FFUP FOUNDER , INTAKE WORKER REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATIONS for November 2019 start
I am posting here requests for
things that are achievable now , would make a great difference in these
people’s lives and would help head the prison
in the right direction.
link to intake report including items not listed here:
link to complaints and significant letters, articles of last few months:
just in- a must read:
just in- a must read:
DOC doing
all it can to deny court access
Carl Lusk 564445 GBCI:
11 1 19
this case sums up the
meanness , pettiness and persistence of the efforts to silence prisoner> it
is a court order that goes through the steps the DOC used : https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/carl-lusk-court-order16-c-1053.pdf
ORDER in Case 16-C-1053/US appeals Crt /7th
District /Lynn Adelman judge .
Basically, Carl
was out of envelopes and so borrowed one from another prisoner- reason for denial
of complaint and failure of exhaustion- the court goes through each step of the
DOC’s process- obscene.
Included here is also a letter written in pencil, which is
unscannable and another tactic for keeping him from litigating and
communicating effectively. I tried to unsuccessfully to make it more readable
on a photo apt .
relevant to the court order is this paragraph:
”I have also applied for multiple legal loans , they go so
fast on postage and your only allowed 1 per year per case and as you can see I
have many . The limit also declines yearly because I can’t pay them back yet
due to segregation status. pretty soon they’ll only owe me$1.00. “
Carl also:1)requests 20 embossed envelopes, 2)includes
denial of appeal rights by County court because waited too long ( scanned and
returned)
Baclground: the efforts to hamper or deny lawsuits by prisoners have been going on forever but have reached a new height with the proliferation of rules requiring solitary prisoners to use only pencils, rules against prisoners talking in law library and general denial of law library.
We ask especially for an investigation in the pencil requirement. This was required only when an inmate had use a pen nib as a weapon,
A
Help for 2 individuals in DIRE NEED
1)Timmy Johnson 616546 WCI, ( 1988,31YO)
letters written with rubber pencil on scraps of
paper/ hard to read impossible to scan/typed first, second one he tried to
answer my questions but was almost
impossible to read , At his suggestion I called him mother. a summation of what
I have learned from what I gleaned from
his letters and his mother. :
TWO ISSUES: most urgent-
1)Timmy had an incident with a guard where Timmy
ended up spitting at him/mother and
Timmy; story is that the guard said racial slur and spit at Timmy first. Much
of first letter covers this. The danger
is that the guard in the incident now often serves Timmy food and Timmy is
afraid it is doctored and will not eat it. Mother says it is guard’s smirks
that scares Timmy.
2)second issue is his conviction and is
indicative of many in there. Before the crime occurred Timmy’s mother had gone to the court house asking
that her son be committed to a mental institution, that is behavior had
radically changed. She was refused.
the crime: Timmy was in cab, was hearing voices that told him the cab
driver was the devil and was going to kill him- He stabbed the cab driver and I
guess took the car on a chase. Says he crashed it trying to die. Promised
hospital
got Prison and much abuse.
Is interested in out legal project where he
learns the law- all he does will need typing, will need
to get a volunteer for that. first letter
typed:
This just in 11 6 19 by email
from Timmy mother: Good afternoon Peggy,
“We as Timmy Johnson Jr’s
family did everything we could to get him help. We were able to have him
committed to Hillcrest, four oaks, phase, and he went to patient facilities
such as Life Help and the Gannor Center. He also checked himself into mental
facilities on multiple occasions. Prior to the crime, our family went to the
court house to file papers to have Timmy Johnson Jr committed days leading up
to the sentence. The judge denied us to have him committed. Moving forward,
since he’s been incarcerated the last 5 years, the guards have harassed and
destroyed his personal belongings, which not only punishes Timmy, but us as his
family as well. They destroyed his T.V., tablet, and radio that we as his family
purchased. They take half of his money that we send to him for his restitution.
We think that is unfair to us and him. If he had a job of his own, them taking
money from his check for restitution would be understandable.”
recommendation: 1) Timmy
needs out of WCI, he needs treatment and a nurturing environment, He needs to
be in a mental health facility, not a prison
2) long term- We need a treatment center and policies like those
lawsuit mandated for women’s prison in TCI:
WI DOC's Power Point Close look at the mental health treatment center built for TCI, the women’s prison, as part of the lawsuit: Flynn Vs Doyle,06-C-0537.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/3what-doesnt-kill-you-makes-you-stronger.pdf
2)Drugging
and Raping and then not allowing a rape kit test:
Derrick Smith 344250 CCI
The following is from September. “It
happened again. Third shift guards allowed me to be homosexually raped again. It happened twice and I bled for 3
days anally. I wrote complaining to the warden, medical, psychology
and all
prison administration before and after
it happened. They did nothing included
disregarded (sic) all my requests to have a rape kit done.
They
drugged me by putting something in my food. When I woke up I almost fell into shock
because there was so much blood. I feel
horrible. I am praying for help not to lose my battle for life.
But Peg,
I’m so afraid, sick and tired. No one is even willing to think about helping me
including the courts. I don’t know how much longer I can keep going. I’m scared
to eat or sleep at night. If something positive does not happen soon, I am
afraid of what I might do.
Although I have known this man many
years, these rapes started about a year ago: here is possibly the first time I
heard. He was then at WCI:
WCI 12 3 18-
“By now you should have gotten my last letter before this one. I explained the garbage I’m enduring by God’s grace. I can’t do it without him. I’ve been on paper restriction for asking for
“By now you should have gotten my last letter before this one. I explained the garbage I’m enduring by God’s grace. I can’t do it without him. I’ve been on paper restriction for asking for
toilet paper. The guards are trying to quiet me and
keep me from reporting being verbally and physically and sexually assaulted.
Nov 14th through 20th I even wrote complaints on toilet tissue. Hence
one of the reasons for the paper restriction. Also they stopped my legal loan. (asks me not to
order paper as he is writing the court using back of docs).
The abuse and stress that I am forced to
endure has given me a severe lack of
energy. I take 150 mg of Benadryl to help me fall asleep. I do so in
increments. The Guards favorite practice is to put some form of date rape drug
instead of our real medications. Of course that will knock us out for the night.
The only way to know we’ve been raped is when we wake. Sometimes there’s pain
in the anus area. But the shock is when I try to have a bowel movement. There
would be so much blood in the toilet that it would look like an artery was cut.
I tell you the truth. It is not my doing. It is the wisdom and strength of God
that allows me to stand and endure. “
His
latest letter ( October 31st) states the court rejected hi plea ofr
injunctive relief and Derrick is afraid it will
move to dismiss with prejudice. I do not know the content of this suit
but I fell strongly that alleged victims of rape in the WIDOC need ot have
immediate access to rape kit testing. The claim that I hear so often from
aithorites- “UNRELIABLE” or “lying” is moot if a test was not even done. Derrick
is also fighting to prove his innocence in his criminal case.
Recommendation- 1)instruct all
prisons to do rape kit testing when rape is alleged instead of ignoring! Start
with Derrick in
CCI next time he files a complaint or asks for health services after he aleges
rape.
2) Allow
Derrick to have SPNs on guards who abuse him.
3)”Prea is
a joke” is the saying among prisoners. FFUP did a report on it in 2016 and earlier
had filed a john Doe for a prisoner – will include link to report-
1)FFUP PREA report 2016:https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/prea-report-ffup-8-2016.pdf.
There must be independent review of complaints and prisoners need to be able to enlist outside help. None of the nonprofits dealing with victims of sexual assault ( and there are many) now comes into help unless invited by the prison so most prisoners who complain about sexual abuse end up in worse position as same guards who abused now often retaliate. Since the 2014 Wisconsin Watch articles came out delineating abuse complaints in WCI , the conditions have gotten worse, with the guard most named as abuser by inmates, ( Joseph Beahm).now heading the unit. All the “Guidelines” put in by the DOC are long disregarded or manipulated to prove finally meaningless. The prisoners who complain despite retaliation are courageous and I am afraid , there are many more who suffer but are afraid to complain.
1)FFUP PREA report 2016:https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/prea-report-ffup-8-2016.pdf.
There must be independent review of complaints and prisoners need to be able to enlist outside help. None of the nonprofits dealing with victims of sexual assault ( and there are many) now comes into help unless invited by the prison so most prisoners who complain about sexual abuse end up in worse position as same guards who abused now often retaliate. Since the 2014 Wisconsin Watch articles came out delineating abuse complaints in WCI , the conditions have gotten worse, with the guard most named as abuser by inmates, ( Joseph Beahm).now heading the unit. All the “Guidelines” put in by the DOC are long disregarded or manipulated to prove finally meaningless. The prisoners who complain despite retaliation are courageous and I am afraid , there are many more who suffer but are afraid to complain.
Other documents related to PREA violations:
2)letter to then new Governor evers on Derrick Smith and
PREA: has more complete letters of 2018:
https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/dsmith-prea-to-evers-1-19all.pdf
3) word copy of Center for investigative journalism on guard
on inmate abuse 2014: https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ww-wci-all.pdf
B)Mentally ill Prisoners Revoked after months and years of solitary with no treatment
MENTALLY
ILL PRISONERS NEED TREATMENT AT WRC BEFORE RELEASE !
Truth in sentencing prisoners are released
ready or not with little support after release and no real treatment or
training while in prison . Many of these prisoners are mentally ill and have
spent months and years in solitary and they are quickly back to the same
because the current revocation policy allows them to be sent back to
prison for the most minor infractions.
Many of these prisoners self harm when they are in long term solitary, and they
are punished for this behavior instead of being treated.
Below is a list of
Truth in sentencing prisoners (TIS ) revoked within last few months that FFUP
has worked closely with/advocated over the past few years. All have spent
forever in solitary and are now back to the same old horror. Those who have
written me since revocation have stories of unjust revocations and no real
chances real given.
below: All
back in prison ( or in the process )after years in solitary with much self harm
no treatment or training of any value
RECENTLY REVOKED, GIVEN NO REAL CHANCE
Timothy
Sidney 480018
Bobby
coil 518792
Christopher
Goodvine 310458
Michael
pietila 377976
Louis
Keys 587473 ( pending
Michael
Pugh 615180(
pending)
below:Here is a list of some
of the prisoners that desperately need to be transferred to WRC before release.
They beg for
treatment at WRC before release. The DOC has many excuses for not allowing
this. Treatment at WRC earlier has some value as it gives them a break from the
constant negativity of solitary in the WI DOC BUT the effects quickly evaporate
when they go back to the same old same old. these are just for – there are many
many more
Tyler L Milton 596157 WCI bd1998 ; 20
y.o. ( out 2 4 20)
Jordan Cosby 501015;
WCI BD1991 (27), release date 4 27 20/
Gerald Easterling- 564618;WCI ;BD 1992 out 2 7 21
Damien Huff 551050 BD 1994 ( 24) release
date 5 25 2022/ GBCI
Two letters that sum up
their situations well. They are older letters but conditions have not change
for the better.
Tyler
L Milton 596157 WCI bd1998 ; 20 y.o. ( out 2 4 20)
9 16 18
I am writing to let
you know that I had a failed suicide attempt. The stress is getting to
me.Multiple correctional officers have been telling me a lot of messed up
things. Some examples of what they have
been saying include:“just kill yourself already”
“you have nothing
to live for” I’ve been gone two days, why are you still alive?” “I’m going to
poison your food” “I hope you die in your sleep tonight. That way you die peacefully and I won’t have to put up with you ever again. That’s a win win situation,
it can’t get better
than that.”“Next time you cut yourself, cit deeper. Hit a vain You won’t feel a
thing.”“oh, your back? I was hoping you wouldn’t make it through surgery.”
Please consider adding me to your team of Plaintiffs. If it’s not for money
it’s for justice
Gerald
Easterling 564618;WCI
;BD 1992 out 2 7 21
I have
not heard from him in months but this is an incredible description of what he
goes
through:
From Within and beyond this 8” by 14” square foot steel
deprivation cell that is designed for my mental and physical and social
dehumanization, I bring to you this letter of concern regarding the adverse effects of long term segregation sensory deprivation.After
spending 3 years in intensive solitary confinement ,deprived of human contact, I had
become super-sensitive to the 5 basic human senses. This deliberate and
intentional stripping of the cell down to a isolation cell, then the stripping
of the individual down to the basic necessities and even down to
the personal effects- then locked within this cell 24 hours a day with barely
the bare essentials and where even this wall-mounted stainless steel mirror is
the segregation cell is removed from the
walls so that even the sight of one’s own image is denied. And no matter how
strong a person is , sensory deprivation is depravity at its worst. All 5 basic
human sense-sight, sound, smell, touch, and
taste-are severely suppressed-when one is slowly but surely and very subtly
stripped of all common sentiments of humanity. So once again, I am force d to adapt to a Fucker of situation.
Under these adverse conditions of confinement one tends to crave a change of
scenery and location, and atmosphere, and environment just so s/he can see new
sight instead of the same old everyday mind-deadening routine and faceless
faces..hear new and different sounds other than the quiet and
indescribable silence that seems to speak louder than noise, smell different
scents besides the foul stale and contemptible odor so common to everyday
existence in this bottomless pit..one seeks to touch base with and feel and
embrace another human in an intimate and sensitive and humane and compassionate
and personal way as opposed to the impersonal and inhumane and insensitive and
degrading manner..one develops a strong, intense desire to taste various foods
besides the same old tasteless and non variety and everyday, recycled meals.
One is served just enough good to have a bowel movement and just enough to say
alive. Where even one’s sense of taste and appetite, and taste buds is denied
and deprived, Torture chambers where absent various forms of social stimuli,
the human mind can become so debased and so dehumanized , and sink so low tha
if one isn’t so careful , there is a tendency to adjust and conform and
accustom oneself to a standard of living that is lower than that which exists
within the animal kingdom.
Note: I have long
worked with the mentally ill in solitary and tried to work with DOC to get
changes that cost nothing going, like getting books into inmates with more ease
and less expense. Prisoners an I have discussed many ideas that could be implemented IF the DOC took its mission to rehabilitate prisoners and keep the public safe seriously and I hope to share
them with you in the future.
C) Misusing sex offender policies and statutes to extend incarceration
for Old law prisoners . ( please investigate)
We have been reporting on this phenomenon for quite a while. Old law
prisoners are skipped over and not given treatment or they are promised
treatment , moved and then not given it.
New is prisoner arbitrarily assigned treatment and a new risk level with no due
process or any new testing. When there
is no room for SOT treatment for TIS prisoners, they are given a waiver and
released. Never for Old Law prisoners. Prisoners have alo been help beyond
their MR date for bogus reasons and one prisoner, Ronald Schroeder is fighting
assignment to Sandridge- so inaapropriate it would be funny if it were not so
serious.
a)Tony Merriweather 199123 NLCI:
Here is latest in this fiasco: a fine litigator who dedicates his time and
resources to helping other inmates. He is one of FFUP’s main litigator guides
and I have known him since starting this work at Boscobel Supermax when it
opened: https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/tony-merriweather-sot-fiasco10-19.docx
Basically, after being decades eligible for parole and having
programming used as an excuse to hold him, he is told he now has a need for a
four year Sec offender treatment program and not the 2 he had needed. This was
without an testing or interviews
other examples of above fiascos
a)Nick Brosz: promised
programming, moved, no program:https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/nick-brosz-6-22-19-.pdf
b)Ron Schroeder: in process
of being civilly committed to Sandridge- Ronald Schroeder- a fine person,
litigator, special target it seems. There was no basis for revoking him nor now to commit him except :They can here
are a bunch of his writings on the subject of revocation and how to change.
Here are some of his writings:
from
Ron Schroeder
https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/how-to-file-a-proper-complaint-about-your-po-or-conditions-of-supervision.docx/
How to file a proper complaint about your poor Conditiosn of supervision.
This is from a man who would
like to remain anonymous
I was moved to a program unit
in 2016 at OSCI and was told I would be starting in the next group. That group
came and went and then I was told I would be starting in the next group. Again,
that group came and went and I wasn't in that one either. I have been waiting
and waiting for treatment, along with other's, including those under old law,
just to be told you will be in the next group. Now we find out that the last
group of this year (2019) is most likely canceled. Which means myself and other's
from MR year 2021 (under Truth In Sentence), will not receive treatment causing those to be released
untreated and those under Old Law won't be receiving treatment either because
of the possible cancelation and will end up doing even more time period. Now
they are saying I can no longer get into a group because of my time
constraints. ( meaning I don't have enough time now to complete a group), nor
will they reevaluate me for consideration to be lowered to a lesser program
need for the same reason. I have been trying for treatment so I could go to
minimum for more money, but now I am forced to do "dead time". I feel
punished yet again, but this time it's do to OSCI's choice's, and not mine. I
feel even worse for those under old law being put off longer and longer,
causing them to stay incarcerated and to waste even more time waiting for
Parole to clear them for release after completing their group's. my sympathies
go out to all of you.
I would also like to add that the majority of inmates being released
from prison are untreated. most refuse group. of the ones that agree to group,
some will be terminated. some will quit. few will complete. they will be
released to do group on the street. which leaves old law with no choice but to
wait for the doctors to let them into group. and each group only has a maximum
of 14. there are so few who are offered group. truth inmates will receive a no
fault letter in there file. ("do to no fault of your own, you do not have
enough time to do group while you’re in prison.") old law will never see a
letter like that.
AND the CORKER: only one prisoner remains in the SOT OSCI group-
engineered to fail.
SOT groups used to keep prisoners in:
CORY AKSTULEWICZ (311424)( 10-13-
19from)
do you remember about me telling you
about the program i was in and got kicked out of in january of this year ? well
now there was only one person left . Now these people hurried up an graduated
that person so now that group is all
done. for now it was supposed be done in march of 2020 but that is not the case
.i’m to see the parole board in may of next year we shall see what happens then
. Facilitators are leaving this institution going to Racine correctional
institution I think
D just in-this court order is a must read:Denial of court access
DOC doing
all it can to deny court access
Carl Lusk 564445 GBCI:
11 1 19
this case sums up the
meanness , pettiness and persistence of the efforts to silence prisoner> it
is a court order that goes through the steps the DOC used : https://casesprison.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/carl-lusk-court-order16-c-1053.pdf
ORDER in Case 16-C-1053/US appeals Crt /7th
District /Lynn Adelman judge .
Basically, Carl
was out of envelopes and so borrowed one from another prisoner- reason for denial
of complaint and failure of exhaustion- the court goes through each step of the
DOC’s process- obscene.Included here also is part of a letter written in pencil, which is
unscannable and another tactic for keeping him from litigating and
communicating effectively. I tried to unsuccessfully to make it more readable
on a photo apt .
relevant to the court order is this paragraph:
”I have also applied for multiple legal loans , they go so
fast on postage and your only allowed 1 per year per case and as you can see I
have many . The limit also declines yearly because I can’t pay them back yet
due to segregation status. pretty soon they’ll only owe me$1.00. “
Carl also:1)requests 20 embossed envelopes, 2)includes
denial of appeal rights by County court because waited too long ( scanned and
returned)
Background: the efforts to hamper or
deny lawsuits by prisoners have been going on forever but have reached a
new height with the proliferation of rules requiring solitary prisoners
to use only pencils, rules against prisoners talking in law library and
general denial of law library.
We ask
especially for an investigation in the pencil requirement. Traditionally, this was
required only when an inmate had use a pen nib as a weapon,
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