "operational needs" no visits were allowed.
No one on the outside can imagine what goes on behind the walls. To assume because you have three hots and a cot it is a cushy life is just closing your eyes. Live without those things you love most every day of your life, have food served to you that you wouldn't feed your dog, wear the same clothes every day, shower when you're told you can, and then come tell me they have it good.
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My son has been incarcerated at sbcc for thirteen years for something that happened when he eighteen he is now thirty. I know what you mean when you say they don't treat family like human beings, or the inmate. I hear so many stories about that place I feel for all the inmates. I know some of them have done wrong and need to be punished but they are human; those guards have no right to treat family or inmates the way they do. They never know if one of their family could end up there.
They need to investigate that prison and if we all get together maybe we can do something. My son will be getting out soon but I will never forget that place he is in. I feel like I am doing time with him and those guards treat family so disrespectfully they need to be investigated as the prison too.
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IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE HERE IS COMPLAINING BUT FORGETTING THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH A CONVICTED FELON!!!!!IF U CAN"t DO THE TIME DON'T DO THE CRIME.THIS STATE IS IN MONEY TROUBLE DUE TO YOUR SON OR BOYFRIENDS MOST WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF SOMETHING BEFORE.THEY ARE NOT AT THE MAX FOR STEALING A CAR OR ROBBING SOMEONES LUNCH MONEY,SO GET A GRIP..
THE STATE OF MASS HAS THE LARGEST MEDICAL CONTRACT IN THE COUNTRY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE LOOSERS!!!WHERE WERE THE PARENTS WHEN THEY WERE GETTING INTO TROUBLE AND TAKING DRUGS????SOME OF THEM WERE DOING THE SAME.IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT POOR JOHNNY BOY,THEY GET 3 MEALS A DAY ,CLOTHES,TIME TO PLAY IN THE GYM/YARD,VISITS,TELEPHONE,CLASSES IF THESE CHOOSE TO HELP THEMSELFS{BUT THEY ARE TO BUSY TO TAKE CLASSES}THIS IS WHILE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAID TAXES THEIR WHOLE LIFE ARE LOOSING THERE HOUSES AND CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE ,OR EVEN GET THE FLU SHOT BUT THE INMATES OF MASS WERE GIVEN THE FLU SHOTS FIRST OVER INFANTS AND ELDERLY
CRAZY-ONLY IN MASS,IT SEEMS MAJORITY OF INMATES ARE FROM THE SPRINGFIELD,FALL RIVER,WORCESTER,ROXBURY AREA ALL GOOD PARTS OF MASS!!!THE STATE OF MASS HAS TO STOP GIVEN THE TAX PAYERS MONEY AWAY TO THESE SHITBAGS AND SAVE IT FOR A MUCH BETTER CAUSE.JUST A LITTLE NOTE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN MASS A INMATE CAN'T EVEN GET A GENERIC BRAND ,ALL MEDS HAVE TO BE A BRAND NAME AND THAT ABOUT 90% OF THE POPULATION IS ON SOME TYPE OF NARCOTICS FOR FREE!!!WHY GET OUT AND BUY YOUR DRUGS WHEN U CAN GET THEM FOR FREE IN PRISION
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3/12/2009 3:24:05 PM
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Many people that post on here only know people that are in SBCC or any other state prison. I have both been a visitor to Concord and worked as a nurse at SBCC. Everyone wants to believe that the security staff of the prison are these god awful demons. The fact of the matter is when you look at the people they are looking after i.e. rapist, murderers, child molesters, their jobs are not easy. And trust me the inmates by NO means make anyones job in there easy. There are respectful inmates, but on a daily basis I was called every nasty god forsakin name in the book, told I was going to be raped and whatever else they felt like tossing at me that day.
I had urine soaked sheets thrown at me, I was spit at, kicked, and yes this is by someones loved one. Many inmates do have psychiatric issues but if they where truely insane or mentally ill then they would be housed at Bridgewater State, many inmates ARE sent out for mental health evaluations because the staff feels they mentally need to be housed at Bridgewater, but after a brief period they are sent right back.
I worked both the general population housing units and the Special Management Unit (SMU) niether where easy task. I had the orientation unit which houses all new inmates to the facility and they where by far my worst inmates. In the SMU I had inmates cut up, pop sprinkler heads, I passed meds on several occassion through feet of water, thanks to someones hunny or loved one.
Rounds are done every 15 minutes and just like in the real world if someone truely wants to take their own life they will find a way. Everyone likes to forget the risk those of us that choose to work in state prisons put ourselves in everyday when we too walk through the P trap, only we have to go through another 2 sets of steel doors to get inside the prison, past the visiting room. Officers have had there skulls fractured, permantly disabled, lost eyes yes there vision, been stabbed, permantly scarred. It is not easy to walk through those doors everyday but you get treated as you treat others. Do your time, don't mouth off, all the same rules that apply on the outside world apply in there as far as respect goes. And the inmates in Mass get far more than inmates in many other states. Yes they are made to wear state issued clothing, THEY ARE IN PRISON FOR A REASON, but they have their Nike sneakers, TV's in their cells, all the best and expensive medications which many of my patients in the hospitals can't afford, glasses, dentures, knee and hip relacements.
Oh and as we all suffer through this economic crisis and can barely afford to live thank Gov. Patrick for giving 60 THOUSAND dollars worth of flat screen TV's to our rapist, murderers, and child molesters, because I can't afford one in my house.
So hike up the price of gas, watch your 401K dwindle, your house go into forclosure, lose your job, but remember your loved one has 3 meals a day in a 365 day a year climate controlled prison, with television, and by the way very nice gym, and not only one but 2 gyms.
Yes the North and South side each have their own yard and their own gyms. No sharing there. Think of your daily life and your job. No body like to be disrespected or have to deal with rude people at work. We are all trying to make a living. But then take some of these inmates and the way the treat people just like you, people that are trying to make a living and support their families.
Think of your self as a victim, I have been one. And think of how you would want your attacker, the person that raped or molested you, the person that raped or molested or killed your loved one. How would you want them treated? How would you want them to spend the rest of their life? And only the SMU is locked down 23 hours a day, general population is barely locked down. Only for major counts and after 10:15 pm.
Look outside the box. Prison isn't pretty and I pity anyone doing time, but I didn't put them there, their own actions put them there. Be good, be quiet, get moved to a lower security level, people are not just housed at the Max because thats where the judge decided to put them, they are housed there for certain reasons. Im not an outsider I have been behind the steel doors, 40 hours a week.
Don't blame everyone else, don't blame the officers, and BY THE WAY, they are far from weekend rent a cops, blame the people that cause the problems. Just a different view for people to read.
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crc prison conditions -- the most broke down prison I've ever seen .. worse than any county jail by far.
You know its a health code violation straight off of the bus. The cops don't even wash their hands with the water in the prison. You have socks over the shower heads to catch some of the sediments that come out. Your clothes come back straight full of orange and black sand but even better yet we have to drink it and use it to prepare meals.
They are always testing the water in the facility yet they keep getting bottled and we keep getting sick. Half of the women have a bad bacteria infection from the water and medical is a joke. They sent me into shock with some antibiotics and refused to see me until my throat had swelled shut 3 days into it when the paramedics were called and took me to the county hospital. Pull a back tooth, break your front one. Take more than half of all the money sent to you for inmate welfare funds --ha,ha, for 2 envelopes a 1/2 a pencil and a half of a week of so called soap some 2 days of toothpaste. The state gets a hundred bucks a day for each prisoner. It might make you wonder wonder just how many people are innocent in prisons. Ow and levels - if you're a woman you're on all levels and on your own. There are no white reps or levels you could be there for shoplifting and be bunked with a baby killer or paedophile. There's no seperation for women, no segragation , no med yards , hep c, aids, etc. You're all together, so good luck and don't think there is an
available cleaning supply anywhere at this prison. Not even soap in the inmate workers' chow hall bathroom and no health codes. It's all equal opportunity, hep and all. But the governors hall is such a beautiful landmark that holds luncheons in the front of the prison. It's like one of those fake tv sets in the movies they dont tell you. The back of the crc hotel is condemed for ceilings falling in on us , asbestos , rodents , and dilapidated unsafe structures. We drink right out of the lagune water old Al Capone had there in the 40's, in the Naval wepons side of the prison.
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My fiance is at Governuer Correctional Facility. He and I want to be married before he comes home. However, weddings take place during the week.
Since I do not drive, or have anyone to bring me, this will be difficult. Buses go to the facility on Friday and Saturday. There is no one that I know of that can tell me a way to get there during the week.
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I was a sgt. at Gist and Stiles and it's terrible the people they hire. A recruit that's hired is about 5ft 2 and black. Many times I've seen the black officers take the inmates inside instead of officers. If the officer is wrong I say chalk them up, white or black. But then you have a use-of-force and all that shows is these officers I described above.
Also, how are cell phones and 9mm shells found in F pod and in ad seg? One day these units are going to blow and we will see if these female officers can handle it. I have had enough after 9 years, so the hell with it.
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The whole point system is B.S!
I am a 29 year old male. I was sent to Concord in 2002, and that October there was a fight involving a level-3 sex offender. I randomly got chosen to take the fall for it even though I had no idea it even happened. There is supposed to be a disciplinary hearing where you state your case, and ask for evidence taken. Instead of having the hearing, I was given a sheet of paper stating the hearing had already happened and automatically got sent to Shirley Maximum security where I served a year and a half. I was doing a total of three years for a stupid fight I got into on the outside, so a level 6 is nowhere where I should have been.
They have a specific group for investigation called I.P.S, which is a friggin joke. They don't know anything, as my case proves. I have been out for 3 years, as of this May, and I am doing great for myself, but what happened to me there kills me, because I know there are tons of others going through the same thing, if not worse, and they have no one to speak up for them. I wish everyone on here luck with their family and friends doing time.
God bless you, and thank you for listening
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HI, MY SON JUST WAS TRANSFERRED TO MAX IN SHIRLEY FROM THE MEDIUM...WITH THE POINT SYSTEM THAT THE MASS CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM HAS. HE ACQUIRED TICKETS FOR SMALL STUPID STUFF, I.E. REFUSING TO STAY IN A CELL WITH AIDS AND TAKING A SHOWER WHEN HE WASN'T SUPPOSE TO (EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ALL SWEATY AFTER WORKING OUT). HE WAS RECLASSED TO MAX...YES THIS MAKES SENSE? LET'S PUT A FIRST TIMER WHO WAS PUT IN JAIL ON A DRUG OFFENSE AND THEN SEND HIM TO MAX...OUR SYSTEM IS SO SCREWED UP. HE HAS 2 MORE YEARS AND IT JUST IS SO HARD TO KEEP SEEING HIM MOVE AND HAVING TO SETTLE INTO ANOTHER FACILITY. I DO THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CO'S LOVE HAVING THE POWER OVER PEOPLE..INCLUDING THE ONES WHO VISIT. THOUGH I HAVE SEEN DIRESPECT WITH SOME OF THE VISITORS, ONE SHOULD BE TREATED AS THEY ARE TREATED. I PRAY THIS NIGHTMARE IN OUR FAMILY WILL ONE DAY BE BEHIND US. I HAVE NO FEELING FOR LIFE NOW UNTIL MY SON AND FAMILY IS ONCE BACK TOGETHER. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL WHO SUFFER WITH THE PAIN OF LOSING A LOVE ONE TO THIS AWFUL UNDERWORLD THEY CALL PRISON AND REFORM.
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HELLO I AM A GIRLFRIEND OF A MAN THAT MIGHT BE GETTING SENT TO SBCC I WONDERINS HOW THE SYSTEM THER EIS WITH VISITS ARE THEY TOUGH, I MISS MY MAN AND I LOVE HIM I AM NEW TO THIS HE HAS ONLY BEEN DOWN A YEAR AND HE HAS 6 TO GO I WILL BE HERE FOR HIM AND IF YOU WANNA CHAT WE CAN THESE GUYS ARE NOT ANIMALS THEY ARE HUMANS WITH HEART AND GOD BLESS THE FAMLIES
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I feel for anyone that has a family memeber at Souza-Baranowski. Not only do they treat family members visiting as criminals, when you walk through their doors no one has any rights.
My brother was "able" to commit suicide under there "supermax" surveilence. Yet, I had been turned away for not wearing something approved. Yet, I had visited numerous times before and got in wearing exactly what I had this time. I came over an hour from NH to visit.
My brother hung himself with a bed sheet. We don't really have a time-line here, because the reports and eye witness accounts vary. All, I know is with this state of the equipment and total paroling of the tier, how was my brother able to tear up bed sheets, get himself into position and hang there for god knows how long, without anyone seeing? When they are supposed to walk around every ten minutes.
He was well liked by friends and staff, comes from a good home. Not a problem child with a rough life. He got mixed up with the wrong kids from the wrong side of town. And, got left holding the bag.
Maybe to some "weekend rent a cop staff" they are all prisoners and scum. But, he had a family that loved and supported him, and they are going to be in trouble for not doing their jobs. You will pay, no matter how long it takes. The shock and upset a year later is now wearing off and not only anger and unanswered questions are left. I will get my answers and this will not be overlooked, you screwed with the wrong family!!!
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I AM SEEKING AN ATTORNEY WHOM WILL REPRESENT MY SON. HE'S AN INMATE AT SBCC. WAS INJURUED USING GYM EQUIP, AND ITS A PRODUCT LIABILITY, NEGLECT AND PERSONAL INJURY CASE. HE STILL HASN'T RECIEVED PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND i AM HIS FATHER. NOT GETTING ANSWERS. HE NEEDS AND SHOULD HAVE RECIEVED IMMEDIATLY AN MRI, AND, BASED ON HIS OTHER MEDICAL HISTORY SHOULD NOT BEEN GIVEN CERTAIN MEDICATIONS. IT APPEARS THEY HAVE, IN LIEU OF PROPER TREATMENT, ELECTED TO SEDATE HIM, HE'S VERY EMOTIONAL NOW AS HIS LEG REMAINS NUMB WITH NO ANSWERS TO REASON, AND GREAT PAIN, CAUSING SLEEP DEPRIVATION, THE MEDIACTION IS DANGEROUS, AND I DONT WANT A ZOMBIE, ADDICT OR UNHEALTHY SON BACK, DUE TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE OR MISTAKES, ITS NOT PART OF SENTENCE TO MISTREAT, NOR IT THIS TIME DO WE EXPECT OR SHOULD YEARS AGO OR NOW MISTREATMENT. I AM PAST LAW ENFORCEMENT OF OVER A DECADE, AND WONT ALLOW THIS, AND VIEW THIS NEGLECT AS A SERIOUS BREACH OF RESPONSIBILITY OF DEPT OF CORRECTIONS.
iTS LIKE SHANGI , WHATS NEXT, IT A MINOR CHARGE PLEADED OUT, RESULTS IN PERMENT CRIPPLING, WHATS NEXT, FLOGGING OR CANNING MAYBE, LIKE ON MOVIE MISERY, HOBBLING? i BET A FEW OF THOSE VERY QUALIFIED CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WOULD CONDONE THAT. AFTER ALL, THEY OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW WOULD NEVER FIND THEMSELVES IN SUCH A PLACE? THANKS EMAIL ME, raymonddenuccio@yahoo.com
keep it civil,
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Hello, you can call me "D".
I'm posting this convo to make others aware that not everyone in jail is guilty and those that are do deserve another chance. My fiance is currently serving a 22 year sentence at SBCC. He like so many others has made his mistakes, but should still be treated like a human. We are due to get married May 21st, two days after my birthday, at SBCC. As we have found out that even if he is the one who committed the crime I too am being punished for loving him and accepting him. Through their policies they have refused me a guarantee date even though our marriage license is good only 60 days and the justive of peace who has agreed is $125. Our wedding can only be done on Mondays in the visiting room, not the Chapel. We have also been denied the right to wear wedding apparel. I'm expected to wear regular clothes and he his branded prison gear. We are allowed only a total of four visitors including us, so none of my childern are able to come.
I'm placing this to make others aware that while these inmates are supposed to still be treated like humans they are apparently not supposed to be loved. If anyone else chooses to get married at this facilty or any other Massachusetts facility please be advised that they'll make the process nerve-racking for you but do not give up. I myself will not and don't intend to give up on marrying my soulmate. Thank you for reading and God Bless.......
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