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No Rights for You! The state of Arkansas foolishly thinks that the moment a person is convicted of a crime and signs the A.D.C. commitment paper, the convicted person loses all of their rights. This is even in spite of the Federal Government telling Arkansas that is not true but A.D.C. will do all they can to stop the incarcerated from exercising their rights especially after A.D.C. violates the person. Arkansas is foolish enough to try to make laws that stop people from being able to bring them up on or target them in a lawsuit. Unfortunately, many states erroneously think like this as well. Arkansas Department of Corrections (A.D.C.) erroneously "think" that they own their inmates and they tell the inmates they are all state property, have no rights, and if they don't like it, don't come to prison. It is impossible to stay out of prison in a predatory state like Arkansas whom thinks "they" are above the law because they are the "Law." The administration and correctional officers of A.D.C. think that as soon as an inmate walks through the gate, they are the property of A.D.C. and have no rights. As an inmate, we are required to say and do everything "they", the correctional officers tell us to say or do, even if it is illegal or morally wrong. If we do not, "they" will write us up on a major disciplinary and put us in the hole, segregated in solitary and subject to the weather's extreme heat or cold dependent on the time of year. They take our good time away and bust us to class 4 so that we are ineligible for everything, even parole, and cannot accumulate good time. If you are locked up in the hole in the summer time, you will be subject to the extreme heat and muggy humidity, and they watch you get ate up by mosquitoes. There is no care nor thought of your age, health condition, or mental health. If it is winter time, you freeze. Your clothing is a one piece jump suit made of sheet material or cloth and nothing else. Your disciplinary charge you got that landed you this torturous labeled "punitive" punishment is "failure to obey a direct order" ... the very same punishment used for refusal to work, refusal to be an A.D.C. slave. Your discipline truly is segregation, torture, loss of good time, loss of visitation and phone privileges, cutting you off from your family. Worse yet, no evidence or "proof" is required, only the word of an officer and no witness is required. A.D.C. correctional officers have unchecked, unregulated say so and can treat an inmate as they wish for any reason. Administration will back and defend that officer. They live on the training that the inmates always lie. In some cases a person is for medical or physical reasons not able to keep up with or perform a "job" function and they will be made fun of, ridiculed, and often written up on a failure to obey a direct order charge. When you are released from the hole, out of solitary, your punishment isn't over... no... it's about to get worse. A.D.C. administration will now force you to move to the very dangerous and deadly class 4 barracks where A.D.C. knows that you will be beaten, robbed, attacked, possibly stabbed, raped, and/or murdered. They know how bad both 4 barracks, "Class 4" barracks and 3 barracks, "Class 3" barracks are here in Tucker Unit and "they" use this to threaten inmates that "they" will throw or move you there intentionally putting your life and well being at risk. "A.D.C. owns you and if you don't like it, don't come to prison." The living conditions and treatment today is as bad as it was back in the 60's that led to the Holt v. Sarver 309 F. Supp. 362 case in February of 1970... In this case the living conditions and treatment of inmates was deemed to be unconstitutional. The inmates were being tortured as punishment, the living conditions were archaic and appalling, and inmates were in charge of other inmates and running the prison. Racism was a very serious issue. The State was ordered to fix the issues as they were operating an unjust, unconstitutional prison system. Sadly, even the medical for the inmates was so inadequate, they virtually had nothing for medical help. It was deliberated that the uncompensated forceful working of inmates is not a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment as it stands in this context. But it must not be mistaken that the state was forcefully making the inmates work as punishment for their incarceration and to make money for the state. This was where the federal government told the state of Arkansas, "No! You cannot do whatever you want... You must follow federal law!" Arkansas then made the appearance to be making "changes" and so the federal government released its thumb and took the pressure off Arkansas. Four, almost five years later, after Holt v. Sarver, a new case hits big in the Feds. The living conditions, racial discrimination, torture and abuse are still a very bad problem. The continued unconstitutional misconduct of A.D.C. leads up to the case of Finney v. Arkansas Bd. of Corrections 505 F.2d 194 in October 1974, in which the federal courts determined that the federal government never should have let up and the district court should have retained continuing jurisdiction to ensure corrections and compliance were complete. Prison officials duty is to make their system constitutionally compliant and the dignity of each inmate is respected. Arkansas methods are unconstitutional. Arkansas must provide protection to inmates from physical harm by other inmates. The state is to provide provisions to reduce overcrowding. Arkansas must provide adequate medical care for the inmates. Inmates are not to be over or in control of other inmates. The "slavery" work conditions and punishment and/or removal or loss of good time for working slowly or refusing to work were in fact unconstitutional under Ark. State 46-120 et seq. by the 8th Amendment... Prisoners do not shed basic constitutional rights at the state prison gates. A prisoner's First Amendment right should not be restricted by government interference. Prisoners do not forfeit their First Amendment rights because they are a felon or because they acquire a "bad" reputation. Just because a person committed a "crime" is not justification for inhumane treatment and brutality as segregation from society and loss of one's liberty are the only punishments the law allows. Federal courts further ordered the state of Arkansas to "correct" these issues in their prison system. Most, if not all of these "unconstitutional" problems are still an issue at the A.D.C. Tucker Unit to this very day of this writing on January 10th, 2019. 50 years of full on abuse and neglect from A.D.C. against the people of the United States. The federal government has failed in regulating and correcting the Arkansas prison system to constitutional and federal compliance. Unfortunately, we the incarcerated people of the United States in the Arkansas State prison system A.D.C. are still to this day forced into slavery, A.D.C. torment and torture, cruel and unusual punishment, maltreatment, and discrimination of "racial", "sexual", "color", and "criminal charges"... We are run down, belittled, beaten, threatened, murdered, and told we have no rights. A.D.C. makes lawsuit proceedings, legal paperwork, grievances, and mail correspondence disappear. We the people are tired of it and with today's extremely high levels of gang violence and activity in A.D.C., gang relations, gang integration into A.D.C. as inmates and employees, they do very well to ensure we have no rights and we must worry about our physical and mental well being and fear for our lives.