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Nolaw97 Posted: 8 Apr 2009 7:38 PM

Clear abuse in Central Prison

 

This entry is for a person with a loved one in Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. And if you don’t mind, I am going into this with fangs bearing.

I get so…pissed off …when I hear about prisons that have taken an obvious God-given right to treat a man like a mutt…not a dog…a mutt. I got an email from a concerned person about her visit to Central Prison with her loved one, and described to me things that have me so upset that I am willing to go out of my way to make Central Prison pay hell for what they are doing.

The lady told me that her loved one was supposed to be there for knee surgery, but when they got there for the visit, he was wearing a hospital gown and was clearly having trouble walking. He was in terrible shape, and NO it was not because of the surgery…it was because he had yet to have the surgery.

She told me that as soon as he got in, he started crying. I cannot imagine the pain he was in, the suffering he has been through, and the mental anguish he is going through. She told me that he was sleeping in a cell with a broken window, he was not allowed to write to anyone and they gave him no clothes… as well as other things that will only make me more pissed if I continue to talk about them.

During the visit with her and the inmate’s mom, she saw that he was getting pale, and went to an officer for help. The officer nicely obliged, but no help came. After a few minutes she went back again; the officer obliged, but no help came. The inmate later fell out, and the lady went to get help. The officer finally came, and noticed the inmate on the floor before going to get help. He apologized for it, saying the other guard was new, and they got the guy some medical attention (although not much).

The lady emailed me to ask what can be done, if anything. She was concerned that if she does anything, then Central Prison might retaliate. The best way I can sum up how I feel about Central Prison is this:

To HELL with the officers at Central Prison. What is going on here is a VERY clear case of inmate abuse, and if it were me, I would make sure every officer from the warden down to those officers at that visit, and the nurses who are “helping” these inmates get called out in public for their obvious abuse of inmates.

I don’t need to tell you how angry I am right now at this pathetic prison….

There are many lessons here that people need to understand. First off, to any person who don’t think prisons have a permanent impact on the mentality of an inmate, I suggest you try trading places with that man in prison, going through the hell he is going through, and try to tell me that you won’t come out with some bitterness. He has every right to be upset at anyone, and if he does not show it, he is truly a strong individual, despite what Central Prison has done to him.

But this also shows that prison abuse is REAL. The controversial issue here is that for many people who don’t have a loved one in prison, or some who act “holier than thou”, they might think that this guy deserves what he gets…

Who are YOU to say that?

Sometimes I am ashamed of this country for the complete lack of compassion for a person in prison. It is very clear that Central Prison is neglecting the health care of an inmate, and in fact, if you read what I said earlier, is trying to cover its tracks by not allowing the inmate to send letters.

Read BETWEEN the lines people and see what is going on.

I will challenge ANY prison or ANY prison official or ANY government official that can tell me that what Central Prison is doing right has ANY validity, to restrict a man from sending letters out. There is a clear reason why Central Prison is doing this.

Look at it from Central Prison’s POV:

You have an inmate (and likely many) that are being abused and neglected by the prison staff and infirmary. They know that what they are doing is wrong, but refuse to properly handle the situation. They also know that if these inmates write to lawyers or the media or anyone, the prison could be in some deep trouble for what they are doing.

So they do something they are not supposed to do; they cut off the inmate’s right to send letters. By doing that, they are thereby allowed to continue their abuse or neglect, and prevent the inmate from speaking to anyone about it, because he is locked up in a dirty cell, literally rotting, while these unholy “men” called officers completely ignore the needs of these human beings.

So, to the officers of the prison, to the warden, to the nurses of Central Prison, here is my question to you…

How do you LIVE with yourselves treating fellow human beings like dogs. I guess it takes an animal to know how to treat others like animals.

To the lady that emailed me, and we have already emailed each other on this situation, you HAVE to act. There is no choice in this. If you wonder if the prison might do anything to him, look at him now…they are ALREADY doing something to him. Neglect is just as much abuse as if they literally beat him.

I hear this debate by lots of loved ones out there, and many back off the chance to defend a loved one, for fear of retaliation. How can you say that when your loved one is in hell and suffering? How can you see someone drowning and be afraid to throw them a line? How can you ignore what a person is going through, when faith without works is dead.

Let us make this clear, if you don’t do anything, I PROMISE YOU, prisons like Central won’t. This is why there is so much abuse in prisons now, because half the people who KNOW it’s going on won’t do anything, so it gets worse, and you are actually rewarding the officers and wardens who do it. They know you won’t do anything because you are too afraid of doing it. So they keep doing it, taking less and less regard for human life until one is taken…

And they have NO remorse. NONE! Don’t wait until you get some very bad news from the prison, because by then they would have already built a case to support themselves and protect themselves. None of it would be their fault, and they will send “representatives” to give you some vague explanation of why it happened, and how they could not prevent it and how they did all they could, and then apologize with a look as if they could care less.

Because trust me, THAT’S what you will get.

So to the loved one, I urge you, I plead with you, do something for him. The email you sent me had my blood boiling at how these people are treating him. Hey, I know I am not perfect, after all I am an ex felon myself, but I know what happens behind the prison walls, and I also know that changes don’t magically happen, it takes people to get involved and stand in the place of another person.

Please do something, help him while you can. That sounds desperate because it is. And for anyone out there on the fence about whether to help your loved one or not, I urge you to talk to someone about it, weight the consequences on both sides, not just what the prison might do. Your loved one’s life may be at stake, and I imagine, far worth the little trouble you will go through. These are the times they need you the most, don’t lose them.

 

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