Prison lives matter

Prison Lives Matter December 14, 2019 By Comrade Syncere Herein Is Written Introduction 1. Prison In-Take 2. General Prison Population 3. Everything About Prison is Slavery 4. Prison Policy & Procedure 5. Prison Food 6. Prisoncrats And Their Positions 7. Restricted Housing Unit ("RHU") 8. Constitutional Rights of Prisoners 7. Prison Acts Footnotes Introduction "In a prison the check of the public eye is removed, and the power of the law is spent. There are few fears, there are no blushes. The lead influence the more modest; the audacious harden the timid. Everyone fortifies himself as he can against his own remaining sensibility; endeavoring to practice on others the arts that are practiced on himself, and to gain the applause of his worst associates by imitating their manners..." -(1) The saying is true in a unjust society the only place for a just man is also prison. For many years people Black or White, man and wombmyn have been writing prison. Either they wrote about Prison reform, conditions, their life in prison etc. people put truth about prison out there. The Amerikan Prison System is one of the worst and corrupt system's in the world. Although many countries prison systems are corrupt as well such as: Nigeria, North Korea, Cuba, Syria and South Amerika. Amerikkka prison population is over 2.5 million with many others on parole, probation, house arrest, in county jails, child support and drug rehab. Even the Juvenile Justice Department prison population is increasing. 1 I write this today from the confinement of a "Structured Living Unit" in one of South Carolina Department of Corruption's Death tombs. This Structured Living Unit is a Dorm full of Lumpen Organizations and violent comrades. This State Department try to control it's "trouble makers." Units like this one I'm confined to like many others in Amerikkka's prisons systems breeds nothing but violence. I do not promote violence nor am I violent towards any comrade, however, the pigs deem that my presence creates violence. As I reflect and build with society today about the truth of Amerikkka's prison, overstand that I take full responsibility of it's content. Prison Lives Matter to me and it shall matter to you - Amerikkka. Never forget about the Forgotten because we matter. Over one and a half million childryn in the United States have a parent in prison.(2) Fifty-six percent of all state and federal prisoners have minor childryn.(3) 58% of the childryn with incarcerated parents are under ten years old, with a mean age of eight.(4) Almost seven percent of Afrikan-Amerikans childryn, 3% of all Hispanic childryn, and 1% of all white childryn in the total population have a parent in prison.(5) 2 1. Prison In-Take Once you enter prison you will never be the same again. In most states after the Judge sentenced you to prison, you are transferred from the county jail to a Reception and Evaluation ("R&E") prison for processing. The following every prisoner undergoes during R&E." Confiscate everything from the outside world from you except pictures and mail. Take a photograph of you and change your name to an inmate number. Give you state property such as: boxers/panties, socks, bras (for wombmyn), towels, etc. Blood test you for disease, HIV/AIDs, TB, Hep A, B, C etc. Assign you to unit for housing until you're transferred to a minimum, medium or maximum prison. You will be waiting month's in R&E to start your bid. Give you prison rules and regulations like the grievance procedure, visitation, and correspondence privileges. During the R&E process they starve you, no visits, no rehabilitation they (Prisoncrats) do this to break your will to resist in the future. During this process you are housed with many brothers/sisters from all over the state you are from. Unless you are confined to a federal prison you are housed with comrades from all over Amerikkka. In South Carolina you are housed in R&E with three comrades that was sentenced with numbers they haven't lived yet. 3 What you have done in society will follow you in prison. If you were recognize as a gang member the Special Investigation Unit ("SIU") will be questioning you and take photographs of your tattoo's. The Reception and Evaluation process strips you of your manhood and wombmanhood. 4 2. General Prison Population Besides Washington, DC and Boston, Mass the general prison population is the most corrupt place in Amerikkka. The average prison in Amerikka has at least 1,000 prisoners confined to it's many institutions. South Carolina is one of the states with at least 20 different prisons. These prisons are governed by Wardens, Associate Wardens, Financial accountants, secretaries, Ranking Officers, correctional officers, food service employees, classification committee, Mental Health counselor's, Search Team, Teachers, Chaplins, Maintenance, Post Masters, Grievance coordinators, Transport Officers. Not to mention the Commissioners/Directors of the state/federal prisons and their flunkies. Most prisons have at least a total of five or six units/dorms, that houses anywhere from two to three hundred prisoners. The cells are small and not fit for two people let alone three. 5 These cells come with solid white toilets (in some prisons steel toilets), a sink desk, some come with lockers, steel bunk beds, one window, a vent that blows bacteria and germs along with cold air, a cell door, four walls and of course a cellmate. Your cell is subject to all sorts of vermins such as: man eating cockroaches, ants, earwigs, spiders, bed bugs, fruitflies, bacteria and germs. No matter how well you clean your cell daily (me, I suffer from OCD) your cell is infected with vermin disease. Each dorm has two sides an A and B side. Each side holds at least 50 cells with two or three prisoners confined to these cells. There are eight showers on each side, one is for the handicap. There are four color televisions without sound (prisoners argue over something that they cannot hear). Unless you have a radio this is the only way to listen to whats playing/showing. Six steel benches for you to sit on. There is two day rooms on each side, and on each side one is used for the Muslim prayer room. There are microwaves that constantly break, hot pot, water fountain, and officer desk, a million lights, officer telephone, fire extinguisher. 6 Each unit/dorm has a recreation field/yard. Each prison has a kitchen where we dine in at. A commissary, canteen (where we purchase what we need), Medical clinic, Education building, gym, mailroom, operations building, maintenance building, mailbox, chapel, a entrance gate, and of course Prison Industry Plants and Restricted Housing Unit ("RHU"). The prison society is very dangerous, corrupt, oppressive, evil and very destructive. Keep in mind that prisons houses murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, robbers, prostitutes, con men, thieves, etc. There is no peace in prison just a bunch of myn, wombmyn, and age 17 childryn who the world has forgotten. However, general prison population houses some of the most brilliant minds in the world. Oppression breeds resistance, but it also breeds education. Prison breeds the thinkers, dreamers, violence, homosexuals, revolutionaries, businessmyn/wombmyn. You have comrades who waste time back here, you have some who occupy their time. You have comrades who given up and others who continue to fight. 7 The prisoncrats who work these prisons are the scum of the earth. They are trained to make doing time extremely hard by treating you like an animal. These pigs bring their personal beef from society to work. Overstand the prisoncrats outside of prison are subject to abuse, rape, loneliness, abandonment etc. Some of these pigs are training for the police force. Others are to lazy to search for real jobs so they work for prison. Overstand while they oppressing us they themselves are oppressed by the same system. Constantly being yelled at by prisoners, bodily fluids thrown on them, wombyn are subject to get raped and/or exposed to public masturbation. On top of that they are subject to be killed, undermine by high rank. They are told what to do and how to treat an inmate for chump change every two weeks. The racism, discrimination and criminalization is extremely high in prison. 8 60 percent of the prison population is Black, the rest of the population are Hispanic, Asian, Islanders, and whites. Prison is a world where homosexuals are honored, snitches are celebrated, cowards are in position and the rest are discriminated against. The prisoncrats promote homosexuality by not allowing prisoners conjugal visits. Prisoners aren't allowed magazine's that reveal too much wombmyn's skin. They allow transgenders to work the population and allow myn to be wombmyn. Prioncrats also create violence amongst the prisoners. They use the "Bad Jacket" tactic from the 60's amongst the leaders. Constantly placing the institution and units on lock down. There's no rehabilitation programs, privileges taken so what you that all that creates? - Violence. I write this today out of my personal experiences in prison. You the media doesn't have a full understanding. Our families and friends don't as well. The only people that can tell a prison story is the ones that make it out and those who never will... 9 Since 1980, the number of Blacks in prison has tripled. Between 1979 and 1992 the percentage of Blacks among those admitted to state and federal prisons grew from 39 to 54%. Incarceration rates for Blacks in 1991 (1,895 per 100,000) were nearly seven times higher than those for whites (293 per 100,000). The Bureau of Prisons is responsible for housing about 185,000 inmates. There are 122 Federal Prisons. There is 11 private prisons. Over 200 community-based facilities. The BOP employes 38,000 people. About half-a-million correctional workers supprvise about 2 million incarcerated persons. Another 4 million adults are under other forms of supervision. Approximately half a million Amerikans are currently incarcerated for drug convictions at the state and federal level. As of 2014, drug felons made up more than fifteen percent of the 1,350,958 inmates in state prison, and more than 50% of the 210,567 inmates in Federal Prison. 60 percent of those in prison today are people of color. 10 3. Everything about Prison is Slavery The new form of slavery Frederick Douglass spoke of is "Prison." Prison is slavery and the proper term for it is "Economical Slavery." Just like the old slave system was a profit, Prisoners are also a profit. Listed below is the symbolism of slavery. Slave Selling - During slavery owners will trade or sell slaves. Today, the county and city jails do the same thing. Branding Slaves - During slavery owners had auctions, They will brand their slaves with four digit numbers. Today, prisoners are giving six inmate numbers. Runaways - During slavery slaves will escape from the hardship on plantations. Today, prisoners escape from the same hardships. Rebellions - During slavery, there were brave slave leaders who organize the people to end slavery. Today, leaders of prisoners organize around their conditions. Food - During slavery owners will feed slaves insides of animals, corn meal and scraps. Today, prisoners are fed processed food. No Wages - During slavery the owners had slaves working for free from sun up to sun down. Today, prisoners work the prisons with no pay with the exception of Prison Industry (PI) jobs. Housing - During slavery slaves lived among horrible and inhumane conditions. Today, prisoners live under similar inhumane conditions. 11 Transfers - During slavery owners who couldn't handle slaves will transfer them to other prisons. Today, prisoners who's a threat are transferred to another prison. House Negro's - During slavery you had slaves who work in owners homes. Today, you have prisoners who work around the warden's. Field Negro's - During slavery slaves will work the field keeping the plantation together. Today, prisoners keep the prison together. Inadequate healthcare - During slavery slaves had no medical treatment most died from sickness. Today, prisoners receive medical care but it's inadequate. Slavecatchers - During slavery owners had problems with runaways so slavecatchers (Police) was created. Today, prisoners who escape are captured and placed in the Restricted Housing Unit (RHU). Informants - During slavery, slaves will inform on other slaves who plotted to kill the owner, escaped, or planned rebellions. Today, inmates inform on prisoners for the same reasons. Lynching/Torture - During Jim Crow slaves was lynch and tortured. Today, prisoners are lynched and tortured by correctional officers. Children Taken Away - During slavery mothers will give birth and their childryn was either sold or raised in owner homes. Today, wombmyn prisoners who are pregnant childryn are taken away and giving up for adoption. No Sex - During slavery most myn couldn't copulate with their wombymyn. Today, myn and wombymyn prisoners cannot copulate until they are released. 12 4. Prison Policy And Procedure In prison the prisoners are governed by Policies and Procedures Prisoncrats expect for prisoners to abide by these rules, however, they violate them every day. Listed below is the South Carolina Department of Corrections policies, every state is different. OP-22.03 Authorized Inmate Property and Disposition of Unauthorized Property ADM-16.07 Agency Recycling Program OP-21.08 Contracted Labor Crews PS-10.08 Inmate Correspondence Privileges OP-22.35 Contraband Control PS-542 Certified Mail ADM-16.08 Commissary Operations Medical Directive-300.A-17 Continuity of Care OP-22.16-Death Row OP-21.05-Designated Facility Inmate Transfers OP-22.36-Damage, Destruction, and abuse of property GA-03.22 Drug Free Workforce Program ADM-11.36 Dual Supervision ADM-15.12 EH Cooper Trust Fund HS-18.02 Emergency Care ADM-11.38 Employee Deaths, Catastrophic injuries ADM-11.32 Sexual Harassment ADM-11.34 Employee Inmate Relations ADM-11.06 Employee Performance Manage System ADM-11.11 Employee Termination and Clearance ADM-11.17 Employee Conduct 13 ADM-11.02 Employee Grievance & Appeal ADM-11.04 Employee Corrective Action GA-02.04 Freedom of Information Act Request OP-21.04 Inmate Classification Plan OP-22.14 Inmate Disciplinary System OP-22.09 Inmate Visitation PS-10.04 Volunteer Services Program GA-Inmate Grievance System PS-18.13 Health screening and Exams OP-22.13 Inmate Grooming Standards OP-21.03 Interstate Corrections Compact OP-21.02 Inmates Paroled to ICE Detainers GA-03.03 Inmate Drug testing/screening Program GA-02.01 Inmate and Employee relations with news media and others PS-10.2 Inmate Substance Abuse Programs PS-10.05 Inmate Religion PS-10.6 Inmate Hobbycraft Program PS-13-17 Inmate Correspondence Privileges Handbook GA-1.03 Inmate Access to the Courts HS-18.04 Inmate Death OP-21.09 Inmate Records Plan ADM-16.02 Inmate Barber/Beauty Service GA-05.01 Investigations 14 OP-21.06 Inmate Identification Cards Medical Directive 900.A-7 Internal Affairs Access to health records Medical Directive 900.A-6 Inmate Access to his own Health Records HS-18.15 Level of Care HS-18.17 Medical Co-Payment HS-300.25 Medical Parole HS-18.07 Medical Records OP 22.11 Maximum Security Unit Medical Directive-500-11 Medications for Inmates going to Court OP-22.17 Key Control OP-21.11 Loss of Statutory good time HS-19.01 Placement of Inmates in CIS GA-01.01 Policies, Publications, and Forms ADM-12.01 Procurement of Commodities and Services OP-22.38 Restrictive Housing Unit GA-06.04 Request to Staff Member ADM-15.01 Repayment of Costs by Inmates Medical Directive-900.A-9 Request for Information from outside providers OP21.01 Security Threat Group OP22.19 Searches of Inmates OP22.23 Statewide Protective Custody HS.18.01 Specialized Health Service Programs SK-22.02 Safe Keepers 15 ADM-16.40 Surplus Property Disposal ADM-15.06 Special Funds Account ADM-11.39 Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates HS.18.05 Sick Call and Dental Health ADM-11.32 Sexual Harassment ADM-15.02 Telephone Use OP-22.10 Transportation of Inmates Outside Institution Medical Directive-900.A-4 Transfer Medical Records OP-22.01 Use of Force PS-10.09 Youthful Offender Intensification Program PS-10.04 Volunteer Services Program GA-02.05 Victim/Witness Notification 16 5.Prison Food The Food in Prison is not fit for humyn consumption. The Food Service Department doesn't serve prisoners nutritious or adequate meals. The meat prisoners consume is process meat, therefore, it can be anything. Most Department of Corrections ("DOC") has it's own garden, cows, chickens etc. Prisoners produce most of the food by working the gardens, feeding and milking the cows and chickens. The prison food remind one of the times when slaves were giving scraps to consume. By law the food don't have to be "tasty" but it does have to be nutritious and adequate. You have different diets in prison you have: 3000 meal and 2400 meals for the Diabetics; vegan meals, meals for those allergic to certain foods, Nutri-Loaf ("A bunch slop for RHU prisoners"), finger food for those prisoners that's on "Crisis Intervention" ("CI"); and regular meals. 21 The only time the food is "tasty" is when DHEC visits the institution. Prison kitchen is dirty because dirty prisoners work in the chow hall. I, myself, is a vegetarian and even the vegetarian food is inadequate to the point of not eating at all. The prison canteen is no better. The canteen is where we can order a variety of food, cosmetics, clothing etc. Nothing on the canteen is healthy just a bunch of snacks that will get you over weight. Prisoners are forced to spend money on canteen due to the prison food. Some states feed prisoners twice on the weekend claiming a budget cut. However, they feed prisoners three meals during the weekday. Prisoners is not healthy due to Prisoncrats failure to feed prisoners nutritious and adequate meals. 22 6. Prisoncrats And their Positions The prison system has many people who work many positions in order to profit Billions of dollars a year. I shall call them "Prisoncrats," pigs, Tyrants, scums etc. These prisoncrats only have one job and that's to exploit, torture, lie, profit and oppressed millions of people. Commissioner/Agency Director Executive Assistant Legislative Liason Special Assistant To Director Communications Director Chief legal & compliance officer Compliance Standards & Inspections Information, Security & Privacy Occupation Safety & Workers Compensation Audit Manager PREA Coordinator Quality Improvement Risk management General Counsel ADA Coordinator & Agency Records Inmate Grievance Inmate Mail Service Policy Development Deputy Director Assistant Deputy Director Budget & Finance 17 Humyn Resources Recruiting/Employment Retention Services Information Tech Prison Industries Procurement Support Services Facilities Management Transportation Deputy Director of Health Services Special Asst. to Dep. Director Asst. Dep. Director Addictions Recovery Behavior/Mental Health Dental Services Infection Control Management Chief Medical Practitioner Nursing Services Pharmacy Services Chief of Psychiatry Education Inmate Services Internal Communications Reentry 18 Victim Services Police Services Chief enforcement Director of special programs of operations Regional Director Classification and Inmate Records Security and Emergency Operations Training and Staff Visitation/Drug Testing Young Offender or Parole reentry services Inspector General Nutritionist Food Administration Commissary Branch Print Shop Employee relations Branch Global Tel Link Parole Board Clinical Correctional Counselor Warden Deputy Warden 19 Warden Assistant The Major's Captin's Lieutenants Sergeant's Corporal's Correctional Officers Unit Managers 20 7.Restricted Housing Unit ("RHU") Now the Restricted Housing Unit has many names such as: Special Housing Unit, Lock-up, Maximum Security Unit, Administration Segregation. The Restricted Housing Unit is a prison within a prison along with Death Row. If you violate a prison rule you are subject to be heard/sentenced by the Disciplinary Hearing Officer ("DHO"). The DHO is a Judge in prison he/she can take away your privileges, sanction you to segregation time etc. The prisoncrats places comrades in the RHU under false charges, investigations, protective custody, safe keeper, crisis intervention, Security Threat Group, Security Detention. I know so many writers have written about segregation, therefore, you should believe them. There's no peace in segregation comrades always yelling, banging on doors, beefing with each other, screaming derogatory things at the pigs, suicide, cutting themselves, playing in human waste etc. Segregation kills you mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. 21 Pigs hardly do their cell checks. A cell check is to see if you're alive or dead. You will never receive a hot and adequate meal while in segregation. The pigs use everything we're entitled to as a weapon for control. I have did a total of 6 years in segregation not counting the minor times I been in segregation. To this day I'm still classified as a Security Threat Group. If you're not strong enough segregation will murder you... Fourty-four states have supermax prisons designated solely to house prisoners in solitary confinement.(1) The Federal Bureau of Justice estimated that today over 80,000 prisoners are held in Restricted Housing Unit.(2) Of the 80,000 prisoners in solitary confinement in the United States, there are at at least 25,000 in supermax solitary confinement.(3) The first supermax facility opened in 1983 in Marion, Illinois, creating the "Marion Model," which became a prototype for supermax facilities across the United States.(4) The federal governments main supermax facility -- ADX Florence - which opened in Colorado in 1994.(5) 22 By 2000, there were over 60 supermax institutions in the United States.(6) In recent years, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has reduced its use of Restrictive Housing by 75% without compromising the safety of its correctional officers and its facilities.(7) 23 8. Constitutional Rights of Prisoners Medical Care Prison officials are obligated under the Eight Amendment to provide prisoners with adequate medical care. This principle applies regardless of whether the medical care is provided by governmental employees or by private medical staff under contact with the government.(1) Recreation As stated in "Peterkin v. Jeffes," 855 F.2d 1021 (3rd cir. 1988), meaningful recreation "is extremely important to the psychological and physical well being of inmates."(2) Work According to the 13th Amendment slavery or involuntary servitude is forbidden except as punishment for a crime. The crucial question is at what point does forced work become cruel and unusual punishment? In "Talley v. Stephens," 247 F. Supp. 683, 687 (E.D. Ark 1965) the court stated "in this connection the court has no difficulty with proposition that for prison officials knowingly to compel convicts to perform physical labor which is beyond their strength, or which constitutes danger to their lives or health, or which is unduly painful constitutes an infliction of cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eight Amendment of the Constitution of the United States."(3) Programs Generally rehabilitation programs are not required. However, according to some courts, prisoners should not be forced to be idle. Rehabilitation programs allow the prisoners some form of useful activity and have been recommended.(4) 24 Overcrowding To determine if the number of inmates per cell constitutes overcrowding the courts look at several factors including the amount of in-cell time, understaffing, general conditions of the prison, and the amount of violent activity within the prison.(5) Sanitation Prisoners do have an Eighth Amendment right to adequate sanitation. For example there must be available adequate plumbing, vermin free conditions, adequate cleaning/cleaning supplies, and adequate garbage disposal, even if the inmates are responsible for keeping the conditions.(6) Food Individual complaints about food quality or dining arrangements are usually not taken seriously. However, food that is unclean, nutritionally deficient, or spoiled, can be grounds for an Eighth Amendment violation.(7) Personal Hygiene Although some courts do not take personal hygiene seriously most courts allow prisoners to have basic toilet articles like soap, a towel, toothbrush and toothpaste. They also uphold the right of access to warm showers, clean clothing, and bedding.(8) Furnishings Prison authorities must supply enough furnishings in a cell in order to allow a prisoner to sleep and eat without being excessively uncomfortable. Courts have stated that prisoners must have proper bedding and room to move.(9) 25 Heating While temperature variations that are merely uncomfortable are not unconstitutional. A lack of heating or excessive heat or cold is considered unconstitutional.(10) Inadequate Lighting A prisoner has a right to adequate lighting in prison during some part of the day. Although there are no concrete guidelines courts have stated that there must be enough light to read by for at least a few hours each day.(11) Noise Although cells can be noisy a claim can be made if there is too much noise to sleep or to be able to converse normally. Excessive noise may violate the Eighth Amendment.(12) Dilapidation Generally claims are hard to win unless the prison has deteriorated to extreme levels. It is often possible to combine the run down nature of the prison with some other claim such as poor heating or overcrowding.(13) Ventilation Claims that the ventilation in the cells violates the Eighth Amendment usually do not meet with much success. However, if the odor or stale air in a room is particularly bad, it is possible to get an injunction against the conditions.(14) Fire Protection Proving that a prison has inadequate fire protection is difficult because of prison administration concerns for security courts will usually not intervene.(15) 26 Pregnancy-Related Healthcare Fact: If you are pregnant, being in prison or jail does not mean you lose your right to decide whether to continue your pregnancy or have an abortion.(16) Speech, Visitation, Association Publications Sent by Mail Environmental Hazards and Toxic Materials Assaults and Beatings Prisoner Transfers Disciplinary Hearings Right of Access to the Courts 27 9. Prison Acts The Jacob-Wetterling Crimes against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 Anti Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 National Criminal Justice Act (NCJA) First Step Act Pell Grant Preservation And Expansion Act Sentencing Reform And Corrections Act ("SRCA") Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act Justice Safety Valve Act Fair Chance Act Second Chance Reauthorization Act Smarter Sentencing Act Stop Infant Mortality and Recidivism Act Better Path for Youth Act of 2017 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 Second Chance Act End of Debtors Prison Act Prison Reform and Redemption Act The Mercy Act Safe, Accountable, Fair, Effective (SAFE) Justice Act Illegal Immigration Relief Act 28 Footnotes Introduction - 1.John Howard, State of the Prisons in England and Wales (3rd ed.), Warrington: William Evres, 1784), p. 12 2-5. National Council on Crime and Delinquency: Juvenile Justice Committee February 18, 2003. 7. Restricted Housing Unit ("RHU") 1-6 - New England School of Law 7. - Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Review of Solitary Confinement 1-25-16 8. Constitutional Rights of Prisoners 1-16. Lewisburg Prison Project, Legal Bulletins 29