Its not enough for word to just get out to people about this site. We have to keep it alive. It won't be alive if people don't post. A few peopel have and that is good. Who ever wrote before that we need to hear about what is going on and what you know at your facility was right. This will die if we don't take care of it and that means JDD wins.
by Fooled Once
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Choice Is Ours
(The following was a comment made this morning under "Hail and Farewell", but it says many important things, so I have placed it as it's own post. - P.H.)
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!
by Anonymous
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!
by Anonymous
No!
9:11pm made a comment to the previous post and said this is dead. No! We can't let that happen. I agree we have to keep letting JDD and all the lapdogs know that we are together in our disgust of what he has done and is doing to this dept. I was fooled once by Mitch, but now I have seen the truth behind his ads and he does not care about this state. I won't be fooled again, and I don't want others to be fooled.
I miss TDW it was easier but I like and apprecate what this is. If this dies, the chance for us all to communicate and stay toghether dies. Thats what JDD and his henchmen would like to see so they are off the hook for their mismanagement: they want to divide and conquer. No! No! No!
DITCH MITCH IN NOVEMBER, AND HIS LITTLE DOG TOO!
by Fooled Once
I miss TDW it was easier but I like and apprecate what this is. If this dies, the chance for us all to communicate and stay toghether dies. Thats what JDD and his henchmen would like to see so they are off the hook for their mismanagement: they want to divide and conquer. No! No! No!
DITCH MITCH IN NOVEMBER, AND HIS LITTLE DOG TOO!
by Fooled Once
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Don't let this die
This is too important to let go. I went to Hotmail and got a new account just so I could post to this. I'm not going to do it from my home email and wnat this to be anonymous. I don't know who you are but from what I've seen so far I think you are doing a good thing and for the right reasons and I for one am glad.
People are replying with comments and that is good, but I hope everyone who read TDW will go ahead like this and just take a couple minutes to get a Hotmail or other email account and send in info. It's true everyone: this will only be what WE make it. Folks, please don't let this die, we have to keep the pressue on JDD and make sure he knows he cannot beat us! WE are the professionals of this department and WE will work together to fix it!!
Thank you.
by Anonymous
People are replying with comments and that is good, but I hope everyone who read TDW will go ahead like this and just take a couple minutes to get a Hotmail or other email account and send in info. It's true everyone: this will only be what WE make it. Folks, please don't let this die, we have to keep the pressue on JDD and make sure he knows he cannot beat us! WE are the professionals of this department and WE will work together to fix it!!
Thank you.
by Anonymous
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Putnamville Inmate Pronounced Dead at Hospital
See on Channel 8's website that an offender was pronounced dead after "fellow inmates found him lying unresponsive in bed"
The inmates found the dorm officer and told him that the offender "didn't look quite right and was foaming at the mouth"
by Anonymous
The inmates found the dorm officer and told him that the offender "didn't look quite right and was foaming at the mouth"
by Anonymous
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Ironic
It is interesting to me that Mitch Daniels (to his credit) has lessened the hassle of going to the license branches. However, when accessing the welfare system simply does not work at all, there is no sense of urgency and just spin and denial from Mitch Roob and company. This is the cynicism of the Daniels administration, which knows that a broad swath of Hoosiers really don't care whether eligible poor people can get their benefits or not.
by Anonymous
by Anonymous
Friday, May 23, 2008
IJCF Superintendent
(This was posted as a comment under Hail & Farewell, but I have copied it here so that comments on it won't get lost. It sure is worthy of comment! P. H.)
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!!
by Anonymous
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!!
by Anonymous
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