Edwin J. Hutchison
AKA: Zakee Abdul Hakim
CDCR No. P-68859/Housing: 1-N-34L
CSP-SQ/ 1 MAIN STREET
SAN QUENTIN, CA 94974

October 26, 2015

TOPIC: MENTAL, HEALTH TREATMENT WITHIN CALIF-
ORNIA'S STATE PRISONS

HELLO WORLD,

IT WAS ONCE SAID THAT "THE MOST DANGEROUS CREA-
TION OF ANY SOCIETY IS THAT MAN (OR WOMAN) WHO
HAS NOTHING TO LOSE." - JAMES BALDWIN

WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NEED
TO TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT, IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE OF THE DEHUMANIZING DISREGARD WHICH
EXTENDS TO THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND JUVENILE OFFENDER
INCARCERATED IN CALIFORNIA'S "FORTRESSES OF FEAR"
(STATE PRISONS).

IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION ("CDCR") HAS A
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RECURRING PROBLEM WITH HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
WITHIN THEIR PRISONS. THESE ISSUES HAVE WORSEMED
UNDER THIS STATE'S DREADFUL CONDITIONS OF MASS
INCARCERATION, OVERCROWDING, AND MISGUIDED INDUST-
RIAL MANAGEMENT RATIONALES. AS I HAVE A BACK-
GROUND IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. I HAVE LONG NOTICED
HOW THE REVALENCE AND ADMINISTATION OF PSYCHO-
TROPIC DRUGS IS THE SOLE MEANS OF TREATMENT
FOR MENTALLY DISABLED PRISONERS. SADLY, NO OTHER
PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING TO ADDRESS
THE CONSEQUENTIAL DEPRESSION IS ADEQUATELY OF-
FERED TO THESE PRISONERS. THE DRUGS/MEDICATIONS
FILL THE GAPS WITHING THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE SYS-
TEM OF CALIFORNIA'S "HOUSES OF PAIN."

ALTHOUGH TREATMENT PROVIDED TO MENTALLY ILL PRI-
SONERS IN TEH CDCR HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED, FOR SO
MANY REASONS IT STILL FALLS SHORT OF PROVIDING
THE RANGE AND QUALITY OF TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES
THAT I BELIEVE WOULD REDUCE PRISON RECIDIVISM
AND THEREBY LOWER CRIME RATES IN SOCIETY. THE
ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM WILL ONLY COME
WHEN THERE IS A COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND
GENUINE CORRECTIONAL REFORM OF THE CDCR BY THE
FEDERAL JUDICIARY SYSTEM.

MY DEAR READERS, MOST OF YOU OUT IN SOCIETY SEEM
TO TRULY MISUNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY
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"DO TIME IN PRISON", AND HONESTLY SPEAKING, TO IGNORE
AND FORGET ABOUT THIS INHUMANITY WITHIN OUR PRI-
SONS, WILL ONLY DOOM ALL OF US OF BEING VICTIMS
TO THIS REVOLVING-DOOR SYSTEM YET AGAIN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE ANY
THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, ETC., AT THIS BLOG-SITE OR
CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AND MY ABOVE MAILING ADD-
RESS. UNTIL NEXT TIME, TAKE CARE, BE SAFE AND
WALK IN PEACE.

SALAM,

ZAKEE

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