Timothy, Thank you for sharing this, all MASS TAX PAYERS need to see this and take a stance. Having a husband that is incarcerated for the last 14 years, and visiting him at 4 different institutions in Mass. I see waste of our tax dollars on a weekly basis. He is currently housed at Concord in the segregation unit so I visit him on Mondays; a time when there is no other visits open to the public, only Seg visits and attorneys, and in the 108 days that he has been in Seg I have been the only visitor on Monday and at the most I have seen 2 attorneys up there. 35 new hires started and on one Monday 2 female officers were sitting out front at the visiting desk where normal visits are processed and I asked them why they were out there on a Monday, being rookies they answered"they have no assignment for us, so we are out here". I was the only visit they processed that day; yet they have 2 units closed and are 200% overcrowded according to the DOC statistics. At this institution like so many others it is locked down half of the time, library, gym and the time for movement is half of what it is at other institutions. It is classified as a level 4 but still ran like an intake center. And I could continue on about the waste that we see, hearing the guards shift swapping, and on and on.
I'm trying to contact my dad he is laron philmore how wrote behind the prison wall nana show me your stories I still love you dad I'm eleven years old now and the family still tell me about you dad please contact me love your pebbles
You are absolutely right. It is open season on minorities. However, if any of those names mentioned had been killed by a black person they would not have made the headlines.
In the 503 days between the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the Zimmerman verdict 10,865 blacks were murdered by other blacks. Can you name one? Can Al Sharpton or Jesse (Baby Daddy) Jackson? 7000 black people are killed every year. 94% by other black people. If you are to get angry you need to focus on the real problem of Black on Black homicide.
In your home state you are more likely to die by homicide in the seven square miles of Wilkes-Barre, of gunshot, than in major cities like New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh or Chicago (where a dozen people were killed and at least 62 wounded in gun violence over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. It is alright to feel pain but at least be consistent and don't let race-baiters control the narrative.
Hopefully this finds the wonderful man I used to know who was so intelligent I'm not surprised that he would be a great inspiration to people I believe it was 97 that was a horrible year...now I find myself needing a friend like the guy who drove me home in the white car I remember that day like yesterday hopefully im not the only one...glad to see you found something to do with your time I always thought about you I never forgot I really need to fix the name on me its jacked up lol can't wait to read more of your stuff ya dig! I'm so sorry it took me this long but know I never forgot I often look at the white and orange bracelet you sent me thinking of you -nikki
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Thank you for sharing this, all MASS TAX PAYERS need to see this and take a stance. Having a husband that is incarcerated for the last 14 years, and visiting him at 4 different institutions in Mass. I see waste of our tax dollars on a weekly basis. He is currently housed at Concord in the segregation unit so I visit him on Mondays; a time when there is no other visits open to the public, only Seg visits and attorneys, and in the 108 days that he has been in Seg I have been the only visitor on Monday and at the most I have seen 2 attorneys up there. 35 new hires started and on one Monday 2 female officers were sitting out front at the visiting desk where normal visits are processed and I asked them why they were out there on a Monday, being rookies they answered"they have no assignment for us, so we are out here". I was the only visit they processed that day; yet they have 2 units closed and are 200% overcrowded according to the DOC statistics. At this institution like so many others it is locked down half of the time, library, gym and the time for movement is half of what it is at other institutions. It is classified as a level 4 but still ran like an intake center. And I could continue on about the waste that we see, hearing the guards shift swapping, and on and on.
Best Laurie and Kenji Drayton
In the 503 days between the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the Zimmerman verdict 10,865 blacks were murdered by other blacks. Can you name one? Can Al Sharpton or Jesse (Baby Daddy) Jackson? 7000 black people are killed every year. 94% by other black people. If you are to get angry you need to focus on the real problem of Black on Black homicide.
In your home state you are more likely to die by homicide in the seven square miles of Wilkes-Barre, of gunshot, than in major cities like New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh or Chicago (where a dozen people were killed and at least 62 wounded in gun violence over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. It is alright to feel pain but at least be consistent and don't let race-baiters control the narrative.
Paul.