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Subject: Peggy Bundy


Author:
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Date Posted: 17:27:45 01/09/13 Wed
Peggy Bundy will be the next one indicted for Sexual contact with an inmate. It is coming, Inmate initials are A.M.

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Subject: Dear Sweet Amy


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Black Book Member
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Date Posted: 05:55:27 01/03/13 Thu
UPDATE: Former Corrections Officer Accused of Having Sex with Inmate
Amy S. Carpentier, 38, of 2070 County St., Attleboro, was arraigned Friday in Brockton Superior Court after turning herself in at the Plymouth police station.

A former corrections officer has been charged with having sex with an inmate while employed at the state prison in Bridgewater. Amy S. Carpentier, 38, of 2070 County St., Attleboro, was arraigned Friday in Brockton Superior Court after turning herself in at the Plymouth police station.

Carpentier was indicted on the charge by a grand jury in December 2010, but authorities had been unable to locate her, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Flanagan said. She's also charged with intimidating a witness.

Judge Raymond Veary released Carpentier on her promise to return to court and ordered her to stay away from her alleged victim and witnesses. She is due back in court Jan. 25.

Carpentier worked for the state Department of Correction from September 2003 until she was terminated in December 2010.

Carpentier had worked at the Old Colony Correctional Center, a medium-security prison in Bridgewater.

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Subject: Correction"OFFICER'S Week


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Dawes C.O.
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Date Posted: 11:23:24 05/17/13 Fri
We going to party or what?

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Subject: Carl Senna


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veteran co
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Date Posted: 06:28:40 04/17/13 Wed
Rest in peace my friend you have suffered long enough

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Subject: Rtired C.O.


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Dawes Officer
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Date Posted: 14:20:10 10/26/12 Fri
I retired almost a year ago and I'm kinda bored. I think I would like to come back to work, has anybody ever heard of someone coming back from retirement and back to work in Corrections? What do I have to do to come back to O.C.C.C?

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Subject: Brothers and sisters.


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A fellow C.O.
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Date Posted: 10:39:10 01/12/13 Sat
By C1 Staff

Related Articles:
CO suicide concern prompts national meeting
Suicide epidemic hits corrections officers
LOWELL — A conference in Lowell, Mass., this past Monday focused on suicide rates in corrections officers and how to best address the issue.

The event, co-hosted by Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Kotoujian and the National Sheriff’s Association, was the first its kind, according to the Lowell Sun. The goal was to have different speakers share some of their best practices to promote the health and wellness of corrections employees in the midst of workplace stress.

“Corrections officers have one of the most psychologically, emotionally and physically demanding jobs out there, while getting little recognition for what they do,” said Viki Sharp of New York City’s Department of Corrections. Both she and Kotoujian said that corrections officers need to be recognized for their demanding work.

“We don’t say thank you to corrections officers and appreciate what they do,” Kotoujian said. “They are silent guardians.”

According to Kotoujian, a strong and supportive family is crucial to the mental health and overall well-being of corrections officers. Sharp says she tries to help correcetions officers in New York City have a balanced life so they can handle the stresses of the job. She encourages them to be engaged in the community outside of work.

The keynote speaker of the conference, Dr. George Everly, told attendees that they need to create an organizational culture of resilience among key employees.

“You change the culture by changing the front-line supervisors,” Everly said.

Kotoujian called the conference a “resounding success,” noting that it drew 300 attendees. He hopes it will spur a national study of the causes and effects of workplace stress for corrections officers.

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Subject: Sgt Janicke


Author:
newbie
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Date Posted: 11:11:07 09/16/11 Fri
Really.....a hearing for parking???? They're very desperate to get this guy. What did I get myself into?

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Subject: Is this the best we can do?


Author:
Massmoderators
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Date Posted: 15:15:04 08/26/12 Sun
These message boards were created over 10 years ago...and we had hoped they would be used by officers to anonymously address people and situations that they couldn't otherwise. Has this been a complete waste of time? If so we'd rather destroy them than help the powers that be use them for propaganda. Please voice your opinion.

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Subject: CAPT Sheila Smith is a comin'


Author:
Mother Jones, tell the boys.
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Date Posted: 14:53:14 06/30/12 Sat
She'lla be coming round the mountain when sheila comes
She'lla be coming round the mountain when sheila comes
She'lla be coming round the mountain, she'lla be coming round the mountain, She'lla be coming round the mountain when sheila comes

She'lla be driving six white horses when she comes (Hee Haw)
She'lla be driving six white horses when she comes (Hee Haw)
She'lla be driving six white horses, she'll be driving six white horses, She'lla be driving six white horses when sheila comes (Hee Haw)

Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when sheila comes (Hi, Babe)
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when sheila comes (Hi, Babe)
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her, we'll all go out to meet her, We'll all go out to meet her when sheila comes (Hi, Babe)

She'lla be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She'lla be wearing red pajamas when she comes
She'lla be wearing red pajamas, she'll be wearing red pajamas, She'lla be wearing red pajamas when sheila comes

Sheila will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes (Snore)
Sheila will have to sleep with Grandma when she comes (Snore)
Sheila will have to sleep with Grandma, sheila will have to sleep with Grandma, Sheila will have to sleep with Grandma when sheila comes. (Snore)

We'll be singing Hallelujah when sheila comes.
We'll be singing Hallelujah when sheila comes.
We'll be singing Hallelujah, we'll be singing Hallelujah
We'll be singing Hallelujah when sheila comes.

We will all have chicken and dumplings when sheila comes. (Yum yum)

We will all have chicken and dumplings when sheila comes.(Yum yum)

We will all have chicken and dumplings, we'll all have chicken and dumplings.

We will all have chicken and dumplings when sheila comes. (Yum yum)

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Subject: Mitchell


Author:
mistermister
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Date Posted: 23:07:56 05/10/12 Thu
Anyone hear Mitchell is getting sued? (by visitors or volunteers) hope they screw her right out of her job!

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Subject: I stand alone!


Author:
Check it out.
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Date Posted: 09:17:49 07/07/12 Sat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8dK6gslXo4&feature=fvwrel

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Subject: Peggy Bundy


Author:
He he
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Date Posted: 08:17:54 12/24/11 Sat
Hey where's Peggy Bundy going for 2 weeks

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Subject: I.A Queen


Author:
Sad
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Date Posted: 14:34:15 02/20/12 Mon
How the hell can the Dept approve another fake I.A. for Peggy Bundy? Gee do they know while she was on I.A. with back injuries, head injuries, or whatever scam she is pulling now. She went to Florida for 2 weeks during Christmas time. And drove down in a car for 24 hours straight to and from. Scam, Scam, Scam

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Subject: New/Old uniforms


Author:
Zig
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Date Posted: 13:14:04 02/13/12 Mon
I hear the Dept is having us wear our old uniforms with the dark blue pants.

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Subject: E-Board Election


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Mike Steen
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Date Posted: 07:11:56 02/16/12 Thu
To my fellow MCOFU members. We have an important Executive Board Election upcoming. I am a candidate for the position of Treasurer. Please feel free to visit the website At:
www.electsteen.com
Thanks to all who have been helping out so far. Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Mike Steen

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Subject: Edwins Restaurant Best Caribbean Feast in Canada


Author:
Sanita John
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Date Posted: 00:50:27 02/15/12 Wed
You can find the best Caribbean Feast Restaurants in Canada. Take a time a get visited to Edwins Restaurant. We are committed to ensure that your visit to our establishment will be most enjoyable and memorable. All our menu selections are freshly done.

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Subject: When C.O.'s go wrong


Author:
Former Mothership C.O.
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Date Posted: 09:31:59 02/01/12 Wed


Taunton — The Taunton woman charged with robbing an Eastern bank branch last Wednesday is being held on $10,000 cash bail.



Sharon Easter, 42, of 103 Hart St., also known as Chateau Estates, was arraigned Tuesday in Taunton District Court on a single charge of armed robbery.



Easter allegedly passed a threatening note to a teller indicating she had a gun.



Police say she didn’t actually display a weapon, but that she got away with about $4,500, almost all of which was not recovered.



Easter had been living in the apartment with her 14-year-old daughter and 19-year-old son, police said.



Read more: http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x370663150/Alleged-Taunton-bank-robber-Sharon-Easter-held-on-10-000-bail#ixzz1l9VJa7sL

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Subject: walter reis


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justme
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Date Posted: 11:09:10 01/31/12 Tue
walter reis passed away. rest in peace, wally. good man.

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Subject: Sgt's


Author:
He he
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Date Posted: 16:00:14 11/29/11 Tue
So who is making Sgt. there? Or leaving to make Sgt?

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      • Re: Sgt's -- Not gonna play, 06:46:07 01/08/12 Sun
Subject: Commissioner & Friends


Author:
Disgusted in Corrections
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Date Posted: 17:47:22 02/23/11 Wed

Let's see, Duval placed many of his ass-kissers into pristine positions over the years, one of them is even a Deputy Commissioner now. Now we have Louis Spencer, evidently he was *The Best* there was in the DOC, that he is now acting Commissioner!!! Michael Grant is one of his best buddies, who thinks he is another Mr. Know it all, just ask him a question and before your finished talking he'll be giving you an answer for something else. My money says he'll become the next Chief of Staff while Spencer is Acting.
Who do you suppose will get promoted? Will they all be people of color to fill a quota only and not based on education, experience, leadership and knowledge. Time in the DOC is not enough today to warrant promotions to ass-kissers only.

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Subject: Corrections. Where criminal justice never sleeps.


Author:
Help each other.
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Date Posted: 13:55:55 10/09/11 Sun
Stopping Correctional Worker Suicide
By Caterina Spinaris Tudor , Ph.D.
Published: 03/08/2010

The corrections field is plagued with the scourge of staff suicide. Recent statistics from New Jersey show that corrections officers commit suicide at over double the rates of police officers and the general population. From 2003 through 2007, for males ages 25-64, per 100,000 the suicide rate for C.O.s was 34.8, for police 15.1, and for the general population 14.0. (NJ Police Suicide Task Force Rpt.pdf).

These are startling numbers. What might they be due to? Corrections workers have to deal with whatever we all face—financial, family and personal issues. On top of that they are regularly exposed to the darkest of the dark of the human condition—violence, horrific crimes, mental illness, suffering, investigations and jaded coworkers. Life is very cheap behind the walls, perhaps making one’s own death a more acceptable option to some. Here are some grim examples of recent correctional workers’ suicides, including a gruesome murder-suicide.

On 8/4/09, Essex County, NJ, Corrections Officer Kelley McKenith wounded her boyfriend and then shot and killed her 4-month-old baby before taking her own life.

After leaving the Union County Jail, NJ, at lunch hour on 9/2/09, Frank Congiusta, a 16-year veteran Corrections Officer fatally shot himself with a handgun inside his vehicle parked just down the street from the jail.

Of course the same pattern exists in other states. On 1/25/10 a 6-year North Carolina Correctional Officer on perimeter patrol at the Pasquotank Correctional Institution, a high security prison for adult men at Elizabeth City, used her service revolver to kill herself on the job.

Correctional worker suicide is not limited to the U.S. In the Gauteng region of South Africa in 2009 alone FOURTEEN (14) Corrections Officers died by suicide!

What can we do to stem this suicide epidemic among corrections personnel?

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Subject: Peggy Bundy


Author:
Ha
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Date Posted: 09:04:13 09/27/11 Tue
How is Peggy Bundy doing up there?

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Subject: Missing


Author:
THe WAtcher
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Date Posted: 10:26:19 09/02/11 Fri
Missing man in berkley woods only description is hes round

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Subject: A fond farewell


Author:
Donna S.
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Date Posted: 16:05:17 07/31/11 Sun
To all of you, whom I never got a chance to say good bye; I wish you all nothing but happiness and peace. It was an honor knowing you and having you in my life for the last 22 years! And if there's anything I've learned, it's realizing how we take for granted the fact that we'll continue to pass a familiar face day in and day out. Then again eventually, we all have to leave. So again, be well, and be happy!

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Subject: Court Officers get 10%


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Court Officers get 10%
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Date Posted: 16:45:15 06/05/11 Sun
Court Officers get 10%

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Subject: No wonder we get no repect!


Author:
R Dangerfield
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Date Posted: 08:51:26 05/11/11 Wed
Prison staff may be tied to threats
Overtime scheme could be a motive
By Maria Cramer and David Abel
Globe Staff / May 11, 2011
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E-mail|Print|Reprints|Comments (26)Text size – + State Police and Hampden County authorities are investigating whether state prison employees made anonymous phone calls, threatening to kill an escaped inmate being held at a Springfield hospital, possibly as part of a scheme to generate more overtime opportunities, officials said yesterday.

Tweet 6 people Tweeted this.ShareThis .A spokesman for the Department of Correction confirmed that two staff members have been suspended as authorities investigate whether the two made the calls to murder suspect Tamik Kirkland while he was in Baystate Medical Center.

Several law enforcement officials said authorities are examining whether the Correction Department employees allegedly made the phone calls so officials would order more overtime shifts to guard a prisoner whose life was in danger.

Officers from Springfield, the Correction Department, and State Police were assigned shifts to guard Kirkland, a purported gang member with many enemies. He was sent to Baystate Medical Center April 30 after he was seriously injured in a shootout with police. In the following days, Correction Department officials began taking the lead in guard duty, said Hampden District Attorney Mark Mastroianni.

“That anyone involved in maintaining security is then alleged to be involved in creating a security threat is disturbing,’’ Mastroianni said. “There is no other way to describe that allegation.’’

He confirmed that investigators are looking at overtime as a possible motive for the calls.

“That’s one of the criminal areas that we’re looking at,’’ he said. “We’re going to review it. We need to get on top of the who, what, when, and where first. The why is going to come with the investigation.’’

Kirkland was accused of killing a 24-year-old father at a Springfield barbershop on April 30, about a week after he escaped from a minimum security prison on the Shirley-Lancaster line. Authorities suspect he may have been looking for those responsible for the recent shooting of his mother. Minutes after the barbershop shooting, in which a barber was wounded, Kirkland opened fire on city and State Police officers, hitting two in their bulletproof vests.

Police shot him at least five times, leaving him in critical condition at the hospital and under 24-hour guard. He has not been charged yet, because his medical condition remains serious.

The suspension of the Correction Department employees was a bizarre development in a case that has raised questions about the management of the Shirley prison and about minimum security facilities in general.

Kirkland, 24, who had as little as 10 months left on a 2 1/2-to-4-year sentence for gun charges, placed a dummy in his bed and walked away from the prison, said correction officials, who learned he was missing sometime after 7:37 a.m. on April 25. One department employee has already been suspended with pay in connection with his escape.
Page 2 of 2 --Department spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said she did not know whether the department added guards to Kirkland’s hospital room as a result of the threats.

Tweet 6 people Tweeted this.ShareThis .“When a DOC investigation revealed that a number of calls made to Baystate Medical Center — some of which were threatening in nature — may have involved DOC staff, immediate action was taken,’’ she said in a statement.

A person briefed on the investigation said the two suspended employees were correctional officers.

Four phone calls came in succession into Kirkland’s room last Wednesday night, said Springfield police Sergeant John Delaney.

A nurse picked up the phone, and a male voice said, “I’m coming there, and I’m going to kill you.’’ In the background, there was rap music.

“The telephone calls were . . . threatening . . . that they were going to come in and finish [Kirkland] off,’’ Delaney said, stressing that he was paraphrasing what the caller said.

A nurse immediately told the Springfield officers guarding Kirkland about the calls, he said. The department still had two officers assigned to the hospital room around the clock even though by then the Correction Department had taken over guard duty, Delaney said.

Springfield police then began tracing those phone calls, said Delaney.

A law enforcement official with knowledge of the case said the call was traced to a cellphone connected to a Correction Department employee.

Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the state Executive Office of Public Safety, said Kirkland was transferred over the weekend from the Springfield hospital and remains in Department of Correction custody.

Mastroianni said Kirkland was transferred to a Correction Department facility that could take care of his medical needs and keep him secure.

Once he learned of the calls, Mastroianni said, he asked the department to suspend any internal investigations so his office could take over.

“I didn’t want it investigated administratively,’’ he said. “From the information I got, it sounded like a crime, not just an investigation into work protocol.’’

It is not clear what charges authorities could bring, said Mastroianni. “It could simply be a threat to commit a crime; there could be annoying phone calls,’’ he said. “There could be other charges of putting the public at risk by creating a panic when you make phone calls like that.’’

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Subject: SLAP


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Take that
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Date Posted: 06:55:15 05/15/11 Sun
Anyone else see the chief steward get bitch slapped by the Superintendent the other day? Could he throw the union president under the bus any faster? Way to stay solid!

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Subject: BIG STUD SIGHTING


Author:
The WATCHER
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Date Posted: 22:25:43 01/27/11 Thu
Hey Big Stud was seen at the IHOP in Dartmouth the other day he's looking well. I hardly noticed him behind the stacks, his waitress looked exhausted mumbling to herself something about this isnt worth it.

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Subject: OCCC in Crisis


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Just Nuts
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Date Posted: 06:13:31 08/12/10 Thu
Just wondering who is responsible for the mess at OCCC? Just who had the idea that moving all these brains full of mush into one prison would work out. Can't wait till a dozen or more cut up at the same time!

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Subject: Play Find Carolina Sandoval Game


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Date Posted: 16:19:03 05/21/11 Sat


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Subject: Mendes


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WTF
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Date Posted: 18:42:14 03/28/11 Mon
Gary Mendes skates away, oh my, they took his pension. Fuckin asshole should do time, circus clown that he is. Disgusting. 'nough said.

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Subject: Another one bites the dust


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c/o
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Date Posted: 12:58:13 03/06/11 Sun
Another female got walked off. What is going on at OCCC?

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Subject: CO's


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Date Posted: 13:35:23 02/25/11 Fri
CO's are Cop wantabe's...get a real job. MOST of you are on the wrong side of the razor wire, nothing but pussy's and dyke's that work at OCCC!

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  • Re: CO's -- The blueline sticker club members are the wannabes, 21:01:54 03/01/11 Tue
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Subject: Joe Ponte at it again


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Screw
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Date Posted: 16:37:56 02/07/11 Mon
MINGTON -- Taxpayers in Franklin County are missing out on thousands of dollars in savings because the county jail lost pre-release work programs for inmates, according to Franklin County Sheriff Dennis Pike.

In Somerset County, taxpayers are footing the $30 million bill for building a jail some thought would pay for itself by charging to bring in inmates from other counties, said Larry Post, Somerset County administrator.

Some county officials say these and other problems are the result of the 2008 unified county jail system, and with new leadership in Augusta they have made recent attempts to reform or repeal laws tied to the system.

One side wants to reform the system and the other wants to "blow it up and start over," Post said.

"I'm not in a position to go either way yet, but there needs to be some drastic action taken that makes the system comprehensible," he said, referring to budget oversight and control of county jails by the state.

Supporters of the system, however, say that it has brought county corrections' spending under control, capped property taxes going to jails, and made new programs possible.

Kennebec County's jail is developing a new rehabilitation program that treats inmates for substance abuse and criminal tendencies in a therapeutic community, said Robert Devlin, Kennebec County administrator.

The jail hopes to get more funding from the state this year to continue the program, which also brings inmates to Kennebec's jail from surrounding counties, Devlin said.

"We're changing what we do; I don't think we could have done it without the unified system," he said, referring to the consolidated budget process controlling all county corrections services.

The unified system created the state Board of Corrections to control the budgets and missions for all county jail facilities, with some being reduced to holding facilities during the reorganization in 2008.

Counties recently submitted budget requests for the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years to the corrections board, which must approve all 16 county correctional services budgets.

The corrections board is working on changing some of its budget policies, but there are certain policies that are controlled by legislation, said Kate Snyder, executive director of the corrections board.

"There are counties that are happy, and others have some issues," said Kate Snyder, referring to the unified jail system and its budget process.

Somerset County officials' concerns over county taxpayers having to pay off debt for the recent jail construction is something that requires legislative change.

The jail was built with the understanding that the $30 million cost would be paid off by revenues from charging other counties that send inmates to the jail, Post said.

The state did away with the charges when it formed the unified system, Post said. Now county taxpayers are paying off about $2.6 million annually to pay off the jail's construction, he said.

Snyder declined to comment on bills in the Legislature seeking to repeal laws related to the unified jail system.

She said the system has saved taxpayers money, however, by implementing a property tax cap. Property taxpayers statewide have saved $8.5 million in the two years since the system was formed, she said.

In Franklin County, Pike has asked the corrections board to reinstate pre-release programs at Franklin County's jail, which had its mission reduced to a 72-hour holding facility.

Area town and county governments saved about $50,000 annually when inmates cleaned up cemeteries and worked on other public projects, Pike said. The board of corrections is expected to make a decision on Pike's request this spring.

Some of the attempts to make changes to the county jail system are waiting for the new administration and Legislature to address the issue, according to John O'Connell, Lincoln County administrator.

O'Connell said he is supporting efforts to change to a decentralized or regional model for county jails. He said this change is needed to end the confusion and uncertainties involved in the unified system's approach to budgeting and oversight for county jails.

Adrienne Bennett, Gov. Paul LePage's press secretary, was unable to provide any comments on the county jail system.

LePage's pick to lead the Department of Corrections, Joseph Ponte, is scheduled to go before the criminal justice and public safety committee on Feb. 14, Bennett said. If the committee approves Ponte's nomination, he would then have to be approved by the Legislature.

O'Connell said he supports Ponte, who is currently the warden of a prison in Nevada that is owned by Corrections Corp. of America, the country's largest private-sector corrections company.

O'Connell said Ponte appears to be open to looking for possible changes and efficiencies in the system.

"We're ready for a different approach," O'Connell said.



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Inmates Sent Out To Help With Snow Removal...



MASSACHUSETTS (CBS) – Middlesex County is putting their prisoners to work. Inmates from the House of Corrections are clearing off roofs and digging out hydrants in a cost-saving solution for several communities.

The program is for low level offenders that are pre-screened and put through rehab. All of the prisoners are near the end of their sentences.

The Middlesex County Sheriff says this will save the county a quarter of a million dollars this winter.

“During these very difficult financial times we’ve got frozen streets and frozen coffers,” said Sheriff Peter Koutoujian. “We’ve got a public safety need and we’ve got a public safety solution.”
http://boston.cbslocal.com/201.../


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Subject: Hock


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OCC CO
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Date Posted: 18:51:52 11/10/10 Wed
Well, our old friend Hock was in yesterday talking shit again.. Saying we must vote for no 1% raise this year and we get it next year instead.. If we don't vote no we could lose the whole contact.. My question is What fuckin good is this contact if we can't get our raise this year.. Put me down for NO fuck the state...

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  • Re: Hock -- OCC CO, 18:53:02 11/10/10 Wed
    • Re: Hock -- lmao, 05:00:39 12/27/10 Mon
  • Re: Hock -- Good C.O., 06:43:57 01/05/11 Wed
  • Re: Hock (NT) -- I have many CONTACTS, what about our CONTRACT?, 09:48:21 01/05/11 Wed
  • Re: Hock -- OCC CO, 18:24:05 01/05/11 Wed
  • Re: Hock -- Good C.O., 21:16:51 01/05/11 Wed
  • Re:HEY Hock -- BIG STUD, 23:21:37 01/06/11 Thu
  • Re: Hock -- Matt Leary, 11:46:23 01/07/11 Fri
  • Re: Hock -- The Real Big Stud, 22:33:21 01/09/11 Sun
    • Re: Hock (NT) -- your/ you're....please repeat third grade., 06:36:13 01/10/11 Mon
  • Re: Hock -- Pig Pile Perry, 15:37:11 01/12/11 Wed
Subject: I'm sick


Author:
manny
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Date Posted: 11:23:59 12/26/10 Sun
I think i'll bang in sick on the 11x7 shift. Good time to crack a beer stay in with my woman and get paid for it!

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Subject: New Capt


Author:
James
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Date Posted: 05:27:11 12/28/10 Tue
Getting new capt from Norfolk on jan 3 , 2011. He was the DOS

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Subject: 3X11 XMAS PARTY


Author:
THE BOYZ
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Date Posted: 23:05:41 12/05/10 Sun
Thats right the famous 3x11 xmas party is just around the corner and this yr will be the biggest with all the new faces here at OCCC. So get your tix and its open to all shifts... SEE or contact SGT Ray Marquis 7x3, 3x11 CO Galvin , or 11x7 co Ward / co Hardy

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Subject: Johnny


Author:
CJ
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Date Posted: 13:10:59 11/17/10 Wed
Now The "F"!! Whats going on with Johnny?? Is the rumors true?? Or is Stevie MPU talking S**t???

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Subject: coffee


Author:
Im confused
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Date Posted: 21:50:36 10/25/10 Mon
So I cant bring in a medium ice coffee but how about a medium ice coffee in a med hot coffee cup. Or how about if I take a couple of sips then it wouldnt be over the ounces.Or I could take a big gulp and it would only be half ...that would be cool..

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Subject: SEE YA !!!


Author:
HAROLD CLARKE
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Date Posted: 07:21:48 10/09/10 Sat
State correction chief takes post in Va.
Associated Press / October 9, 2010

Harold Clarke, commissioner of the Massachusetts correction system, has been named director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Governor Bob McDonnell announced yesterday. Clarke begins his new job on Nov. 18. He came to Massachusetts in 2007 after leading prison systems in Nebraska and Washington State. In Virginia, he will oversee a system with 32,000 inmates in 44 prisons and more than 11,500 employees.

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