SCHEMING DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION EMPLOYEES

State D.O.C. employees have a real good thing going. Many are trying to instigate inmates into assaulting them so that they can go out on disability at full pay. When this scam is fully successful they can retire on disability at full pay (re CORRECTIONS [NP-4] BARGAINING CONTRACT BETWEEN STATE OF CONNECTICUT AND COUNCIL 4 of the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. I obtained this document under the Freedom of Information Act.

Compared to most other states, there is next to no violence in the Connecticut prison system. I personally haven't had to fight in over twenty years. However, if I accidentally bump into a C/O I get charged with assault on staff. If I attempt to obtain a document under the FOIA that they don't want me to have, at the hearing they must either bring up something that happened in another state, go to the 1990's to bring up something or mention an incident that may occur once in a blue moon (which was instigated by staff).

Now they are cutting inmate jobs not because of budget reasons as they may say, but because the C/Os were complaining that when they were losing their jobs we weren't suffering at all. Keep in mind that 60% of Conn. inmates are locked in our cells 21 hours a day with nothing to do. Those of us who are able to get jobs can only earn $.75-$1.25/day (down from $2.25). Now the state spends more money because more cellmates are getting into fights and going to segregation. It costs more to house someone in seg. and this provides more staff to enter into the disability scam (claiming a backache for breaking up a fight). Some "injure" themselves while responding. Inmates then get disciplinary reports (D/R's) and are likely to get denied parole costing the state millions more per year.

The fact is that fights rarely break out in a work unit. At one point I've gone as long as 4 years without seeing a fight. YES, THEY ARE THAT RARE! So when you hear officers complain how dangerous their jobs are keep these thing in mind. IT'S ALL A SCAM! This is also done to raise their salary schedules using the Willis Point Factor System (re their union contract). They regularly demonize the inmate population in order to get more money from the state.

For those of you interested in what's happening with that racist kitchen supervisor, he is denying everything and the D.O.C. is still protecting him. I'm waiting for a decision from the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

So what do you think? Any suggestions? Hit me up.

Rich.