If you are reading this, you know how you got here. You know how we all got here.
"Knuckle-Knocked Out: Rumors swirl around departure of DOC flack" was first posted for comment on the blog "Taking Down Words" on July 13 2007.
Now ten months, 9 days, and 2170+ comments later, that thread is still going and going and going.... But TDW isn't. After graciously patronizing that thread which had taken on a life of it's own, Jennifer Wagner (a.k.a. Ms. TDW) is discontinuing the TDW site, and the "Knuckle-Knock" thread will be retired along with it.
The "Knuckle-Knock" thread obviously held a lot of interest for a lot of people; it generated a lot of discussion about a lot of different issues. The discussion went far beyond the original topic of "Java-Gate", and even though TDW published several other posts about various goings-on in the DOC, people always came back to "Knuckle-Knocked" to air their concerns, frustrations, and gripes. It was a safe place for people to vent, and a good gathering spot to get information.
Hopefully this blog can pick up where that thread leaves off.
Ms. TDW Jennifer Wagner is taking her considerable talents into a new direction, hosting Hoosier Political Report, a new site she describes as "a bipartisan (!) clearinghouse of Hoosier political happenings". Check it out at http://www.hoosierpoliticalreport.com/.
Anyone and everyone who appreciated the "Knuckle-Knocked" thread on TDW owes Jen a huge thanks for bringing us together and giving us a voice. But if we want to keep a good thing going, we are going to have to stand on our own now and do it ourselves.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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this looks pretty ok
How do we know you arent JDD?
Otherwise this looks good. Will miss TDW though.
If it was JDD, we would have to disclose who we are and the facility we work at before we could comment, so he could fire us after the holiday weekend.
true
If this were JDD we'd know because his picture would be plastered all over the place and there would be links to all of his favorite programs and the whole website would be a mess.
I'm not JDD. I'm taller.
IJCF Superintend is leaving as of June 2. WOW! So another Superintendent at IJCF is biting the dust! Only according to staff he chooses to leave. Can’t say as I blame the guy.
Let’s consider these facts:
1) Having J. David Donahue as a boss.
2) Being scared to death about the DOJ audit.
3) Being held responsible for the DOJ audit.
4) Being fired because of the DOJ audit (even though JDD and John Nally was and is responsible for all the problems at IJCF).
5) Having his reputation and good name tarnish because JDD has to have someone to shift the blame off too. (Sound familiar, I’m sure he has seen it happen many times before and knows he must get out of IJCF before he has no reputation left.)
Again I say:
DITCH MITCH IN NOVEMEBER and his little dog too!!!
WOW, this makes JDD’s 33rd different Superintend!!! If I were Fran I would be hiding under a table and praying he did not appoint me!
This is good. 6:58 should be a separate post though?
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
I can't get TDW so I guess that is gone. Glad you set this up, even if you are JDD. We'll just ignore you. easier to do that here.
I wish there was another way to post, though. Sending an email to do it? seems like a pain in the ass. But I guess otherwise you just have one post and a thousand comments I guess and then wind up like on TDW and have to scroll and scroll and scroll. So I guess I getting a new hotmail email.
I don't think this is JDD and is probably okay. If this was JDD it would be all screwed up by now.
Prince Hal???
5:22pm, "I'm not JDD. I'm taller"
Ok that was funny enough. I'm staying.
DITCH MITCH IN NOVEMBER!
Good luck to you guys. It's great that you have your own blog now. Keep up the good work and Ditch Mitch.
I'm glad for this
This blog is a good thing. It will take time for people to find it. Word of mouth will bring back old firends. Three cheers for Knuckle Knockers. So far so good
I agree. Thanks for this blog keeping going. And I like that maybe this could have other reasons to visit not just to talk about JDD. Don't get me wrong, I'm not RSM saying "stop whining", but sometimes I think all our talk about JDD just makes his day. I like the links to ICA and stuff. Keep up the good work and thanks. Spread the word!
Does anyone know anything about this? This would be the third death in the IDOC in the past few months.
Putnamville inmate pronounced dead at hospital
Updated: May 24, 2008 07:11 PM EDT
PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A 26-year-old Indianapolis man serving time at Putnamville Correctional Facility was pronounced dead early Saturday morning after fellow inmates found him lying unresponsive in a bed.
Prison spokeswoman Alisia Lawrence says Jason Simpson was taken to a Greencastle hospital after inmates told a dorm officer at the medium-security prison he didn't look quite right and was foaming at the mouth.
Lawrence says foul play is not suspected. An autopsy will be performed Tuesday.
Simpson was scheduled to be released in 2010. He was serving time at Putnamville for robbery, carrying a handgun without a license, resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana.
The western Indiana medium-security prison averages 2,417 inmates daily.
This is great!! Good job and thanks Prince Hal whoever you are! Knuckle-Knockers spread the word!! We have to stay together and keep letting JDD and Not My Man Mitch know that WE care about our department!!!
DITCH MITCH AND HIS LITTLE DOG TOO!
Somehow word of this page needs to get out to all of those who were visiting TDW’s, at least those from the different facilities who care. At this point this blog page has been up several days and has only 19 comments.
Considering the IWP overcrowding, Pendleton boys in the ceiling at the school over the weekend and the death at Putnamville, one would have thought comments would start to appear. There are incidents happening daily, but is everyone getting so harden by the understaffing and lack of safety, security and management skills that they no longer see what is going on? Is it just becoming routine that people die in prison? Or that students con an officer to take them to Recreation (sounds like a perfectly harmless request) then climb into the ceiling so they can steal ink and other items from the school for tattooing. Last, are Indiana prisons so over crowed that women inmates are forced to sleep on blow up bedding? If that is the case do these prisoners have clothing, food, bedding or other necessities?
Before TWD shut down I read people talking about shortages of daily usage items. Are all the facilities short on these items and what items are we talking about? Laundry soap, paper towels, bleach, what specific items? Yes, it is June and everyone knows supplies don’t show up until July, but HOW MENY WEEK/MONTHS have you been without these supplies already. Being short by a few days is one thing, MONTHS is ridiculous!
What I am saying is, the current treatment is inhumane. I buy my dog food that he likes, it is healthy, I take him to the vet when he is sick and given him good care. He sleeps on clean bedding, eats and drinks from a clean bowl, and gets plenty of exercise within the confines of my backyard fence with me watching him. In other words, I treat my dog better then most of the prisoners in the IDOC.
If we have come to a point that we do not recognize that overcrowding, students crawling in the ceiling and the dead of a prisoner does not warrant investigation as well as a HUGE red flag going up to the administration, we are in dire need! As employees we have to make sure everyone is aware what is going on.
Why do you think roll call was stopped? Yes, to save the state paying 15 minutes of over time, but also to keep those working in the facilities from knowing what was going on in the facilities! The administration through doing this would control what was released to the public. But the real downside is that is makes the facility UNSAFE for staff as well as the rest of the inmates. Upper management does not work or live at the facilities, so the problem is not in their face, therefore they don’t care. If they are not going to advise incoming staff, I suggest here is a place to let everyone one know.
Do we want things to get better? Then WE will have to expose what is wrong. The only way to fix a problem is to know what the problem is. At this point the Daniel’s administration has made sure to cover up the problems or white wash them and make everything look as if it is being addressed when in reality nothing is being done, as is happening at Plainfield Reentry.
So folks, the choice is ours, you can come to this page, look and see what has been said, then leave. Or you can start letting us know what is really going on. It is in our hands to make the prison a safe and secure environment. First we need to have the facts and know what is going on within the walls, next we need a plan of action, and third pray that in November the votes go the right way. But we need to get our act together and make this page work for us.
DITCH MITCH IN NOVEMBER and his little dog too!
Get ready for "Mitch TV"
Posted: May 29, 2008 05:29 PM EDT
Get ready for "Mitch TV"
No matter what happens in the episodes, the campaign message always comes through.
Campaign consultant Mark Lubbers produces the show along with producer Rick Thompson. The two follow Daniels on the campaign trail and at official functions.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The Mitch Daniels re-election campaign launches a statewide reality show featuring the Republican governor this weekend.
The first of 12 episodes of "Mitch TV" is a behind-the-scenes look at Election night 2004 when Mitch Daniels won his first term as governor.
Five episodes of the half-hour reality show will air in June. Seven episodes are scheduled to air in the weeks leading up to the November election.
Campaign consultant Mark Lubbers produces the show along with producer Rick Thompson. The two follow Daniels on the campaign trail and at official functions.
No matter what happens in the episodes, the campaign message always comes through.
"And there's no doubt there's a campaign objective and it clearly serves the campaign's objective and the governor's objective to win an election," said Lubbers.
It is a concept that Democrat Jill Long Thompson can't afford to copy.
"He can put all the infomercials on TV he wants. It doesn't change the reality that his policies have been a dramatic failure," said Thompson spokesman Jeff Harris.
Meantime, the Daniels campaign argues that the format is only effective if you have a candidate willing and able to withstand the scrutiny of an ever-present camera.
The first five weeks of "Mitch TV" will cost the Daniels campaign $200,000.
It airs in five Indiana television markets and on Louisville, Kentucky television.
Lubbers said it's an inexpensive use of campaign dollars when compared to 30-second commercials, but he won't know for sure until November.
I see this going no where.
At least someone tried.
True, but I see it going no where. I wish people would give it a chance.
It is true this is going nowhere. A blog like this just isn't set up as well as we would like it, to follow comments and comment on the comments. And the truth is, no one can trust who is operating this site. Sending an email to an unknown source...even if you do it from Hotmail, etc....is scary business in this agency right now. We all know that.
I've initiated a string on Topix, a national forum, and people can add comments at will, as anonymously as they want. You can change your name, you can change your city. And you can help keep the light lit on JDD and Mitch Daniels administration.
Check out it out: (copy and paste into your browser)
http://www.topix.net/forum/source/wish/T47783ODPHILE16A7
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