To: The President of the United States and the Attorney
General
Petition to Investigate the Abuse of Prisoners and the Corruption in
the Prisons
Our state and federal prisons full of corruption and abuse of the prisoners.
Prisoners have been beaten (to death in some cases) by guards and other
prisoners on orders from the guards. Prisoners have been sent to maximum
security and super-max prisons for minor infractions and fabricated infractions
of the rules.
If a prisoner gets on a guards wrong side he may be subject to abuse
from that guard and others. If the prisoner complains about the abuse
the abuse gets worse.
In prison we have a drug problem. That problem would not exist if the
guards did not look the other way or bring the drugs in to the prison.
Many wardens make money through kickbacks and bribes. They are also
involved in the abuse.
In many prisons MCI is the only way a prisoner can call home. It cost
the person he calls $19.00 for 5 minutes. The families can not afford the
cost so many calls are not made. If you look into it I am willing to bet
that the prisons and or the wardens get a percentage.
Medical abuse is also a big problem with unqualified doctors and personnel
who are abusive and do more harm than good.
Prisons are big business. Money is made from drugs, bribes and kickbacks.
The more prisoners in the system mean more money for the officials. Most
prisoners will get out someday and many will be bitter and hateful people
who will go back to a life of crime. Rehabilitation is a myth because the
officials do not want to rehabilitate, they want the prisoners to come
back.
An innocent prisoner is hassled if he works on his release. The system
does not care. If an innocent man comes up for parole he is denied if
he does not admit to his crime. If he is innocent he will not admit to
the crime and not get paroled.
Society would benefit if there were good rehabilitation programs and
the abuse was stopped. It would be far cheaper to pay for rehabilitation
than to pay for the crimes committed by repeat defenders and their return
to prison.
If you search the Internet you will see many cases of corruption and
prison abuse. The prisons in other countries are condemned for their treatment
of prisoner yet in many cases our prisons are as bad if not worse.
There are complaints about how animals are treated in circuses and
rodeos. Our prisoners are treated worse.
What do we want?
1. An independent investigation of all complaints of prisoner abuse.
2. An independent investigation of all prison deaths.
3. An independent investigation of the corrupt practices of prison
officials
4. An independent investigation of prison medical facilities.
5. Prosecution of prison staff that are involved in the abuse and corruption.
6. Enact laws that will help solve these problems.
Please clean up or prisons so that the public will be safer when the
prisoners return to society. The high rate of return tells of that our
prisons system is a failure. Most prisoners can be rehabilitated if we
stop warehousing prisoners and start rehabilitating and treat them like
human beings. The loss of freedom is the worst punishment so why overdo it?
Sincerely,
The Undersigned