15 Years In Environment Of Constant Fear Somehow Fails To Rehabilitate Prisoner NEWS IN BRIEF • Prison • Lifestyle • ISSUE 50•09 • Mar 4, 2014
WOODBOURNE, NY—Reportedly left dumbfounded by the news that recent parolee Terry Raney had been reincarcerated on charges of assault and battery, officials at Woodbourne Correctional Facility struggled Tuesday to make sense of how the prisoner had not been rehabilitated by 15 years of constant threats, physical abuse, and periodic isolation. “It just doesn’t seem possible that an inmate could live for a decade and a half in a completely dehumanizing environment in which violent felons were constantly on the verge of attacking or even killing him and not emerge an emotionally stable, productive member of society,” said chief warden Albert Gunderson, who noted that, as hard as it was to believe, Raney’s recidivism proved that his criminal impulses had not in fact been corrected by the sense of grave distrust he felt toward every other person in the facility, including both fellow inmates and prison authorities, every day since 1999. “We surrounded him with a combustible mix of rival gangs and made sure that he was consumed by a round-the-clock sense of terror that the slightest misstep on his part could result in a sharpened piece of scrap metal being shoved into his neck, and yet he still leaves this facility with the same criminal thoughts and violent mindset as before? I’m truly at a loss for how this could have happened.” Gunderson then noted his additional confusion at how the man’s criminal record and the social stigma of his prison sentence had somehow failed to land him a steady job immediately upon his release.
@----)------ :-) heres a flower :-) naturally... gotta always look at the brightside of things bobby, and when life gives you lemons you gotta say... f that... i want apple juice... and find a way to get your apple juice. Life is way to short for lemons... only you have the power to change who and what you are.... And bobby you better smile more even if its for small victories that you can overcome. :-) ♡patricia♡
Hi Johnny, This is just great. I have ordered you a science magazine which I hope you enjoy. Please let me know if you receive it. I hope to be able to write you more often soon. I've had a lot going on. Aunt Jackie
It always comes down to the system being wrong and revenge/retribution being unjust. Poor death row inmates..........what about our family and friends that the system are making victims. It costs more to kill us than to house us. It's like a broken record.
The fact is that you all either murdered one or more people or were party to their murders. You set the wheels in motion and left devastation in your wake. The victims lives taken, oft times slowly and painfully and then we get the old 'woe is me ' 'the system is unfair'
Ultimately you and you alone are responsible for your situation. You all need to ask forgiveness from your family and friends for putting them in this position by your actions. The state enforces the laws that you have broken; They do not create the victims that are your family and friends.
It is the victims who can tell what brings closure ..........not the persons who caused their endless grief. To preach about what is civilised after murdering two people in cold blood is unworthy to their memory.
RSS
I just read an article from the Onion and thought of you and your posts. Hopefully the satire will help spark some minds!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/15-years-in-environment-of-constant-fear-somehow-f,35434/
15 Years In Environment Of Constant Fear Somehow Fails To Rehabilitate Prisoner
NEWS IN BRIEF • Prison • Lifestyle • ISSUE 50•09 • Mar 4, 2014
WOODBOURNE, NY—Reportedly left dumbfounded by the news that recent parolee Terry Raney had been reincarcerated on charges of assault and battery, officials at Woodbourne Correctional Facility struggled Tuesday to make sense of how the prisoner had not been rehabilitated by 15 years of constant threats, physical abuse, and periodic isolation. “It just doesn’t seem possible that an inmate could live for a decade and a half in a completely dehumanizing environment in which violent felons were constantly on the verge of attacking or even killing him and not emerge an emotionally stable, productive member of society,” said chief warden Albert Gunderson, who noted that, as hard as it was to believe, Raney’s recidivism proved that his criminal impulses had not in fact been corrected by the sense of grave distrust he felt toward every other person in the facility, including both fellow inmates and prison authorities, every day since 1999. “We surrounded him with a combustible mix of rival gangs and made sure that he was consumed by a round-the-clock sense of terror that the slightest misstep on his part could result in a sharpened piece of scrap metal being shoved into his neck, and yet he still leaves this facility with the same criminal thoughts and violent mindset as before? I’m truly at a loss for how this could have happened.” Gunderson then noted his additional confusion at how the man’s criminal record and the social stigma of his prison sentence had somehow failed to land him a steady job immediately upon his release.
Nice anthology! Love the story!! You really know how to get your point across!
Lynette
And bobby you better smile more even if its for small victories that you can overcome. :-)
♡patricia♡
Aunt Jackie
The fact is that you all either murdered one or more people or were party to their murders. You set the wheels in motion and left devastation in your wake. The victims lives taken, oft times slowly and painfully and then we get the old 'woe is me ' 'the system is unfair'
Ultimately you and you alone are responsible for your situation. You all need to ask forgiveness from your family and friends for putting them in this position by your actions. The state enforces the laws that you have broken; They do not create the victims that are your family and friends.
It is the victims who can tell what brings closure ..........not the persons who caused their endless grief. To preach about what is civilised after murdering two people in cold blood is unworthy to their memory.
Paul