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The human heart consists of four chambers that contract and expand in sequence to pump blood throughout the vascular system. In order to do this, the heart has a carefully synchronized electrical network that must fire signals in a rhythmic manner.
The muscular heart chambers have thick walls that allow for the maximum volume of blood to be ejected with each beat. Aerobic training reduces the amount of effort necessary for the heart to function.
A recent study looked at the incidence and outcomes of cardiac arrest associated with marathon and half-marathon events from January 2000 to May 2010. The number of participants steadily grew from 1 million in 2000 to 2 million in 2010.
Of the 11 million people studied over the 10-year span, only 59 suffered cardiac arrest during a race. Cardiac arrest was most common in males who participated in full marathons as opposed to half-marathons. Men were also most likely to die from the arrest and are clearly more susceptible to exertional cardiac arrest.
Surprisingly, the most common cause of arrest was not due to blockage of coronary arteries but an oversized left ventricle. The increased size (hypertrophy) eventually blocks the outflow of blood from the heart.
Cardiac hypertrophy is most common in younger athletes and associated with poor outcome.
The rate of cardiac arrest should in no way discourage participation in long-distance athletic events. Instead, it should alert athletes to the need for proper pre-participation physical examinations.


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Barnes & Noble adds apps to Nook e-reader
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Monday added an applications store and an email program to its Nook Color e-reader, bringing the $249 device closer to working like a tablet computer in the vein of the iPad.
The Nook Color has a color touchscreen, which gives it capabilities beyond those of Amazon.com's competing Kindle. The Kindle has a gray-scale screen that isn't touch sensitive.
The Nook Color runs Google Inc.'s Android software, which is used on phones and tablets, but the device doesn't run standard Android applications. Instead, Barnes & Noble is encouraging developers to submit specially written applications to its Nook Apps store.
Among the more than 125 applications available Monday are the game "Angry Birds" and cooking recipe vault "Epicurious."
Barnes & Noble is also adding the ability to play Flash content on the Nook Color's Web browser.
Jonathan Shar, head of Barnes & Noble's "digital newsstand," said the Nook isn't intended to go compete directly with full-fledged tablets such as the iPad, for which there are more than 65,000 apps.
"The target for this is still people who love reading," Shar said.
The bookstore chain launched the Nook Color in November as a successor to its first Nook, which had a gray-scale screen and a smaller, color one. Right from the start, the Nook Color had a few non-book applications like "Sudoku," but there was no way to add more.
The new features are available as a free software update for current Nook owners.
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Men and Women Really Do See Things Differently
Differences may be rooted in hunting, gathering.
Men and women really don't see eye to eye, according to a new study.
Females are better at discriminating among colors, researchers say, while males excel at tracking fast-moving objects and discerning detail from a distance—evolutionary adaptations possibly linked to our hunter-gatherer past.
(See more health news.)
The study, led by Brooklyn College psychology professor Israel Abramov, put young adults with normal vision through a battery of tests.
In color experiments the men and women tended to ascribe different shades to the same objects. The researchers think they know why.
"Across most of the visible spectrum males require a slightly longer wavelength than do females in order to experience the same hue," the team concludes in the latest issue of the journal Biology of Sex Differences.
Since longer wavelengths are associated with "warmer" colors, an orange, for example, may appear redder to a man than to a woman. Likewise, the grass is almost always greener to women than to men, to whom verdant objects appear a bit yellower.
(Also see "Men's Offices Have More Bacteria, Study Finds.")
The study also found that men are less adept at distinguishing among shades in the center of the color spectrum: blues, greens, and yellows.
Where the men shone was in detecting quick-changing details from afar, particularly by better tracking the thinner, faster-flashing bars within a bank of blinking lights.
The team puts this advantage down to neuron development in the visual cortex, which is boosted by masculine hormones. Since males are flush with testosterone, in particular, they're born with 25 percent more neurons in this brain region than females, the team noted.
(Related: "Why Deaf Have Enhanced Vision.")
Evolution at Work?
The vision findings support the so-called hunter-gatherer hypothesis, which argues that the sexes evolved distinct psychological abilities to fit their prehistoric roles, the team says. (See "Sex-Based Roles Gave Modern Humans an Edge, Study Says.")
Noting that men in the study showed "significantly greater sensitivity for fine detail and for rapidly moving stimuli," the researchers write that their hunter forebears "would have to detect possible predators or prey from afar and also identify and categorize these objects more easily."
(See "Video Games Improve Vision, Study Says.")
Meanwhile, the vision of female "gatherers" may have become better adapted recognizing close-at-hand, static objects such as wild berries.
John Barbur, professor of optics and visual science at City University London, noted that females are often "worse off in terms of absolute chromatic [color] sensitivity than males."
But when it comes to noticing subtle differences among shades of a color, women do tend to come out on top, as they did in Abramov's experiments, said Barbur, who wasn't part of the new study.
"If you're not dealing with the absolute sensitivity for color detection but the way in which colors are judged—such as the ability to describe a color, or what that color means, and so on," he said, "I'd say that females are definitely much better than males."


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Professional game artist Richmond Lee Chaisiri grew up in a Buddhist household in Thailand, a devout Buddhist nation.
So what's Buddhist about Asura's Wrath?
The Characters, the environments, the ultra violence, the cosmic scope, the super powers, the anime hair...All of it! Let's begin the tour!
Exhibit 1 – The Story
Asura's Wrath tells the tale of a bellicose god who is betrayed by his fellow deities, stripped of his powers and cast down from the heaven and swears bloody revenge. Does this sound like the plot of God of War 2? Sure! But it's also the age old story of the Asura (also commonly spelled "Ashura"). According to Buddhist tradition, Asuras once lived alongside the Devas (their more benevolent cousins) in a city called Trayastrimsa on the peak of Sumeru, a holy mountain at the center of the universe where the earth joins with the heavens.
The Asuras were quarrelsome beings who loved to pick fights. They finally crossed the line when they went on a drunken rampage after drinking a forbidden supernatural liquor called gandapāna, which Sakra (known in Hinduism as Indra), leader of the heavens, warned them not to imbibe.
This angered Sakra so much that once the Asuras passed out from their bender, he gathered them up and threw them off of the edge of Trayastrimsa (which you will recall is the highest point in the world). Upon waking at the foot of Mt Sumeru, the Asuras realised their sudden eviction and vowed revenge. Thus the Asuras took up arms and began their war with the Devas that would last thousands of years.
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Exhibit 2 - Our Hero Asura
In Buddhism, "Asura" (阿修羅) does not denote a specific god, it's the name of a race of warlike beings that embody wrath, pride and a thirst for power. Asuras first appeared in the ancient Indian epic The Rigveda which lead to their incorporation into Hinduism and later Buddhism. Asuras are often called the Asian god of war (which is what this game is often referred to as haha), but that's something of a misnomer. Asuras epitomize the warlike state of mind, but they are not patron gods of war. It's important to note that Asuras are not necessarily evil, they just tend to care about material gain over spiritual gain. Just like people, they have a capacity for good or evil and everything in between. Although they're more powerful than humans, it's considered unfortunate to be reborn as an Asura as they live in constant strife.
Exhibit 2.1 - Six Arms
Asuras are almost always classically depicted as young men with 6 arms and 3 faces (never any more).
In Asura's Wrath, our hero starts with a regular number of limbs, but sprouts extra arms when his anger reaches a boiling point. Extra heads and appendages are common in Buddhist and Hindu art and have great symbolic value. Multiple faces represent heightened consciousness (the ability to see in multiple directions at once) and multiple arms represent heightened power and reach.
In general, more appendages denote more power. Asuras are fairly low ranking in the cosmic scheme so they're never depicted with more than 3 pairs of arms. In comparison, Kannon (観音) the goddess of mercy is often depicted with 1000 arms (symbolic of her ability to reach out and relieve the suffering of any living thing in the universe).
Exhibit 2.2 - Orange Complexion
Long before the first member of Jersey Shore or ganguro donned the first spray tan, Asuras have been sporting a healthy orange glow. The most famous example of this is the Asura at Kofuku-ji temple in Nara, Japan's first capital. Like the Kofuku-ji Asura, our protagonist has orange skin.
The designers of Asura's Wrath take many cues from the Kofuku-ji Asura. How do I figure? It's easily the most famous depiction of an Asura in art history; it's a protected national treasure of Japan; plus they totally used its silhouette for the production company's logo.
Exhibit 2.3 - Manga Face and Dragonball Hair
Although Asura sports a very modern manga face that looks like Guts (from Berserk) gone Super Saiyan, this isn't really anachronistic as Asuras are typically depicted as handsome young men. Besides, spikey glowing Super Saiyan hair has long been a characteristic of Buddhist Deities.
Exhibit 2.4 – Laquer Skin
The characters in Asura's Wrath have a unique look fashioned after Buddhist statuary. As they take damage, their skin begins to peel away in layers like a lacquer statue. The amount of thought, research and effort that went into conveying this process makes me smile from ear to ear.
When Asura is at full capacity, he has the beautiful clean sheen of a gilt (gold covered) lacquer statue.
As he takes damage the gold chips away in a manner that recalls gold leaf (which is often ritually affixed to statues in Buddhist traditions around the world).
When Asura is seriously wounded, he cracks and peels just like a real centuries old Buddhist statue that has endured the test of time.
Exhibit 3 – Flaming Auras, Halos and Mandorlas
As the characters in Asura's Wrath engage in battle, they emit so much power that their auras flare up like flames. This is a staple of Japanese fighting comics, but it's also a convention in Buddhist art that's trickled down into both modern media and traditional religious imagery the world over.
Halos have been employed in Buddhist art for thousands of years. Typically a circular pattern around the head denotes enlightenment, while a flame pattern around the upper body or entire body denotes power. These conventions also exist in Christian art in the form of aureoles (radiant burst of light emitted from a holy figure) and mandorlas (the shape of 2 overlapping circles named after the Italian word for "almond"–but it sounds quite a bit like "mandala" doesn't it?).
Exhibit 4 – Super Powered Kung Fu Fighting
Asura's Wrath draws easy comparisons to Dragonball and other Anime–and for good reason, many contemporary conventions in anime, comics and games have deep roots in Buddhism. Buddhist and Hindu lore is full of violent clashes between super powered beings powering up and utilizing secret special moves.
Richmond Lee is a game artist and pop culture scholar who wants everyone to love art as much as he does. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Republished with permission.
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The upside of unrequited
Good as new
From the award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda comes a funny, authentic novel about sisterhood, love, and identity.
"Heart-fluttering, honest, and hilarious. I can't stop hugging this book." —Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss
"I have such a crush on this book! Not only is this one a must read, but it's a must re-read." —Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can't stomach the idea of rejection. So she's careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie's orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly's cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back.
There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Plus don't miss Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020!


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Canadian town wins grant for biomass heating system
The Village of Telkwa will receive $680,230 from the Government of Canada through the Gas Tax Fund transfer to retrofit their municipal building and install an innovative biomass heating system, as well as to develop a sustainable subdivision plan.
"Building clean energy infrastructure is an investment in the economic prosperity and long-term sustainability of Telkwa," said Bob Zimmer, Member of Parliament for Prince George—Peace River. "I am pleased our Government is supporting this environmentally friendly initiative that will create jobs, strengthen the local economy and support the growing needs of the community."
The Village of Telkwa will improve the exterior of their municipal building and install a biomass heating system, which will burn waste wood from the forest around the community. The new system is intended to provide heat to the municipal building, a nearby business, a school and four residences, and will enable the Village to become a leader in green energy for Northern BC.
The completed project is expected to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by almost 10 metric tons a year. The sustainable subdivision plan will include a review and recommendations on how best to update the municipality's subdivision control bylaw.
"We are very excited to receive the Gas Tax funding to retrofit the exterior of our municipal office and to establish a district heating system," said Telkwa Mayor Carman Graf. "The Village of Telkwa recently structured their official Community Sustainability Plan within the principles of a long-term planning framework that established guidelines and principles related to economic, environmental, social and cultural sustainability. This project fits perfectly into that framework."
"Protecting our environment creates a stronger B.C. and sets the stage for a positive range of health, social and economic outcomes," said Bill Bennett, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. "This biomass heating system, which will assist Telkwa in achieving their Climate Action goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is a great example of the type of innovative green infrastructure that will help build sustainable, resilient communities in this province."
"Telkwa's project will lead to cleaner air and reduce the cost of operating their municipal building for years to come," said Union of British Columbia Municipalities President Mary Sjostrom. "I am very pleased to see the Gas Tax Fund supporting this district energy system."
Since 2006, the Government of Canada has made unprecedented investments in infrastructure. Through the Gas Tax Fund alone, municipalities across the country have received over $10 billion in transfers for local priority initiatives. Making this fund permanent at $2 billion annually was part of Canada's Economic Action Plan—a plan to help create good jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity.
Between 2006 and 2014, British Columbia will receive more than $1.56 billion from the Gas Tax Fund to improve local infrastructure. The Union of British Columbia Municipalities administers the Gas Tax Fund in B.C., in collaboration with Canada and British Columbia.


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Wat Na Phramen
Formerly known as Wat Phra Merurachikaram, the Temple is located across the River north of the Palace. Although the date of construction is unknown, the temple has been restored a number of times but still has a finely proportioned ubosot and viharn.
The Temple is located along Khlong Sra Bua and the north bank of the Khlong Mueang or as know as Lob Buri River just opposite the ancient Grand Palace. It was received the name Wat Phra Meru Rachikaram, the old temple outside the city area. As its name indicates, it must have been established at a Royal cremation area during the later Ayutthaya period. Remarkably, this temple was not destroyed when Ayutthaya was lastly defeated by Burmese troops. The ordination hall (ubosot) faces south and measures approximately 50 m by 16 m. Inside the ubosot, there are octagonal columns. The top of the columns were made in the form of closed lotuses to support the large roof. The ceiling was decorated with carved wood and colored glasses showing the meaning of beautiful stars in the sky. The windows appear along the ubosot's walls which later has been extended by adding pillars during the later Ayutthaya period.Highlight of this ubosot is its gable. The ubosot's gable is featuring Vishnu (in Thailand called Phra Narai or Narayan) mounted on Garuda, on top of the demon head Rahu placed between two Nagas and flanked by 26 celestial. Vishnu is considered the symbol of the King. The principal Buddha image at Wat Na Phra Men's ubosot is seated in the 'subduing Mara' position, and wears royal attire. Its full name is : Phra Buddha Nimitr Vichit Maramoli Sisanpeth Boromtrailokanat with the lap of 4.40 meters wide and 6 meters high. The image's face is graceful, peaceful and respectful. Buddha images were royal attire like this are typical for the later Ayutthaya period. The statue is the most beautiful and largest crowned Buddha image that was left following the war with Burma.The ubosoth of Wat Na Phra Men was restored during the reign of King Rama III. In a separate small Viharn next to ubosot, another unique seated Buddha image of the Dvaravati period, named Phra Khantharat, which was carved in green stone, can be seen. It's 1 of 5 seated Buddha images in Thailand which is worth preserved. Wat Na Phra Men is one of the culture heritages of Ayutthaya. This temple is perfect for those who are interested in history and archeology and a good attraction for visitors. It opens from 8am-6pm. Admission fees are 20 baht for foreigner. For more information please call 035-241-704 (Ayutthaya Studies Institution) or 035-246-076 (Tourism Thailand ,Ayutthaya)


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Third Edge of the Sword Exclusive!
Last night I mentioned that our old pal Stephen Anthony Pillon is back in the news... his accomplise/codefendent in the Kenyon Gardiner killing died in gang related troubles in Red Deer yesterday. Brandon Prevey is now dead.
Now sit back for Third Edge of the Sword exclusive.
I recently installed SiteTracker on this blog to start tracking my traffic. Its why I put up a women's tennis post last week: the vast majority of my blog traffic is tennis related (Kim Clijsters of all people).
Well starting three nights ago I started noticing a sudden jump in Lily Tran related google searches coming to my site. Tragically, I don't use the Premium service, so I am unable to provide details about the weekend jump in Lily Tran searches (it only tracks the previous 100 visitors, and I get thousands of pageviews in a week).
Somebody though suddenly took a great interest in the affairs of Lily Tran (and by extension Steven Anthony Pillon) on Thursday or Friday. SiteMeter might still know who, but so far I don't.
Yesterday I contacted Last Link on the Left, which has pages on a variety of murders including Lily Tran's and Kenyon Gardiner, to see if they had noticed a similar spike in traffic. If so, the IPs in question may have some connection to the events of late Saturday/early Sunday in Red Deer.
(If you think this is far-fetched, then read this article. This could all be a coincidence. It could not. I just wish now I'd plopped down $40 a year for the expanded tracking...)
Update, 5:35pm: Last Link on the Left is unable to do that sort of tracking either, so I guess this will have to count as one of those incredibly odd mysteries. Further reflection today says that Friday was the magic day things started picking up, and I'm sorry to report I am still no closer to "why". Without being able to go back and see those exact Google searches and IP addresses, I've got nothing to go on.


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ETS2 – Signs On Your Trailer [Wip] V0.5.40.00 Beta (1.33.x)
This mod is in process
This is a WIP release for who wants to test the mod.
Attention: in order to continue using the mod you must have a DLC Krone.
New Version 0.5.40.00 (beta)
– Added signs on the Krone Coolliner trailer
– Added sign \"A\" & \"D\"
– Correction *.sii file
– Correction *.text file
Every comment is welcome, thank you.
The mod is represented by over xxx signs marking trailer in
different categories country codes, speed limit, warning, ecology warning and others.
Only for standard trailer in game.
*Recommended game version 1.33.x
3, 4, 5, 6, E, E , EEV, G, H, H, IV, L, S, U, III, V, VI, R , TIR, No TIR, T.I.R., No T.I.R. etc.
ADR signs:
ADR, 22-1951 Argon Refrigerated Liquid, 22-1977 Liquid Nitrogen, 22-2187 Carbon Dioxide Refrigerated Liquid,
23-1965 Liquefied Petroleum Gas LPG, 23-1971 Methane Compressed or Natural Gas Compresed With High Methane Content,
30-1202 Diesel, 30-1223 Kerosene, 30-1267 Crude Oil, 30-1300 Turpentine Substitute, 30-1863 Fuel Aviation Turbine Engine,
30-1999 Tars Liquid Including Road Oils And Cutback Bitumens, 33-1090 Acetone, 33-1203 Gasoline,
33-1219 Isopropanol (Isopropyl Alcohol), 44-2448 Sulphur Molten, 80-1824 Sodium Hydroxide Solution,
80-1830 Sulphuric Acid, 80-2796 Sulphuric Acid (with Not More Than 51% Acid), 86-2809 Mercury,
225-1073 Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid, 225-2201 Nitrous Oxide, 90-3082 Environmentally Hazardous Substance Liquid,
Dangerous For The Environment, Flammable Materials, Flammable Materials 2, Flammable Materials 3,
Flammable Solid Miscellaneous Goods, Hazard Class 9 Material, Radioactive 1, 2, 3, 30-1866 Resin Solution Flammable,
33-1866 Resin Solution Flammable, 30-1307 Xylenes, 33-1307 Xylenes, Infectious Material, Toxic Gases,
Toxic Material, Corrosive Material, 99-3257 Elevated Temperature Liquid N.O.S. etc.
Speed limit signs:
30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, The combination of red-white and red-yellow.
Country symbols:
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ex Yugoslavia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Island, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom etc.
Supported game versions: ETS2 – (1.33.x)
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If you're like most Buyers, a home is the most expensive purchase you'll ever make, and you'll probably need some form of financing.
There are many lending institutions that offer a variety of mortgage products. Financing options and rates can vary widely, so it is important to do your research and shop around to ensure you get the mortgage that best meets your needs at the best price.
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The mortgage application process is where you fill out the application, sign various forms that authorize the lender to process your loan, and deliver your documentation requirements (Bank statements, W-2s, paystubs, etc.) It usually takes an hour or so if you go to the office to do this; whereas, it will take a week or more if mailing them. The next process can not begin until these documents are completed and or received.
When all of your documentation is received it then goes the a loan processor who verifies and validates all of the information to be true and correct. Verification requests may be sent to your employers, mortgage holder/landlord and lending institutions. This is done by fax if possible. It is usually during this time frame that the appraisal and the title policy are ordered.
When all the information is collected the processor then verifies that basic loan requirements have been met. The file is then packaged in a manner the lender specifies. The completed package (including the appraisal and the title report) is then send to the underwriting department either in house or to lender-specified location.
The process of your loan usually takes about one or two weeks but it can often be delayed when third parties do not respond to validation requests or appraisal delayed. If your loan qualifies for DU (Desktop Underwriting) or Loan Prospector, these are computer automated systems, the documentation requirements are often cut in half and the process can be completed in three to five days depending on the volume of loans the processor has.
The underwriter reviews your loan package to make sure it conforms to all the guidelines required for that product. The underwriter also reviews the appraisal and title report and may do additional validation of employment, mortgage payments, and credit. And, anything he/she feels is necessary to document your loan. He/she has ultimate power and decision authority over the approval of your loan. The time required to do this is driven by the volume in the market. It only takes three to five days under normal conditions.
Most lenders today use Automated Underwriting (by computer). The advantage is less documentation and it speeds up the process. The computer actually makes the approval decision and the underwriter only reviews the supporting documentation and the appraisal. However, if any documentation is missing, inaccurate, or does not agree with the 1003 (application), the loan will be kicked out of the system until documentation requirements are met or the loan is turned down or resubmitted. This can cause delays but they are usually resolved quickly. Automated Underwriting can be completed in just a matter of hours. But ... if the market is flooded, expect it to take longer.
When the underwriter is done reviewing your loan he/she will send "conditions to close" to your loan officer. These are normally just requirements for further documentation to support your file. When these needs have been satisfied the underwriter will give a final approval and "clear to close".
When the loan officer gets the clear to close he/she then schedules and coordinates with all the parties the time and location to sign the final documents to close the loan. This normally only takes an hour to schedule.
When everything is scheduled the lender then draw the document package and send it to the closing company (escrow). This can be done by overnight delivery, fax, or electronically. It can takes one or two days. You meet, sign the papers, and pick up the keys after the loan is funded.


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Sometimes – when you ask nicely – U.S. Congress makes $10 million available for protecting families at risk of LRA attacks. That's good money. Thanks to everyone out there who called, tweeted, or met with their Members of Congress. Nice work.
Check out Resolve's blog post about it. Resolve is our partner in KONY 2012 and they know what's what in DC.
From Resolve:
This week, we received some big news as the committees in Congress that set America's foreign aid budget released their proposals for 2013. Thanks to the committed activism of young people across the U.S. and support from a few key champions in Congress, we're now very close to securing $10 million for life-saving programs in communities targeted by LRA violence.
At a time when the U.S. foreign aid budget faces the constant threat of major cuts, it is a remarkable achievement to have both houses of Congress in agreement that the U.S. should be investing new funds to help stop LRA violence and support affected communities in their recovery. Our team has been working with activists across the country who have been calling, writing and meeting with their members of Congress as part of the KONY 2012 campaign that launched in March. This week's news provides further evidence that their voices are making an impact here in Washington.
The Senate and House of Representatives released separate versions of the foreign aid bill, and later this year both houses of Congress will negotiate a final version before voting it into law. The version released by the House of Representatives, drafted by committee leaders Kay Granger (R-TX) and Nita Lowey (D-NY), includes language that would guarantee that the U.S. continues to make it a priority to fund programs that help protect civilians and rescue and rehabilitate LRA abductees. This very encouraging progress was pushed forward, in large part, by the hard work and lobbying efforts of young activists. In fact, Representative Granger recently wrote a letter to students she met with for a KONY 2012 lobby meeting, saying,
"I really enjoyed our discussion and was encouraged by your commitment to end these atrocities. It is refreshing to see how informed and engaged you are… Rest assured, I will continue to ensure that we provide funding to help protect the citizens in LRA-affected areas, assist them as they rebuild their lives, and finally bring Kony and his leaders to justice."
Congrats to all of the students who have been lobbying Representative Granger and many thanks to the Congresswoman for listening and responding to the voices of her constituents.
But wait, there's more! In addition to that good news from the House side, the version of the foreign aid budget approved yesterday by the Senate committee, led by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), takes things a step further by allocating a firm $10 million for life-saving programs in LRA-affected communities. Here is the full language of the Senate budget bill.
Huge thanks are in order for Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Graham (R-SC) for their leadership, as well as for Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) who championed the allocation on the committee.
And of course, to all our advocates — particularly you lobby meeting leaders out there — we can't thank you enough for the hard work you've done and we hope this news serves as an encouraging reminder that all of your efforts are working.
Our Resolve team will continue to work with activists this summer and into the fall to help ensure that the $10 million in the Senate budget is included in the final version of the foreign aid bill. Stay tuned with us if you want to help make that happen.
Stop at nothing.
– Lisa


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- The trial date for Sandra Bland's family's wrongful death suit has been set for January 2017.
- Pew: Push for policing reforms expected in upcoming legislative sessions.
- WFAA: Prison guards say working conditions a 'living hell' ("I'm not about, 'Let's go hug these inmates' ... I'm about taking care of these officers."), and additional commentary.
- Houston Chronicle: Four of the nine dead from the Waco biker shootout were killed by police snipers with long guns. Reportedly, no police officers fired their pistols. UPDATE: Ten dead bikers?! Tommy Witherspoon found another one referenced in a recent indictment, though it could be an error.
- Quorum Report: Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman called for sentencing reform for low-level drug crimes.
- Sheriff's Association: To improve public safety, halt cycle of juvenile crime
- Doug Smith: On keeping a positive attitude in prison and the case for a "second look" law for certain felonies.
- Texas Tribune: Read the story of a prison teacher who almost missed her calling.
- Reuters: Three guards were fired at the Arlington City Jail for failure to render aid in the case of a psychotic man arrested for outstanding traffic tickets whose official cause of death read "in-custody death with application of physical restraints," with "acute psychosis" as a significant contributing factor.
- Washington Post: Cops seized more assets than burglars last year, and next year they'll seize even more.
- Scientific American: Putting scientific peer review into the courtroom
- Akron Legal News: Ohio should copy Texas' junk science writ
- The Marshall Project rounded up all of John Oliver's 2015 clips on criminal justice from his HBO show, which are must-see TV for reform advocates if you haven't seen them all.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Guards say Texas prisons a 'living hell,' and other stories
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Grits, it's encouraging to see you've attracted such talented contributors. It would be great if you had a link to submit a story idea that a guest contributed put together.
- sunray's wench said...
It's good to see the TDCJ guard speaking out about the heat situation in the state's prisons - given that inmate families have been speaking out about it on the guards' behalf as well as the inmates' behalf for years now. Perhaps they are starting to see that it doesn't have to be a "them v us" situation.
The officers are on record and have been speaking out about this issue for the last several years. Interviews with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, AP, and NPR were done by the officer's union years ago helping to bring international pressures on the State. An Amicus Brief has filed last year by the officers in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on the excessive heat issue.
For years after the Estelle v Ruiz stipulation, the courts were flooded with too many fraudulent cases by inmates that resulted in tort reforms limiting actions that could be taken by courts on injunctive relief. While most inmate actions filed in court remain fraudulent, some aren't.
The atmosphere of "Us verses Them" was created through fraudulent actions which continues today. Most inmates need to realize they are not lawyers and report any alleged abuses to trained advocacy attorneys / groups if the alleged abuses are serious. Inmate families should support groups such as Texas ACLU and Texas Civil Rights Project with funding to help pursue professional advocacy.
There is no "US versus Them," only "Professional versus Unprofessional." Officer training (or lack of), proper applicant vetting, psychological testing, proper recruiting, and proper pay to attract a large enough applicant pool are the real issues that need to be focused on when it comes to officers who exhibit poor people skills. Correctional officers need to possess a very skillful ability to communicate with some of the most hostile individuals known to man. There is no "Us versus Them," only inability to communicate on ones level. The underfunding that continues to occur in the prison system is not the fault of the officers, but society as a whole who seeks to take revenge instead or reform ones actions. We live in a very hateful society which must learn heal instead of harm, but time must be served, as that is a reasonable punishment, not torture.
I only have personal knowledge of TDC personnel's interactions with my son and from reading about a Stanford University study where one group of students was put under the supervision/control of another group.
It appears to me that inmates [how i hate the word offender!!] and guards are the opposite faces of the same coin.
I can see the problem, not quite smart enough to know the solution.
At the same time, recent interactions with TDC have left me grateful and speechless by the fact they [TDC] actually responded in a timely, and correct manner to solve a situation regarding my sons incarceration. The situation was possibly brought about by TDC staff retaliation - not saying it was, just saying possibly.
To: 2:45 AM You state: There is no "Us versus Them," only inability to communicate on ones level."
-----------------I beg to differ, sir or madam. ---------------------When guards and other staff refer to inmates as "POS", and this is a common occurrence at all the units, they in fact create an us-versus-them climate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When inmates are belittled, ridiculed, called names, laughed-at; constantly told that they are liars and never believed; viciously "extracted" from cells by 3 armored guards, with batons and pepper spray at hand, even when it is not necessary and there is no real dangers to staff; when inmates are abused, their heads slammed on the concrete while hog-tied, or sexually assaulted - and this too occurs often, by guards, other inmates, or staff AND EVERYBODY keeps quiet and covers up; when cameras, designed to document use of force, conveniently "malfunction"; when medical care is denied even under dire circumstances by guards and wardens who are deliberately indifferent to the plight of inmates; when an ex-guard publicly states in a comment to the Dallas Morning News:---- "What really needs to happen here is that the officers need to learn to listen. They are not medical professionals and therefore cannot make a determination regarding medical attention. I can recall five times an inmate died because the correctional officers and clinic employees blew them off and ignored their requests for medical attention. My job was to collect the bodies of deceased inmates and prepare them to be picked up for burial or donation or whatever and it was SRO in the morgue at one time; ------- when other guards publicly show disdain towards inmates, hate, arrogance, feelings of superiority in their comments in public forums; when the guards' justification for their abuses is the refrain: "If you cannot do the time, don't do the crime" as if the guards themselves are there to provide additional, arbitrary punishment; when guards give major cases for very minor offenses, over and over, just as a form of harassment; when guards resent inmates for having a "free" roof over their heads and three meals a day and throw this in the inmates' face almost daily; when guards make sick inmates crawl on the floor, just for fun and do not call for a wheelchair; whe guards welcome a mentally ill inmate, transferred to Skyview or other units, with a head-shave just to humiliate him, then laugh; when guards do not "believe in mentall illness" but just in "the fact" that "these "these POS claim to be sick to manipulate us"; when they state: "if they don't look sick, they are not sick"; when guards take pleasure in confiscating inmates-bought fans in the summertime just because they can, or take away property for weeks, or delay giving mail; when they make sure than a stronger inmate beats up a weaker one to send "a message" to the one who filed a grievance; when the horrors described in the report "A THIN LINE" The Texas Prison Healthcare Crisis and The Secret Death Penalty, by the TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECTS are ignored and the abuses are allowed to continue; ----------
WELL, SIR OR MADAM, YES, WHEN ALL THESE THINGS OCCUR, AND I COULD GO ON FOREVER, AN US-VERSUS-THEM attitude CANNOT BE DENIED. ----------------IT IS ONE THING TO MAKE SURE THAT PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES BETWEEN OFFICERS AND INMATES ARE MAINTAINED. IT IS ANOTHER THING TO CONTINUOUSLY CROSS THE LINE, LIE ABOUT IT, COVER-UP, INSTIGATE, TORMENT, AND MAKE SURE THAT STAFF STAYS IN LINE BY MAINTAINING A STRICT CODE OF SILENCE.
As to my calling you "guards" instead of "officers". I am being polite. A better epithet, at least for the sadistic ones in your midst, is one I recently learned: wann-a-be-cops rejects.
From the above: "....I can recall five times an inmate died because the correctional officers and clinic employees blew them off and ignored their requests for medical attention. My job was to collect the bodies of deceased inmates." This is manslaughter my friends, if not deliberate murder by neglect." The officers who perpetrated these horrific crimes need to be prosecuted. And they want more money instead? The arrogance!
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Shannon Nealey commented on Suicides and attempts on the rise in Texas prisons | Dallas Morning News
"This has been a long and growing concern. Problem is, society doesn't care about these people; prison is nothing more than society's garbage can. No one cares what happens to trash once it's thrown away; this is the same thing.
Inmates are very vulnerable and often subjected to cruel treatment by the correctional officers. Their medical complaints often go
unaddressed and this leads to death in many cases. It is widely believed that inmates are faking mental illness or they fake illness to get out of their cell or to get attention.
What really needs to happen here is that the officers need to learn to listen. They are not medical professionals and therefore cannot make a determination regarding medical attention. I can recall five times an inmate died because the correctional officers and clinic employees blew them off and ignored their requests for medical attention. My job was to collect the bodies of deceased inmates and prepare them to be picked up for burial or donation or whatever and it was SRO in the morgue at one time.
Change has to be made. Something has to be done. Yes, they are inmates...but they are still people, too."
- Unknown said...
FIVE TIMES that she can recall? What about the times that she cannot recall? What about the times that she wasn't there? And this at one unit? What would the actual figure be of you multiply by the number of units? This is insane! Is this America or North Korea?
To 7"06 AM - "In response to: I can see the problem, not quite smart enough to know the solution."
Here are some suggestions which I have previously posted in this forum and I will continue posting everywhere, until or unless I am not allowed to do so:
- MANDATORY THERAPY for the many abusive, sick, psychopaths employed by the system, so that the good ones don't leave after a few months of employment, and inmates are safer?
- Requiring that officers have at least 2-yr college? The salaries are not really that low for rural Texas, especially if you consider the benefits. Turnover is due more to job dissatisfaction bec/ of poor peer-relations, back-stabbing, fear, and poor communication.
- Rendering these very well-paid health professionals accountable for really doing their jobs? Their salaries can reach 6-digits.
- Criminally prosecuting guards for the abuses? For retaliatinbg? For murders? (Read the post about the ex-officer who witnessed at least 5 cases of neglect resulting in death-by-medical-neglect)
- Requiring that UTMB psychiatrists and physicians show up for work instead of spending most of their time running a separate private practice often 60 or more miles away from the unit they are paid to serve with salaries up to 200K? thus leaving their health care duties to low-level nurses or to poorly-staffed offices?
- Not allowing horrific and approved cell extraction methods that scare the bejesus out of patients? Or pepper-spray and beatings?
- Making sure that Senior wardens show up for work at the unit, instead of running their own ranch while receiving quite lucrative salaries?
- Increasing the food budget from $.58 cents per meal to a realistic figure, so that prisoners are not served unedible, nutrient-poor slop which increases mental health and physical problems?
- Increasing health-care budget to more than $1.67 per day per patient?
- Developping a system of outside oversight and accountability?
- Rendering UTMB accountable for providing the care and the meds they are contractually obligated to provide?
- Appointing judges at the 5th Circuit Court of App. who will prosecute civil rights violations?
- Doing away with the requirement that inmates must file at least 2 grievances begore their attorney can sue TDCJ even for wrongful death? When an inmate is dead, s/he cannot file grievances. When they are alive, they know their grievances may cost them their life, so many don't file. Others can't because they are functionally illiterate.
To 7:55 AM - Quoting: "This has been a long and growing concern. Problem is, society doesn't care about these people; prison is nothing more than society's garbage can. No one cares what happens to trash once it's thrown away; this is the same thing." - Well, this time they have thrown away the wrong "trash".
If the pen is indeed mighter than the sword, the friends and family members of one "piece of trash" will keep on writing, and writing, and writing until each REAL piece of trash working for TDCJ/UTMB are looked upon with the disdain they deserve, and until somebody decides to wake-up and prosecute them with the full extent of the law.
In the meanwhile, the cat is out of the bag. TDCJ can no longer hide behind the lies and cover ups. When a conservative newspaper like the DMN runs stories, WFAA continues the task of exposing the truth, and, GFB stays on course as it has always done, something is up or something is new. Perhaps a new civil rights movement? Perhaps some politician needing votes will embrace prison reform, for real this time? Perhaps the feds are keeping an eye on things? Perhaps the families will no longer believe what the wardens tell them? Perhaps TIFA (Texas Inmates Families Association) will grow more teeth and DEMAND that retaliatory behaviors end? Or perhaps nothing will happen. But this family will keep on writing. You buried the wrong trash TDCJ. You killed the wrong inmate UTMB. See? You CAN NO LONGER RETALIATE. Without the ability to retaliate, you have lost your paws. TO THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED INMATES: I am sorry for your loss, PLEASE SPEAK UP! To officers who have already quit: PLEASE SPEAK UP! We have no other tools but our voices. Only when politicians hear an uproar, they will no longer be able to look the other way.
To show the level of resentment of TDCJ staff who are certainly entitled to their opinion, here's what some TDCJ officers posted of Facebook in the "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Employees" forum, a PUBLIC forum, thus I feel free to post their names as they seem to be in the public domain by their own choice:
---- 1. Matt Tapia Difference school kids typically have to pay for lunch. "Offenders" get 3 square meals free... _-_"
---- 2. Janet Chaffin I tell a complaining inmate when he complains about his current housing situation '' if you don't like the accommodations you should not have made the self made reservations then!.
---- 3. Charles E. Witte Alot do, another FREE government program, that costs the tax payers. Need a program where they have to work to earn the right for free . Everything they get, they have to earn meals, a bed, shower, tv, and such. No work, no pay, sleep on floor, water & bread 1 meal, beans and bread the other, no free health, and no free education.. Make them learn they have to earn what they want in order to live. No free rides. Everyone else free has to earn what they want, so be it for prisoner.
---- 4. Suzi Woods Some offenders agree with me that they have it far better than some who pay for less.
---- 5. James Hale well eva it maybe that way where ur at but the ones im familiar with your comment is bullshit . The way the guards talk to them inmates im surprized all of them dont get there dam head chopped off . When i went down there sewers live here was written on the back of the chair . you had 5 minutes to eat or take showers . Everytime i called the dispatch was a fuckin asshole and i havent done a fuckin thing . Even a CPS worker said that was the biggest mess of employees that she had ever seen . everything that happens to them holyer the though guards its prolly deserved
---- 6. Victor Santamaria I used to work for TDCJ , yes it gets hot in prison unit . In some the units they do have air-conditioner . It's a prison unit not the Hilton hotel, yes it does get hot in there but who ready fault is this , it's person that did the crime has to put the time in. There ones that put them self in there . The prisoners have better then the homeless people , the have a roof over there heads , three meals a day , they have clean prison uniforms, they watch tv , at the Texas tax dollars expense. The prisoners needs to stop crying because it's to hot , they should think about it before they murder , rape , robbery and so on . They should suck it up .
The comments speak for themselves. There are many other TDCJ or officers' forums, some are restricted and not public. It's interesting to go there. Facebook, Linkedin, DOC Associations, etc.
Have fun, go there and get to know them. The US vs THEM attitude is alive and well.
The syntax and grammar in the above posts clearly show we must give a well deserved raise based on their educational level. Or may be not. Minimum wage seems more appropriate. Calling the guards is a raise in status.
I meant to say "calling them guards" is a raise in thei social status.
My gadget keeps on dropping letters. Sorry again. their, not thei.
- Unknown said...
It must be the universe paying you back, since you are criticizing their spelling. Just kidding.
Please, read carefully and take note. Look at the post 8:49 AM.
Go down to item marked number 5. A guard writes in his fb post that in the back of the chairs, probably in chow hall, was written: "sewer lives here".
".... The way the guards talk to them inmates im surprized all of them dont get there dam head chopped off . When i went down there sewers live here was written on the back of the chairs . you had 5 minutes to eat or take showers."
This man is also reporting that the way guards talk to the inmates is derogative and that their behavior can provoke attacks.
It also clearly reports that inmates had only five minutes to shower or eat their meals.
I thank this officer for telling it the way it is. I don't know his intentions but I appreciate his telling. THIS IS ABUSE FOLKS!
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Yap, hurry up before they cancel the posts.
- Unknown said...
Now watch that site on facebook going from being open to the public to becoming a private forum open only to its members. I will be surprised if this were not to happen by noon today.
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- sunray's wench said...
@ Anon 2.45
In your world there may not be a "them v us" mentality, but with the majority of TDCJ officers I have had contact with over the past 11 years there certainly is - they are proud of it and it is indoctrinated into them during their training (though for some, I strongly suspect the indoctrination was not required). There are of course some highly professional officers, but they appear to be in the minority.
Sunray, there are not, in my opinion "high professional officers". It is wrong to generalize I know. But once they are hired, stay there and keep their mouth shut not to get fired or killed, they change from decent human beings to part of a corrupt and toxic system. The only good officers are the ones who left in disgust. Some officers may not even realize that the system gradually changes them. They may mean well. They may suffer in silence when they see the stuff that goes on. But they still keep their mouth shut. Many go home and drown their pain in liquor, pretending nothing is going on. Don't fool yourself. Their loyalty is to the system. The money comes from the system. They are indoctrinated to support the system.
Those professionals you talk about are nothing but better actors than others. If they correct a wrong, they do it mostly to protect the system. They don't give a damn about the inmates. If they did, they could not and would not psychologically survive. The Stanford experiment was interrupted when they realized this.
They have to detach to be able to make it. This is not the healthy detachment of professionals, though. This is a form of dissociation. They have two persona. Once they do that, the desensitization and the brainwashing take root. Eventually they too become toxic. Many studies, besides the Stanford experiment, support this. If you need to deal with them, you need to pretend you respect and believe them. You say "yes sir", "yes ma'm". Be careful, though, about trusting them. If you go from one to another, you have just touched different parts of the same poisonous snake. When you forget this, you will slowly become brainwashed too. If you don't believe this, remember that "it is not what one says, but it is what one does that counts."
Wardens' and officers' behavior, when in public, is incongruent with what really goes on. They tell you one thing, or perhaps they do you a small favor, but then, everything goes back to the same routine which is hell for the inmates.
Incongruent behavior is a sign of lying.Ask an FBI agent.
Intermittent reinforcement (being nice one time and not ten other times) is designed to bamboozle you. Just like the slot machines in Las Vegas. These machines make you win a bit, but in the long run you lose. It's called intermittent reinforcement and it is a form of brainwashing. Guards are skilled in this form of manipulative behavior. Wardens and public officials are master manipulators.
I apologize for the rambling and I recognize that this my own personal opinion which is based of 22 years of experience with the system. I respect yours as your experience may be different than mine. I pray that you and your family are safe. Holidays blessings.
@ sunray's wench. You got it: I strongly suspect the indoctrination was not required.
Not required. Many are already that way when they apply for the job.
- sunray's wench said...
Too many Anons, I have no idea if that was one person answering or another - PLEASE just pick a random username and stick with it, no one will know who you are, but at least folks like me can keep some track of the conversation!
Prisons are just a reflection of our society inside a micro-culture. There are good officers and there are bad officers. The officers don't set the budget for prisons. If there are too many "Bad Officers" than better applicant vetting, training, and standards need to be demanded from our elected state leadership. People who make poor decisions usually have a history of making poor decisions. Abuse and ignorance are a trait you can observe in one's past. Why would you hire or promote an individual with a history of poor decision making or abuse?
Reason:....... "Money."
Some of your elected leaders wish to turn their heads the other way while allowing a corrupt and broken prison system to exist. Correctional officer positions must be filled and the state will hire just about anyone to maintain bare minimum staffing levels.
The fact remains budgeting priorities don't go to prisons. Texas leaders would rather waste state resources on the border political theatre than to fund basic government operations such as prisons. The political drama on the border is a waste of money when transnational gangs are just using our prison system to recruit and train people to engage in organized crime when they reenter the freeworld. Inmates can learn the basics of producing domestically produced crystal meth and how to distribute it through their gang.
We can blame the officers for the problems in the prison system, but the true scope of the problem for years has been the Governor's Office and the Texas Legislature. Ignoring the problem or shifting the blame will not make it go away.
Problem = "Bad Officers"
Solution = Don't hire them.
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
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- Unknown said...
Agreed: the Governor and the Legislature are ultimately responsible. The rest, though, is not quite that simple. It's the whole system that needs revamping. Pouring more money into the system, without revamping it, is a waste. There are many rules in place which are broken daily and nobody is prosecuted.
Most rules are geared toward protecting the corruption within the system. Staff would fall in line if they knew that they can't get away with evil-doing. Wardens and medical staff would show up for work and inmates would not die from abuse and neglect. Firing is not enough. Prosecuting those who commit atrocities would keep many in line. No consequences equates to permission to "do as you please".
So, no. It's not just the salaries. Wardens make decent salaries and they are corrupted regardless. Medical staff earn excellent salaries and they are basically worthless. I am tired to hear that money is the main problem when it comes to abuse of inmates and cover-ups.
Allocating more funds to restructure the dirty rat holes and to place AC or large fans in the facilities is a MUST. They have reduced the food budget to an unacceptable bare minimum. The Ferguson unit and other older facilities need to be shut down as they are old, musty, have toxic mould and are a disgrace. The water wells in certain units bring arsenic-containing water that inmates drink daily. This needs to be fixed and it takes money.
However, lack of money does not, under any circumstance, justify breaking the law by officers who abuse and/or neglect prisoners. Blaming low salaries is just another way to divert attention to the real problem. Each State employee, regardless of the salary they receive, is responsible for following the rules, showing up for work, and for not taking the arbitrary punishing of the inmates into their own hands with the horrific results which have been documented and reported.
ACCOUNTABILITY and LACK OF OVERSIGHT are the main problems here.
When was the last time that ANYBODY HAS BEEN PROSECUTED FOR NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE, MEDICAL NEGLECT, MANSLAUGHTER, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OR EVEN RAPE OF INMATES AND JUVENILES, DEFRAUDING THE STATE BY NOT SHOWING UP FOR WORK or FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY WHILE COLLECTING THEIR PAY CHECKS? How often are officers fired for covering up for those who use excessive force, needless harassment, arbitrary discipline? When was any officer arrested for bringing drugs into the prisons?
Only rarely you see an officere go to prison for egregious violations of already existing laws. The higher-ups, however, remain UNTOUCHABLE. So, yes, money is a problem, but it is not the main or only problem. Accountability and no-tolerance for cover-ups would go a long way, even with the existing budget.
Dallas, the flaw of the system is its reactive instead of proactive. Sending officers to prison is not the answer. I agree corrective behavior needs to occur, but when you fail to vet, train, psychologically screen, and supervise officers the system itself needs to be held accountable. That's the problem with our criminal justice system... The flaw of our society is we seem to think prison fixes all the problems.
Let's start by placing the voters in prison for choosing the leadership in Austin. Next lets place the politicians in place. Next we can place the people who didn't vote in prison. We should give them the most harsh sentences.
Prison time clearly is not the answer to fixing a broken system. The state can't even keep the officers they have. More proactive actions should be taken to resolve this issue. Clearly the prison system is over populated when it comes to financial appropriations. A prison population reduction is the first issue that needs to be addressed on this overly expansive prison system. Less inmates requires less staffing. Finances become less of an issue owner you are having to vet fewer officers.
@ Anon 3:36 AM - The law applies to all citizens. You place people in prison when they break the law, and you are advocating that State employees who beat, maim, neglect and murder inmates not be rendered accountable? Are you serious? I guess you are. A double standardard does not seem to bother you.
I agree that we need to reduce the levels of incarceration.
Officer retentention would be higher if we got rid of the bad apples who make the life of prisoners and staff miserable. Good people don't want to work with assholes.
Boston civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate estimates the average American commits three felonies a day. I'm not advocating for officers to get away with rule violations, but prison for every rule infraction is too harsh. Serious legal violations need to be prosecuted, but non-serious violations should be handled through other disciplinary means and that includes loss of employment. TDCJ and Texas county correctional officers need a uniform correctional officers license, that way licensing suspensions can occur to punish serious offenses and ensure violators doesn't just go work for another agency.
"MANDATORY THERAPY for the many abusive, sick, psychopaths employed by the system, so that the good ones don't leave after a few months of employment, and inmates are safer?"
Really??? Why would you hire them in the first place if they are that bad? Applicant vetting and screening would be simpler.
It sounds like you have some extreme anger issues. Don't let your emotions overrun you to the point you make poor decisions and extremely poor messaging.
FYI "guards" are people who watch bank vaults. Inmates are humans, not bank vaults. Officers manage human populations, not bank vaults. I would hope TDCJ hires "officers" and not people watching bank vaults. Inmates are not big chunks of metal.
Stereotyping every officer and use of epithet is only trolling the issues and not properly addressing them. Prisons are full of abuse and don't think for one minute inmates aren't some of the biggest abusers in the system. While most inmates and officers just do their time, abuse occurs from both sides. New female officers in prisons are subjected to some of the worse sexual harassment I've ever seen. The "Us verses Them" mindset was created by the inmate culture who play games on staff for entertainment and other munipulative reasons. Most officers wish to mind their own business, but are consistently harassed by jerks, manipulators, con-artist, and real sexual predators.
- Unknown said...
Please, don't bite commenters' head off for using the word 'guard'. The title of the GFB article is "Guards say Texas prisons a 'living hell,' and other stories". Newspapers use it all the time too. Not all officers are offended by this term. I believe you you when you say that female officers are harassed by inmates who, to be honest, often masturbate at their sight.
- Unknown said...
I totally agree: "TDCJ and Texas county correctional officers need a uniform correctional officers license, that way licensing suspensions can occur to punish serious offenses and ensure violators doesn't just go work for another agency."
I don't believe anybody is advocating prison for minor officers misconduct. Often though, officers' negligence and abuse cause deaths. Other times, the use of excessive force is unconstitutional and violates civil rights. If you read the reports of The Texas Civil Rights Project, you will understand.
- sunray's wench said...
I agree with From Dallas about the use of the word "guard", it's a generic term and is not intended to be derogatory.
And I don't disagree with email@example.com that some inmates also have a "them v us" mentality, but that usually does not extend to officer's friends an family in the way some officers apply it. It should be possible to separate effectively those who do not behave themselves while in prison from those who do, and treat accordingly so that consequences can be clearer. At the moment, blanket restrictions and punishments are applied which does nothing to encourage good behaviour.
The officers don't make the rules though, and there is much that needs fixing in TDCJ and TX criminal management in general that installing air con wont touch.
- Gritsforbreakfast said...
FWIW, "prison guard" is descriptive. "Correctional officer" is politically correct bureaucrat-speak.
And wanna-be-cop-reject is in response to guards calling inmates and their families POS, then proceeding to act accordingly in treating them like garbage, to the point of writing in the back of chairs, in at least one unit, 'sewer lives here' with the apptoval, consent, and the appropriate disregard of wardens and higher-rank, which proves that they too are wanna-be-cop-rejects. In other units shit like this happens daily, nightly, by the hour. They were not hired to do this.
Their effort to improve public relation by having the wanna-be-cop-rejects ask a family member who visit the facility: "how was your visit?" or "have a good visit, mam sir; adds to the insult. While one may answer "fine, thank-you", what they probably want to say is "f-u too sir/mam".
Now whoever posted here before that there are troll here, can call me a troll too and tell me that this non politically correct post hinders your efforts at improving prisons' conditions. I hope this much: that you at least ask that they paint the god damn chairs and remove the insults.
Signed: Elizabeth
Elizabeth (the new troll)again @ sunray wrench
I like you and I like you understand, but please, stop making excuses for the guards. I agree that we need for a lot of rules to be changed, In the meanwhile, we can work at enforcing the existing decent rules, as some were inactyed.
There is such a thing like Stockholm Syndrome. It happens when the abused make excuses for the abusers. Many retrning prisoners suffer from it. I do not know you and I wish no disrespect. I hope, though, we can stay focused on reality here.
Fuards don't make the rules, but they don't even follow the common-sense rules on the book like:
- don't retaliate?
- Don't humiliate? (you may get killed when that guy you called POS turns on you).
- De-escalate instead of provoking by giving bogus cases? (if you don't get killed, inmates will lose respect and manipulate you or lie even more thn they already do. Or they will call rank and embarass you. They'll make your job a living hell/ Do you blame them? Give and thou shall reive lol)
- Don't beat the crap out of inmates, sick people, visibly handicapped prisoners just for because you get bored with your job or just because you can?
- Don't go around the hallways laughing like idiots and sharing funny stories like "I got that POS to shit his pants when I yelled him. Then I made him clean it up. He was even crying. That was so funny!" Really? What do you think other inmates will feel when they hear that because you talk so loudly you could not hear a train pass by.
- Eat your lunches with fruit, fresh salads and dessert in front of inmates who will never see an apple while incarcerated? - have you ever heard of sensitivity?
- Make medical diagnoses "s/he is not sick. He don't look sick to me": you are not doctors.
- Deny medical visits based on your diagnosis? Or because you are just having a shitty day?
- Ask or proceed to do extractions (you know what I am talking about) when really you could have waited a few minutes for the terrified or psychotic inmate to cool down.
- Turn the temperature down to 50, proceed to put your jackets on, and enjoy looking at inmates shiver like a leaf in the fall wind because you know they have no sweaters or jackets. Then enjoy the view or perhaps laugh, give high-fives, lol.
- Make these POS lives more miserable by playing mind games.
- Cover up your fellow wann a be cop reject's wrongdoing, or better, let him know that "he was right as that POS surely deserved what was coming."
- instigate one inmate against another
- come up with many more creative way to harass.
See? They can't lie to me. In my book there are no excuses, there are really none. I am not a scholar so explanations are useless. I focus on what is.
I agree with you that many rules by decree of your shitiness wardens-in-chief and higher ups need to change and that we need real funding.
Signed Elizabeth
- Unknown said...
"Fuards? is this a typo or a new epithet for guards?
Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages/prisoners express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with the captors.
Also called capture-bonding, it is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with the captors, or having sexual desires for them.
Although originally it referred to hostages in kidnapping, today it is used more liberally in other contexts i.e. prisons.
Inmates can suffer from this. It is a covert defense mechanism aimed at psychological survival.
In reverse, officers can bond to inmates and have sexual relationships w/ them - this is still abuse as it is a relationship between a weaker person (the inmate) and one in power (the officer).
While emotions may drive some people, logic and evidence based practices are things to follow when fixing issues in a criminal justice system.
The solution to the problems TDCJ is extremely simple:
1. Don't hire bad people.
2. Don't hire officers with a history of poor decision making.
3. Train the officers using evidence based practices.
4. Implement a fair system of rule compliance and enforcement.
5. Implement the use of body cameras that can record audio.
- sunray's wench said...
I'm not making any excuses for the unprofessional officers. I don't deny that any of the things you list have happened - too many times I hear people talking about them so at least some of it must be true. But the structure of the housing, activities (or lack of) and the absense of a desire to help inmates become productive citizens from the day they enter TDCJ is as big an issue as the bad behaviour of some of the staff. If overall inmates are seen as an inconvenience or a threat, then there is no incentive for either side to improve.
- Unknown said...
"The Chronicle found eight cases in which inmates were choked, punched or kicked by detention officers and then ended up facing felony charges for alleged crimes against staff members, even though jailers were later disciplined for misconduct in connection with the same incidents - either for using excessive force or failing to report the incidents. Three of the eight, including Evans, were convicted and went to prison."
- Unknown said...
The Chronicle found that when jailers file charges against inmates, they are typically reviewed and accepted within a day by the district attorney's office intake division. But the sheriff's internal investigation into the actions of jail staff can take an average of eight months, according to disciplinary reports from the last five years - sometimes finding misconduct or inconsistencies well after an inmate has been convicted of a related charge.
"Official final reports and an investigation should be done before that prisoner's case is resolved," said defense attorney Joe Owmby, who formerly headed the DA's civil rights division when it was known as police integrity. "Because it's not fair that an IAD investigation make take 30 days, and neither the prisoner nor the prisoner's lawyer has any idea that maybe it was this guard's fault, because they haven't concluded their investigation."
How many citizens have been screwed over besides the 8 reported cases?
Let me guess.....
And this is not a conspiracy when even the IAD is involved?
EL PASO, Texas (CN) - Exonerated in the murders of two teenagers after almost 20 years in prison, Daniel Villegas claims El Paso police suppressed evidence of his innocence, coerced a false confession and "completely corrupted the investigative process."
Villegas, 38, sued El Paso, former Chief of Police John Scagno, investigators Alfonso Marquez, Scott Graves, Earl Arbogast, Joe Laredo and four other officers who worked on the case, on Thursday in Federal Court.
He claims the officers used threats of inmate rape, death by electric chair and actual physical assaults to coerce a false statement from him and other teenagers who corroborated their bogus account of the 1993 crime.
And this is not a conspiracy? I know, it's not TDCJ by what the heck? Its government employees regardless.
Dallas, no one disputes there are many well documented cases where individuals acted illegally or unethically. Unethical behavior exist in all professions. I can Google "teachers" and find the same level, if not more ethical behavior in their profession. I don't believe for one minute there is a mass conspiracy among teachers looking to sexually assault students.
Here is a realistic breakdown of our criminal justice system from a 50 year insider I once listened too:
10% of the officers are crooks looking to score money, abuse people, and take advantage of the system.
75% of the officers are followers who do the minimum to get by and not cause waves.
15% of the officers are model officers who comply with the rules and go above their call of duty.
Dallas, you are focusing on the 100% when in realty it's the 10% you are talking about. This model fits TDCJ as well as most other criminal justice departments. This model even fits the inmate population.
The key focus on combating these 10%'ers needs to be focused on not hiring them in the first place. Most of these guys have a history of making bad decisions or a history of unethical behavior. Humans are creatures of habit. TDCJ and the Texas political leadership are well aware these 10%'ers exist. When the issue was addressed years ago, instead of combating this issue with the needed resources, a TSA style checkpoint at prisons was created to combat contraband. The contraband checkpoints have done nothing to stop contraband inside TDCJ. The 10%'ers still exist today and so does the contraband.
If successful reforms are to occur in TDCJ, they need to start from the bottom and work their way up. Tomorrows prison leadership is today's new recruit. TDCJ needs to have a better applicant and vetting process for hiring officers. Most other criminal justice agencies are experiencing the same problems. Prisons and police departments need to be staffed. People can't call 9-1-1 to only be told there are no police to respond to an active shooter. Prisons are nothing more than micro-communities in our society.
- txbombshell said...
I'm not sure if there is only one "anonymous " in this thread but my response is one of agreement with this comment of the tdcj being a reflection of our society. Just as the inmates are. There are the good, the bad and the ugly in each category. There are definitely some staff,including at least one warden I can name, that are just as sociopathic as the worst inmate. They are sadistic, mean people and they are adept at covering it up.
But most are hardworking, patient and COURAGEOUS women and men, trying to support their families. They are threatened and taunted daily, by some inmates. And sometimes they are treated the same way by some egotistical sociopath that has managed to attain rank. Captain, Major, LT...
So, they do work in hell. For relatively low pay. You could not pay me enough to do that job.
The truly unfortunate part, is that even the best of them, fear retaliation from the rank, if perceived as being "inmate friendly" so, if something goes down, they may not, most likely WILL NOT speak up on behalf of an inmate. Because they need their job.
I've seen it personally, involving my husband while he was at Allred.
What is the solution? I'm afraid there really is none. Evidence disappears, nobody saw anything, ...reflection of society, indeed. Corruption exists and prevails throughout time - like the Cockroach.
- txbombshell said...
Your number one solution is great, but, come up with the fool proof way of determining the bad people. They don't self-identify. Especially not when job-seeking.
And, once they are in, cover-up can begin. Case in point. My husband was denied medical attention for 24 hours,resulting in his appendix rupturing. Gangrene had set in, he was hospitalized for 3 weeks due to the complications of appendicitis. He was in ad seg, with a security camera,recording, directly pointed at his door. The warden deleted the recording. Now, answer this question. If the video EXONERATED them of having ignored his requests for medical, would they have deleted it?
@txbombshell "What is the solution? I'm afraid there really is none"
yap... there is a solution.
All this if the unions allow it - they won't. They are equally criminally involved in the coverups. They do ask for reforms, for more money, etc, but in the long run they help the guards with the coverups by not allowing that they be fired. Welcome to the madness, while people die, are maimed, or are released into society broken wrecks unable to survive. The warden at Allred needs to be fired. His goons need to be fired. Good luck on that.
PS. Their pay is not that low.
Cockroaches? We exterminate them. Those who work for TDC get fatter and fatter while inmates get thinner and thinner or die. Cockroaches don't give a damn about where they leave their crap. I know a couple of wardens at the Michaels unit. They are actually worse than cockroaches.
Cockroaches are harmless. Fuards and wardens are not. I like cockroaches better.
Signed Elizabeth *the troll.
- txbombshell said...
Re cockroaches, they survive all attempts to eradicate them. They adapt, develop resistance to the methods used to get rid of them, they scurry and hide when the light is shined on them, and they are repulsive in appearance. I think it's pretty on point for those that we are referring to, the bad and the ugly within the system.
As far as a third party, yes. But,then the awarding of contracts amongst their croneys. Remember the Vita Pro scandal and the then Executive Director...
And YES, Warden Richard Wathen needs to be fired!
Yes, inmates should not be judged (that is what the courts are for and they have rights....BUT....ask them if they were thinking the same about the people they committed their heinous acts against and all you get is yelling and more anger from them because THEY cannot come to terms that what they did was WRONG. Yes, they deserve proper food, clothing and dwelling environments, but most certainly not better health care, college and everything else that free and law-abiding citizens on the outside bust their butts for and are often denied, so YES, a free ride it basically is for them.


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