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Subject: K copper saw you the other night with A carpentier whats up there, wheres your girl.


Author:
curious
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Date Posted: 16:49:37 07/04/09 Sat
yo dude your playing with fire you will get burnt and beware of her husband not the person i want coming after me
there are better women out there that are single dont put yourself in this mess run know trust me if not shit will come your way as it did the other cos shes been with and there are many run now bro run

concerned coII


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ALL EYES ARE ON YOU
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Date Posted: 19:44:02 10/30/07 Tue

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HAS ANYONE SEEN AMY C AND PETE H IN THE PARKING LOT??
ARE THEY A NUMBER YET? BOY CAN AMY CAN PULL THEM IN..YOU GO GIRL

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Re: amy &hume (NT) -- Who hasn't she pulled in yet? LOL, 19:56:05 10/30/07 Tue
Re: amy &hume -- BLADERUNNER 43, 01:25:49 10/31/07 Wed
Re: amy &hume -- Toucan Flan, 16:43:52 11/01/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume -- For Pete, 08:37:01 10/31/07 Wed
Re: amy &hume -- C/O, 20:09:53 10/31/07 Wed
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- What was the pic off. it's not displaying., 10:41:31 11/01/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- Whats up mikey not your girl anymore., 15:13:43 11/01/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume -- I don't think so, 15:40:12 11/01/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- Think what?, 16:05:54 11/01/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume -- E.A.P., 08:04:08 11/02/07 Fri
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- alot of stories here, 00:43:20 11/14/07 Wed
Re: amy &hume -- E.A.P., 11:36:28 11/15/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- More info. Who we talking about, 12:53:52 11/15/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume -- Curious, 14:25:42 11/15/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- ask Deluca, Elchuck,rivera, trahan and the maint guy paul to start 15:09:37 11/15/07 Thu
Re: amy &hume -- Here she is, 19:18:51 12/07/07 Fri
Re: amy &hume (NT) -- NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 20:20:00 12/08/07 Sat



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ALL EYES ARE ON YOU

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Subject: Anyone remember the nurses in MCI CJ.....Ada and Leighanne????


Author:
goodstuff1
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Date Posted: 07:38:32 06/29/09 Mon
anyone remember these nurses? whatever happened to them....they were cool!

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Subject: GET WHAT YOU DESERVE


Author:
POLICE REAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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Date Posted: 13:36:58 05/17/09 Sun
WOW AFTER READING MANY OF THESE POSTS, YOU GUYS ARE WAY OVER PAID. A TOTAL DISGRACE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF YOU ARE GED EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD GIVE YOUR RIGHT LEG TO BE LIKE US. I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU MAKE OUR DAY, AND GIVE US LOTS OF LAUGHS. HOW IN GODS NAME CAN YOU COME ON A PUBLIC POSTING FORUM AND KNOCK ONE ANOTHER DOWN. YOUR MANAGERS MUST READ YOUR POSTS, AND THAT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU ANY. YOU GUYS DESERVE 1/2 OF A PERCENT RAISE AND EVEN THAT IS TO MUCH. I BET THE CONS ARE MORE EDUCATED THEN MOST OF YOU. WHAT A DISGRACE. LOAD YOUR WEAPON, OH I FORGOT YOU ARE NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH TO CARRY ONE.

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Subject: get them out


Author:
kff
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Date Posted: 09:36:09 06/18/09 Thu
If you would like to report a suspected violation of federal law, including mortgage fraud, please contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or visit the FBI's website at http://www.fbi.gov.

For resources and information on check fraud and counterfeiting, see the U.S. Secret Service's website at http://www.treas.gov/usss.

If you have information on suspected tax fraud, please contact the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or visit the IRS's website at http://www.irs.gov.

If you have information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents, and other fraudulent activity, please contact the FDIC or visit the FDIC's website at http://www.fdic.gov.

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Subject: US Fidelis


Author:
Common Sense
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Date Posted: 14:48:44 06/17/09 Wed
If US Fidelus saves people money on auto repairs, ask yourself: How do they stay in business if they are paying out more money than they take in?

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Subject: VOTE NO


Author:
Correction Officer
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Date Posted: 16:17:18 06/16/09 Tue
VOTE NO on this contract
We get piss and shit thrown at us.
We work seven days a week twenty four hours a day.
We are the front line of defiance
We work holidays
In our last contract the E-Board had the foresight to extend it one year for 3%
All other bargaining units didn’t see what was coming and they took 0% for the year we got 3%
Now we are expected to take a 0% for 7/09 thru 7/10 while all others get 1% with possibly 2% more
Give me a break
There is no other bargaining unit in the DOC that works the hours we do and take the abuse we do. This is why back in the early 90’s we got great contracts NO ONE DOES WHAT WE DO
Don’t sell yourselves short
If we turn down this contract its back to the table and we will not get anything less than anyone else. We deserve more we do more
Call the E-Board and let them know we will not stand for another sub par contract

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Subject: YOU NEED A STRONG UNION


Author:
old timer
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Date Posted: 10:51:22 05/13/09 Wed
Years ago I worked at MCI Walpole in 9 block, the old death row. I remember back then George Vose who was a social worker came to shaking his head. He asked me if I thought the union was doing the right thing by taking a vote to strike. The strike vote was going to take place in the roll call room after the end of the shift. He said you all will end up fired, and McLaughlin and Furtado will end up in jail. MaLaughlin was the president of our union local and Furtado was the VP. I responded back and said I think it's the right thing and voting yes. Well the following morning we went out on strike. The strike was over safety conditions. Everyday we would have another officer stabbed, killing 2 and 3 a month. Mr Butterworth was our supintendent and did nothing to stop the officers from getting hurt. We stayed out on strike for two days and the state police ran the prison. When it was around mid day. Al Carr who was a head deputy walked up to the picket line and asked MaLaughlin and Furtado to meet with the superdent in the supt's office in a hour. They reached a agreement and we all went back to work for the following shift. Not one officer was fired, and no one was arrested. Thats a strong union who supported every officer. From what I recall we had a few more strikes after the safety strike and no one then was fired also. I'm not saying for you men to go out on strike, I'm saying look for a union that will stand in back of you officers. Without a good union you do not have a chance to gain anything. When your managers know that if they do the wrong thing, the union will take action against them, makes them think twice.

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Subject: Burgo


Author:
wondering
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Date Posted: 19:48:15 05/24/09 Sun
Does anyone know what happened to CO Burgo?
Just wondering, I went to the academy with him. Thanks

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Subject: Matt Pike


Author:
STEVE PERRY
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Date Posted: 22:30:35 08/30/08 Sat
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO???

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Subject: union meeting


Author:
im waitin
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Date Posted: 23:50:03 05/17/09 Sun
what time the meeting start in mansfield? dont want to miss it. want to find out more about the 41.3 hrs per week.

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Subject: RETIRE NOW BEYOND 20 NO MONEY


Author:
RETIRE
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Date Posted: 10:36:00 05/15/09 Fri

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Subject: babies


Author:
watcher
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Date Posted: 12:09:57 05/09/09 Sat
You guy's are the biggest group of babies I have ever heard. You make good money to sit around and basically do nothing. Stop all the crying and just sit back and shut up. A trained monkey could go to work sleep for 5 hours of it and go home.

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  • Re: babies (NT) -- Learn the proper use of an apostrophe, dumb dumb!, 00:22:52 05/10/09 Sun
    • Re: babies -- watcher, 21:33:31 05/11/09 Mon
      • Re: babies (NT) -- The plural of guy is guys, not "guy's", you worthless dope!, 22:42:45 05/11/09 Mon
  • Re: babies -- watcher, 00:07:05 05/12/09 Tue
    • Re: babies (NT) -- Thank god for par 10! Or is it Deval we thank?, 21:40:31 05/12/09 Tue
Subject: vote wilder out


Author:
ips
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Date Posted: 16:22:18 04/21/09 Tue
jimmie you suck ...you and your uncle peter ...

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Subject: UNION


Author:
JUST WONDERING
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Date Posted: 09:27:16 05/11/09 Mon
JIMMY, STOP CUTTING DEALS WITH THE OLD MAN

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Subject: Can anyone tell me about the latest walk off


Author:
What is up
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Date Posted: 15:02:52 05/07/09 Thu
?

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Subject: CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS?


Author:
CONTRACT
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Date Posted: 01:31:16 05/04/09 Mon
The new contract changes our roll call 10 min. overtime to 15 min. straight time are they going to make us punch in 15 min earlier, and if its straight time if we're late a couple of minutes will they take sick time or other?

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Subject: EX UNION OFFICIAL PASSED AWAY


Author:
Gary
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Date Posted: 19:47:40 05/01/09 Fri
On April 15, 2009 a ex union official with MCOFU passed away.

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Subject: ????????????


Author:
co
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Date Posted: 08:43:30 04/13/09 Mon
As if there wasn't another reason to dispise this woman...brining more yet more ire to those of us in Group 4 who actually bust our asses...

Appointee of ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney capitalized on loophole to boost her state pension

by The Republican Newsroom Friday April 10, 2009, 9:42 PM


By DAN RING
dring@repub.com

The Republican file photo
Kathleen M. Dennehy-Fay

BOSTON - Former Gov. W. Mitt Romney's commissioner of corrections significantly boosted her state pension by capitalizing on a loophole in state pension law.

Kathleen M. Dennehy-Fay, commissioner or acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections between December 2003 and 2007, retired early at 54 in November with an annual pension of $106,212. She greatly increased her pension by shifting into a different job classification at the end of her state career, capturing the pension bonus given to police officers and prison guards.

After Romney left office and was succeeded by Democrat Gov. Deval L. Patrick, Dennehy-Fay obtained a job as superintendent of security operations for the county sheriff in Bristol County, who is a Republican like Romney. Dennehy-Fay jumped from her longtime group 1 administrative classification into a group 4 job at the Bristol County sheriff's office in May 2007. Benefits are more lucrative and begin sooner in group 4.

Group 4 is reserved for people with more hazardous jobs, including certain prison guards, police and firefighters.

In group 4, Dennehy-Fay retired with a $106,212 pension, or 95 percent of her final salary of $112,200, according to Bristol County records.

By moving ahead in job class for just the final year and seven months of her employment, she received a pension the same as if she had always been in that riskier job.

In a phone interview, Dennehy-Fay defended her pension. "All I did was follow the law," said Dennehy-Fay, the first woman to be chief of the state prison system.

If she had remained in group 1, she would have had to work another seven or eight years and retire no younger than 60 to achieve close to the benefits she is receiving by retiring at 54 in group 4, according to calculations from state retirement tables. Even though she was a manager most of her career, she increased her pension by at least $25,000, and likely more, by retiring from the pension plan set aside for prison guards.

By moving to Bristol County and getting a new job classification, Dennehy-Fay accomplished something that was denied her immediate predecessor. The state Board of Retirement in 2003 voted against a request by her predecessor, Michael T. Maloney, to be reclassified from group 1 to group 4, something that would have boosted his pension by about $40,000. Maloney's last job was as commissioner.

Dennehy-Fay said that when she took the job in Bristol County, she didn't know or inquire in advance that she was stepping into a group 4 position. She said she needed to remain in Massachusetts and she was recruited for the position in Bristol County. She said she didn't know it was a group 4 post until she filled out paperwork for the job.

Dennehy-Fay's switch into a different job classification illustrates how certain state officials can use obscure rules to benefit from state pension laws and hike their pensions.

Reform of the state-controlled pension system is an important issue on Beacon Hill this year. The state Senate has approved a bill that represents the first phase of a pension overhaul. The state House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on a pension bill of its own.

Even though she retired under the same plan as a prison guard, Dennehy-Fay's pension was calculated on her three highest years of salary when she was in group 1 as commissioner of the state Department of Corrections. She said she couldn't say exactly what she made as commissioner, but she said it was about $138,000 to $140,000.

She said she intended to stay longer in the Bristol County job, but ultimately decided to retire early.

She worked 30 years and 8 months for the state corrections department and then just 1 year and seven months for Bristol County. She did stints as superintendent of the state prison in Framingham, associate commissioner and other management jobs for the state.

Dennehy-Fay's switch into group 4 apparently is an unusual move, even for state government, where politically-connected officials are renowned for using retirement laws to increase pensions.

"The people who know me, know me," she said. "It is what it is."

Richard M. Theroux, city clerk in Agawam and chairman of the Hampden County Regional Retirement System, said Dennehy-Fay received something akin to "a gift from god" when she hopped into group 4 at the end of her state employment after working for many years in group 1. He said it was a rare maneuver and dramatically increased her pension.

"It's not right," Theroux said. "Obviously, she took advantage of the system. That's the problem."

Ralph White, a member of the state Board of Retirement, said he was amazed by Dennehy-Fay's move. "It is rare," White said.

Joseph Guarino, legislative representative for the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, said Dennehy-Fay probably increased her pension by about $25,000 by moving up in class just 19 months before she retired.

The union is supporting legislation that would require an employee in the state Department of Correction to work a majority of years in group 4 in order to retire from that group after 20 years.

Guarino said Dennehy-Fay won a pension under a "huge loophole" in state retirement law that gave her the generous benefits of group 4 when she was classified differently for the majority of her career.

Dennehy-Fay often clashed with the union during her tenure as corrections chief over issues such as abuse of sick time. She never worked as a prison guard, according to an article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Thomas M. Hodgson, sheriff of the Bristol County Jail and House of Correction, said that after Patrick took office, he sought out Dennehy-Fay for superintendent of security operations to take advantage of her talents and experience.

He said she didn't accept the position just to be in group 4 at retirement. She had also planned to stay longer in Bristol County than 19 months, but had to leave for personal reasons, he said. "She had committed to being here much longer than that," he said.

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Subject: Looking for info


Author:
Donna (Curious)
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Date Posted: 16:03:25 03/23/09 Mon
I had a relative that commited suicide at Walpole State prison back in the mid 60's. I was a young kid and no one was allowed to talk about it, but I was wondering if they keep records of inmate suicides and how far back they might go.

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Subject: Listen Retards


Author:
Julie
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Date Posted: 21:52:21 02/27/09 Fri
You only judge people on what you hear... why don't you get to know people first... atleast i got the balls to put my name on a piece.... by the way... say what you want about me... i get more girls than you do. The person you speak of has more integrity than some of you guys... her ex spit in her face.... REAL MAN.

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Subject: NOW do you see they don't want you's.


Author:
Big E
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Date Posted: 09:22:43 03/16/09 Mon
Mess with the best, cry like rest!

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Subject: WTF


Author:
YO
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Date Posted: 00:07:55 11/20/08 Thu
D.O.C. employee accused of stealing $100K

The Attorney General’s office announced charges against a Dept. of Corrections employee who allegedly stole $100,000 to buy weapons. Here’s the quick AG alert:

Press conference regarding the arrest of Gary Mendes, age 48, of Berkley, a Department of Correction (DOC) employee charged with Larceny by Scheme over $250, and Procurement Fraud. Mendes is alleged to have stolen over $100,000 in DOC funds to purchase firearms and other equipment from a law enforcement supply company for his own personal use. Mendez is expected to be arraigned today in Greenfield District Court at approximately 2:00 p.m.

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    • Re: WTF (NT) -- Thanks Rip Van Winkle. Did ya just wake up?, 23:24:58 03/02/09 Mon
      • Re: WTF -- one by one, 13:56:15 03/13/09 Fri
  • Re: WTF -- Curious, 09:25:10 03/15/09 Sun
Subject: STAY SAFE


Author:
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Date Posted: 00:13:24 02/19/09 Thu
Corrections officer
attacked

Last Edited: Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009, 8:03 PM EST
Created On: Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009, 8:03 PM EST

WALPOLE, Mass. - A corrections officer was attacked by two inmates at the MCI Cedar Junction facility in Walpole on Wednesday afternoon. The officer suffered serious injuries and was taken to Norwood Hospital.

Two other Corrections Officers were also taken to Norwood Hospital with minor injuries.

The assault happened in general population, according to the Department of Corrections spokesperson Diane Wiffen.

The East Wing of MCI Cedar Junction is now in lockdown, and the reason for the assault is still under investigation. MCI Cedar Junction is the state's maximum security prison

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Subject: Changes in Civil Service


Author:
CO for LIFE!
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Date Posted: 09:35:59 02/21/09 Sat
Home / News / Local / Mass.
Change on civil service exam riles officers
Scores for those seeking promotions now grouped; chiefs have more leeway
By Maria Cramer
Globe Staff / February 21, 2009
Email| Print| Single Page| Yahoo! Buzz| ShareThisText size – + Promotions always rankle those who are passed over. But at least in police departments, spurned officers have long been reassured by the civil service system, which makes exam scores the basis for promotions and forces chiefs to explain why they elevated someone to captain or lieutenant over someone with a better score.

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No more. The state has quietly rolled back that provision, and instead it now groups officers together by the range they scored (for instance, 93 to 100), which will let supervisors select from a pool of candidates instead of simply going down the list and promoting the highest scorers.

The change will give supervisors the long-sought ability to use a broader range of criteria to choose their commanders. But the shift, which was made with no public hearing or apparent feedback from unions, has touched off raw emotions among police officers, who spend months, sometimes years, cramming for the exams, and hundreds of dollars on test fees, classes, and books.

Detractors say it will only breed more cynicism about how fellow officers are promoted. And it could put chiefs in the awkward position of having to defend themselves against accusations of cronyism in their departments.

"It seems to go contrary to the foundation of what civil service is all about: the ability to eliminate political pressures both internally and externally," said James Machado, a Fall River sergeant and executive director of the Massachusetts Police Association, which represents officers across the state. "Some people have said, 'I don't fit in with the administration. This was my only chance. . . . Now I feel that regardless of my grade I have little or no chance of being promoted.' "

But police chiefs say the change gives them more flexibility to include qualities such as work ethic, attendance, and leadership skills in their decisions. A consultant hired by the state Human Resources Division, which administers the tests, recommended the change on the basis that differences of a few points between candidates do not reliably predict who will perform the job better.

"It's no different than the private sec tor," said A. Wayne Sampson, a retired Shrewsbury chief and executive director of the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association. "There are a lot more factors involved in picking part of your command staff than just the ranking of the test."

The move could also help chiefs diversify their command staff. Over the years, many department leaders have complained that the civil service exam was a stumbling block for minorities trying to move up.

"If [a minority candidate] were somewhere in the middle and someone else was slightly ahead of them, that's the factor you could use," said Brockton Police Chief William Conlon, whose department has no minorities in supervisor positions. "The department does need diversity."Continued...

But he said the change will cause friction with the rank and file if he and the union do not negotiate other criteria for promoting officers, such as a formal interview process.

Most public sector employees are required to take a civil service exam to win a job or promotion, but the tests have the highest profile in public safety jobs, where the competition for advancement is the fiercest.

The change affects 1,700 police officers who took the promotional exam for captain, lieutenant, and sergeant last October. The so-called banded scores were released last week, with officers divided into groups based on the range they scored in. Now, union officials say their members are livid that the agency said nothing about the change until months after officers took the exam.

The Massachusetts Coalition of Police and the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association filed an appeal Wednesday with the Civil Service Commission, arguing that state law dictates the state give notice of the change and allow time for a public hearing.

An Arlington lawyer, John Sofis Scheft, also filed a petition with the commission, asking for an investigation and charging that the change was not made in a transparent or even legal way. Many officers are also irate that the agency changed the passing grade for all three positions.

"You don't change the rules in the middle of the game," said Scheft, who has trained Boston police officers for promotional exams. "This is a monumental change in the civil service system. Do you think they could have had a public hearing?"

But Paul Dietl, the state's chief human resources officer, said the agency is not required to hold a public hearing for banding scores. He said that since 2006, the agency has been banding test scores for entry exams into the fire and police departments, and this is the first promotional exam administered since the agency began banding scores.

"It's not like this was done in the dead of night and no one saw the possibility of this coming," he said. "We've committed ourselves to test banding . . . We are in the business of trying to craft the very best testing instruments and selection instruments to get the very best people in public safety jobs."

Thomas Nee, president of the Boston patrolmen's union, agreed that scores should not be the only criteria, but said the way the change was implemented does not ensure fairness.

"It's got to be clear and free of partisan politics and nepotism," Nee said. "Those types of safeguards have to be built into a banding process and we didn't even get to that point."

Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis agreed.

"I think the concept of banding . . . is a step in the right direction," he said. "However, and this is a big however, the way that it's happening is going to present serious problems for us, because of the suspicion that comes about when people view a system that they perceive as fair becoming more subjective."

Maria Cramer can be reached at mcramer@globe.com.

© Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company.

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Subject: California may have to cut prison population by 40 percent


Author:
CNN
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Date Posted: 07:18:59 02/10/09 Tue
California may have to cut prison population by 40 percent
Story Highlights
Overcrowding has created unconstitutional conditions, judges conclude

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger immediately promised to appeal the case

Those who would be released would be very low risk, says head of Prison Law Office

(CNN) -- Federal judges tentatively ruled on Monday that California must reduce the number of inmates in its overcrowded prison system by up to 40 percent to stop a constitutional violation of prisoners' rights.

"Overcrowding is the primary cause of the unconstitutional conditions that have been found to exist in the California prisons," the court concluded.

California state officials, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, immediately promised to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.

"The governor and I strongly disagree with this ruling," said Matthew Cate, California's corrections and rehabilitation secretary. Implementing the court's ruling would result in up to 58,000 prisoners being released, Cate said, describing it as a threat to public safety.

He disputed the court's contention that the prisons are unsafe the way they are now.

But in 2006, Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency because of "severe overcrowding" in California's prisons, saying it had caused "substantial risk to the health and safety of the men and women who work inside these prisons and the inmates housed in them."

In court documents, the judges said the state's prison system was at about 200 percent of capacity.

The ruling is the result of two class-action lawsuits on behalf of California prisoners who said medical and mental health care in the state's prisons are so inadequate that they violate the federal constitution's Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

The judges said their ruling is tentative so that the parties involved can plan accordingly, essentially giving them an opportunity to work things out themselves before an official ruling is rendered. The court suggests a two- to three-year window for reducing the number of prisoners in the system.

Those who would be released would be very low risk, according to Don Specter, director of the Prison Law Office, a group that provides free legal services to California prisoners. He said the ruling would affect those in jail for three or four months because of parole violations, those getting early release dates, and those who might qualify for early release for taking part in rehabilitation programs.

A final ruling also probably would reduce the number of people entering the prison system, with many being diverted through the courts and into rehabilitation programs instead of going to jail, Specter said.

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Subject: What is this world comming to


Author:
enough already dont ya think
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Date Posted: 10:36:42 12/23/08 Tue
It's a headline that'll certainly get a rise out of people. The governor wants to allow people convicted of dangerous crimes.... to work with children.


Right now... those convicts are banned for life from jobs at state health and human services agencies.


According to the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune this morning....

--The Patrick administration is proposing allowing individuals convicted of rape, kidnapping, murder, and other serious violent crimes to work for the state again.

--Instead of a lifetime ban, they would be banned for 10 years and then allowed to work if they are cleared by a review board.

--They'd then be able to work for agencies that govern health care policy, substance abuse, child protection, mental health and services for the disabled. Vendors who contract with the state would also have to hire the once banned convicts.

Those who want to get rid of the ban says it allows these people to be "reintegrated into society.

But, critics say it could put children and other vulnerable populations in harm's way.

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Subject: A BAD GUY


Author:
Watcher
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Date Posted: 23:31:36 10/16/08 Thu
A 38-year-old psychiatric patient who allegedly forced a 14-year-old hospital volunteer into a stairwell and raped her twice was ordered held on $500,000 bail yesterday.

Vernon Lee Thompson of Mattapan pleaded not guilty yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court to two counts of rape of a child.

Prosecutors allege that Thompson befriended the girl in July during her first week with the Shattuck Hospital Junior Volunteers program in Jamaica Plain.

Thompson asked for her phone number and she sympathetically gave it to him because he seemed lonely, but then she became alarmed when he started calling her and she told her father, said prosecutor Leora Joseph. A week later, on July 10, Thompson allegedly forced the girl down a set of stairs to an area where there were no security cameras and raped her twice, once forcing her to perform oral sex on him, Joseph said.

“She was very scared,” Joseph said.

A hospital employee saw the girl giving Thompson oral sex but did not physically intervene, according to a police report. Instead, the staffer told the pair to “split up” and “not do that there,” the report states.

The girl followed the employee to a safe location. She then told her father about the rape.

The incident prompted a review by the state health department, and the hospital shut down its junior volunteer program.

Joseph asked that Thompson be held on $500,000 cash bail citing his history of defaulting as well as a lengthy criminal record. Thompson’s attorney, Joan Stanley, did not make a bail argument. A clerk magistrate ordered Thompson held on $500,000 cash.

Thompson has prior convictions, court records show, for open and gross lewdness, indecent exposure, making threats, malicious destruction of property, trespassing and shoplifting. In 2006, he was found not guilty of brandishing a box cutter at two women at the Ashmont MBTA Station and then repeatedly stabbing a man at the same depot, all on Aug. 4, 2003.

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Subject: HD


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Date Posted: 09:00:22 01/29/09 Thu
Prisoners in Massachusetts jails are getting an upgrade, and for some, it's just in time for the Superbowl.More than 100 flatscreen HD televisions were purchased for the Bay State's 18 jails.

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Subject: How many new Sgts are they making?


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Subject: reading


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Date Posted: 23:22:25 09/06/08 Sat
Wearing the Badge


by jailguardz, Nov 11, 2007

Police Officers, and Correction Officers both do a valuable job for society. Their jobs are both noble and different, but yet the same.
“Click, click.” “Whoosh, clang!” These are the sounds that are made when handcuffs are applied on wrists, and when a heavy jail cell gate is closed shut, sounds that will make the hair on your neck stand up when faced with the sobering fact you are being arrested by a police officer, and ultimately placed in a jail cell by a correction officer. Similarly, police and correction officers perform stressful jobs that are crucial to law-abiding citizens, and at the same time, lawless and anti-social criminals despise them. One commonality is a piece of metal of varying shape and size. This is a symbol of peace worn by police officers and correction officers on a swelling chest with pride and justice, in other words known as “The Badge.” Police and correction officers can be defined and compared by their different duties and responsibilities that are vital to the orderly running of society, admittedly, people see police in the public, however, the correction officers remain a mystery behind the scenes, and in the shadows.

America's fascination with police officers, and simply put, jail can be evidenced by the many television shows that have been aired over the years. Officers have been portrayed as gritty big city cops in NYPD Blue to bumbling small town sheriffs in The Andy Griffin Show. In addition, television viewers can get a glimpse into the day in the life of a police officer via the reality show Cops. From another point of view, jails and prisons are often portrayed as dark, dank, and brutal places, whereupon, officers are corrupt, and rape and murder abound. The movie Angel's With Dirty Faces and HBO's OZ might be examples, as is this season's new hit television show: Prison break. In fact, in present day America, jails and prisons might mirror some of those horrific conditions.

A wail of a siren pierces the night, as the alarm sounds in the jail signaling an escape. The police car races down a city street in hot pursuit of a fleeing felon, while correction officers start an outside perimeter search of the jail. The unknown awaits this officer, because all he's heard over his squad car radio is that an inmate has escaped from jail and has just carjacked an elderly lady. The suspect's vehicle is stopped and the officer, with his gun drawn, orders the perpetrator out of the vehicle. The officer calls for back up, when the Calvary arrives, our carjacking escapee is arrested and brought to jail, and waiting with open arms at the jail are the correction officers.

Cases in point, it takes a special kind of person to be a correction officer, and not everyone can embrace it. An escape, riot, or disturbance, can take place at any time, however, it takes a certain moxie to work amongst hardened criminals without any weapon. In addition, most police officers will admit that they feel uncomfortable in a jail setting because they can't carry their trusty sidearm. CO's (as they are commonly called) are charged with the care, custody, and control of inmates. Subsequently, when the inmate arrives, they must first be processed. This entails the inmate to have their face photographed, their fingers and hands fingerprinted and a medical screening to be completed. Once this is completed, our newly minted inmate is ready to be housed. Consequently, jail is not for the faint of heart. Individuals will stay in jail until they can post bond, or until they are sentenced, in which case they will be sent up the river to prison.

Relevantly, cops and CO's have many similar duties, traits and tasks. The one duty above all is to protect the public. Thusly, the police arrest the bad guys and bring them to jail, and the correction officers make sure the bad guys stay in jail. Together these law enforcement professionals must possess certain savvy, furthermore, they both must make split second decisions to de-escalate potential volatile situations. For all that, these brave men and woman go to work for their scheduled shift knowing the potential dangers that lie ahead.

Unlike police officers, a correction officer works in a jail or prison un-armed, but does have hand-held radio capability to alert a problem. Most often their only weapon is a pen, which can be as mighty then a sword, whereupon, if an inmate breaks a rule or commits an infraction a report will be written. The sanctions for violating the rules could be loss of privileges to loss of time, which would require the inmate to be incarcerated longer.

In conclusion, we see how police and correction officers work hand and hand to ensure our safety. We understand that wearing the badge is an awesome responsibility, and it requires the wearer to possess patience, tact and understanding. The general public should commend these audacious individuals and shower them with accolades. Thanks to them, that if they were not there to protect us from the criminal element, shades of Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral might incarnate.

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Subject: "ONE FOR THE GOOG GUY'S"


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Date Posted: 19:23:36 09/11/08 Thu
HOLBROOK — Officer John P. Kearney was exonerated on Wednesday on the fifth day of his trial in Norfolk Superior Court on charges of abusing a prisoner during an arrest that he made last year.

Kearney, 39, was charged with assault and battery against Daniel Bonin, 26, now of Randolph, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of filing a false police report.

Following two hours of deliberations, the forewoman of the 12-member jury responded on each count with “Not guilty.”

Kearney, who is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 325 pounds, led two other officers in January 2007 to arrest Bonin at 9 Clover Road. All knew that Bonin had an extensive criminal record.

A violent scene followed in the house and in the street, where officer James Morgan was injured.

After a two-minute ride, Kearney took a handcuffed Bonin out of the cruiser in the Public Safety Building. A videotape shows him slamming Bonin several times against a gun locker, kneeing him, slamming him on the cruiser, spraying him with pepper spray when he fell and striking him again in the booking room.

Kearney’s attorney, Peter J. Perroni of Lowell, however, showed the video with a commentary explaining how Kearney’s moves were needed to bring Bonin under control. He said repeated knee kicks, for example, were directed to Bonin’s legs to bring Bonin to the floor.

Perroni froze the videotape at key points and pointed out how a pause by Kearney was consistent with Bonin’s refusing to comply and how a move by Kearney was consistent with his avoiding a kick aimed at him from inside the cruiser.

What appeared to be a wanton infliction of pain was, he argued, a well calculated effort to achieve control of the prisoner that barely succeeded.

Perroni also called expert witness Robert J. Dyer, an international instructor at the Monadnok Police Training Council, to explain the “level of force continuum” and “balanced response” model developed by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

In cross examination, defense attorney Gary P. Nolan also so undermined the credibility of three witnesses against Kearney that Assistant District Attorney John P. Stapleton stressed in his closing argument that the case did not rely on their testimony.

In a key ruling, Superior Court Judge Kenneth J. Fishman allowed evidence of Bonin’s criminal past as admissible so far as it bore on Kearney’s “state of mind.”

Perroni said that after five days of trial the verdict “made a very large statement.”

Nolan said “the ‘not guilty’ finding indicated clearly that Kearney did everything right.”

With his wife, Brenda, fighting back tears at his side, Kearney said, “Good guys win.”

Kearney served with the Massachusetts Army National Guard in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and in New Orleans during the Katrina crisis. In June he was elected commander of the Holbrook American Legion Post

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Subject: PREA WILL BE BUSY


Author:
JOJO THE CLOWN
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Date Posted: 10:44:23 09/07/08 Sun
State sets record high for inmates
Critics say prison plan is all bunk
By Laura Crimaldi
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Facing its largest inmate population in state history, the Department of Correction is installing bunk beds for the first time at the maximum security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, the Herald has learned.

The move has ignited an outcry from the correction officers union and prison advocates. They say double bunking at Souza-Baranowski is a security risk and does nothing to address the problem of lower-risk offenders being jailed at higher-security prisons because of a lack of lower-security beds.

“It’s the most dangerous thing to do at a Level 6 maximum security facility,” said Steve Kenneway, president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union. The union is to begin bargaining with the DOC over staffing levels required by the double bunking Sept. 16, Kenneway said.


“Right now, Souza-Baranowski is a safe facility that is single bunked. It will be an unsafe facility with tremendous problems when you double bunk it,” said Kenneway.

DOC spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said officials decided to install bunk beds at Souza to address overcrowding created by the record number of state inmates. As of Sept. 1, the DOC had a population of 11,368, a 10 percent increase since 2005, breaking the record of 11,158 inmates set in 1999.

“Overcrowding impacts the safety of our population and staff,” said Wiffin. “There are several potential remedies we are exploring to ease overcrowding. One remedy is double bunking at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.”

The 500,000-square-foot prison has 1,024 general-population single cells, 128 special management cells and 24 health service beds, according to the DOC Web site. As of March 31, Souza-Baranowski was operating at 104 percent of its capacity, with 1,063 inmates, according to the DOC’s first quarter overcrowding report. So far, none of the bunk beds that were installed have been put to use, Wiffin said.

MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole, the state’s other maximum security prison, was operating at 115 percent of its capacity, with 731 inmates, during the first quarter of 2008, DOC data show. The prison was designed to hold no more than 633 inmates. There are no bunk beds in use there, Wiffin said.

Leslie Walker, director of Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, said double bunking at Souza will worsen security conditions at an already violent prison and require the state to spend more money on staffing. The DOC’s budget for fiscal 2009 is more than $530 million - a steep increase from last year’s spending plan of $474 million.

“Double bunking maximum security prisoners is a huge mistake. Double bunking at Souza-Baranowski jams two men in a small cell for 20 hours per day,” Walker said in an e-mail. “This creates an unnecessarily tense, unsafe environment for prisoners and staff in an already tense, violent prison.”

Walker said 16 percent of the state’s prison population is held at maximum security prisons, which is twice the national average. According to a January DOC report to the Legislature, there are 600 inmates housed with higher-risk offenders because of a lack of medium, minimum and pre-release beds for the lower-risk prisoners.

“For nearly two years, the (DOC) has had objective evidence it was overclassified. Yet today Massachusetts still has nearly twice the national average of prisoners in costly high-security prisons and one-half the national average in low-security,” Walker said.

Wiffin said the DOC has added 600 beds at medium, minimum and pre-release facilities since 2005, when the inmate population was 10,338. Adding more beds at those facilities is under consideration.

Wiffin could not provide figures for the number of beds expected to be installed at Souza-Baranowski, saying the “capacity and timeline is still being developed.”

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Subject: They earn keep


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NUKKA
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Date Posted: 14:32:01 09/01/08 Mon

They earn keep
By Steve Kenneway
Monday, September 1, 2008 - Added 23h ago


The Herald should have done some research into the correction officers hired over the past few years (“Your tax dollars at work,” Aug. 25). You may have found out that the state refused to hire new officers for years, which led to more than 600 vacancies. You would have discovered that as a 24-hour operation, when vacancies occur, officers are forced to work overtime. We accept that as part of the job, but a little research may have shed some light on bigger problems that need addressing.

The year in question was when the state finally agreed to terms for pay raises to the officers who were forced to work OT after four years of negotiations. Yes, as a result of back pay, one officer may have doubled his pay, but what about the other 3,800 officers who only recently actually got a partner to work the block with them? I also didn’t see an article about the 600 assaults on officers in the past year.

Steve Kenneway, President
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Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union


SAVE IT STEVE YOU PIECE OF SHIT! YOU LIED TO THE STEWARDS AND LIED TO THE MEMBERSHIP! DON'T RUN NEXT TIME, YOU FUCKED KENNY AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE FACE. YOU SAID YOU WOULD QUIT IF KENNY WAS FOUND INNOCENT, DON'T RUN NEXT TIME, JUST DON'T DO IT!!!!!!! NICE ARTICLE THOUGH, WHO REALLY WROTE IT?

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Subject: Stay Safe


Author:
MP
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Date Posted: 17:56:17 09/07/08 Sun
Facing its largest inmate population in state history, the Department of Correction is installing bunk beds for the first time at the maximum security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, the Herald has learned.

The move has ignited an outcry from the correction officers union and prison advocates. They say double bunking at Souza-Baranowski is a security risk and does nothing to address the problem of lower-risk offenders being jailed at higher-security prisons because of a lack of lower-security beds.

“It’s the most dangerous thing to do at a Level 6 maximum security facility,” said Steve Kenneway, president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union. The union is to begin bargaining with the DOC over staffing levels required by the double bunking Sept. 16, Kenneway said.

“Right now, Souza-Baranowski is a safe facility that is single bunked. It will be an unsafe facility with tremendous problems when you double bunk it,” said Kenneway.

DOC spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said officials decided to install bunk beds at Souza to address overcrowding created by the record number of state inmates. As of Sept. 1, the DOC had a population of 11,368, a 10 percent increase since 2005, breaking the record of 11,158 inmates set in 1999.

“Overcrowding impacts the safety of our population and staff,” said Wiffin. “There are several potential remedies we are exploring to ease overcrowding. One remedy is double bunking at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.”

The 500,000-square-foot prison has 1,024 general-population single cells, 128 special management cells and 24 health service beds, according to the DOC Web site. As of March 31, Souza-Baranowski was operating at 104 percent of its capacity, with 1,063 inmates, according to the DOC’s first quarter overcrowding report. So far, none of the bunk beds that were installed have been put to use, Wiffin said.

MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole, the state’s other maximum security prison, was operating at 115 percent of its capacity, with 731 inmates, during the first quarter of 2008, DOC data show. The prison was designed to hold no more than 633 inmates. There are no bunk beds in use there, Wiffin said.

Leslie Walker, director of Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, said double bunking at Souza will worsen security conditions at an already violent prison and require the state to spend more money on staffing. The DOC’s budget for fiscal 2009 is more than $530 million - a steep increase from last year’s spending plan of $474 million.

“Double bunking maximum security prisoners is a huge mistake. Double bunking at Souza-Baranowski jams two men in a small cell for 20 hours per day,” Walker said in an e-mail. “This creates an unnecessarily tense, unsafe environment for prisoners and staff in an already tense, violent prison.”

Walker said 16 percent of the state’s prison population is held at maximum security prisons, which is twice the national average. According to a January DOC report to the Legislature, there are 600 inmates housed with higher-risk offenders because of a lack of medium, minimum and pre-release beds for the lower-risk prisoners.

“For nearly two years, the (DOC) has had objective evidence it was overclassified. Yet today Massachusetts still has nearly twice the national average of prisoners in costly high-security prisons and one-half the national average in low-security,” Walker said.

Wiffin said the DOC has added 600 beds at medium, minimum and pre-release facilities since 2005, when the inmate population was 10,338. Adding more beds at those facilities is under consideration.

Wiffin could not provide figures for the number of beds expected to be installed at Souza-Baranowski, saying the “capacity and timeline is still being developed.”

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Subject: How's the Hand Danny?


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Date Posted: 11:17:04 09/13/08 Sat
What's the matter Danny? Did you open Sosa's wicket to give him HoneyDew and he was in the mood for Dunkin's? For shame! Maybe now people will stop white hattin' for that piece of shit co assaulting motherfucker and treat him like the animal he is. I do feel bad about your hand, but isn't that why Sosa is fed with that wierd contraption and the wicket is only opened by a Lt.? To avoid shit like this from happening? Someone please tell me I'm wrong and he pulled another fake code to assault staff. But I'm probably right and it was white hattin' gone wrong.

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Subject: some info for some of you fat asses


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Date Posted: 20:11:02 08/10/08 Sun
Nine Cold, Hard Weight Loss Truths
By: Brie Cadman (View Profile)

Even if you’re not trying to lose weight, chances are you’ve seen some ideas on how to do so:

“Eat what you want and lose weight!”
“Lose thirty pounds in thirty days!”
“Finally, a diet that really works!”
“Lose one jean size every seven days!”
“Top three fat burners revealed”
“Ten minutes to a tighter tummy!”

But these claims are readily rebuked by anyone who’s tried to lose five, ten, or one hundred pounds. Losing weight ain’t that easy. It’s not in a pill, it doesn’t (usually) happen in thirty days, and judging from the myriad plans out there, there is no one diet that works for everyone.

Looking past the outrageous claims, there are a few hard truths the diet/food industry isn’t going to tell you, but might just help you take a more realistic approach to sustained weight loss.

1. You have to exercise more than you think.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting at least thirty minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week; this includes things like shoveling snow and gardening. And while this is great for improving heart health and staying active, research indicates that those looking to lose weight or maintain weight loss have to do more—about twice as much.

For instance, members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)—a group of over 5,000 individuals who have lost an average of sixty-six pounds and kept it off for five and a half years—exercise for about an hour, every day.

A study published in the July 28, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine supports this observational finding. The researchers enrolled 200 overweight and obese women on a diet and exercise regimen and followed them for two years. Compared with those that gained some of their weight back, the women who were able to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent of their initial weight for two years exercised consistently and regularly—about 275 minutes a week, or fifty-five minutes of exercise at least five days a week.

In other words, things like taking the stairs, walking to the store, and gardening are great ways to boost activity level, but losing serious weight means exercising regularly for an hour or so. However, this doesn’t mean you have to start running or kickboxing—the most frequently reported form of activity in the NWCR group is walking.

2. A half-hour walk doesn’t equal a brownie.
I remember going out to eat with some friends after a bike ride. Someone commented on how we deserved dessert because we had just spent the day exercising; in fact, we had taken a leisurely twenty-minute ride through the park. This probably burned the calories in a slice of our French bread, but definitely not those in the caramel fudge brownie dessert. Bummer.

And while it’s easy to underestimate how many calories something has, it’s also easy to overestimate how many calories we burn while exercising. Double bummer.

Even if you exercise a fair amount, it’s not carte blanche to eat whatever you want. (Unless you exercise a ton, have the metabolism of a sixteen-year-old boy, and really can eat whatever you want). A report investigating the commonly-held beliefs about exercising, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, concludes that although exercise does burn calories during and after exercise, for overweight persons, “excessive caloric expenditure has limited implications for substantially reducing body weight independent of nutritional modifications.” In other words, to lose weight, you have to cut calories and increase exercise.

3. You have time to exercise.
If you have time to check email, watch a sitcom or two, surf the internet, have drinks/coffee/dinner with friends, go clothes shopping, and on and on, then you have time to exercise. Yes, sometimes you have to sacrifice sleep, TV, or leisure time to fit it in. Yes, sometimes you have to prioritize your exercise time over other things. But your health and the feeling you get after having worked out is well worth it.

4. Eating more of something won’t help you lose weight.
The food industry is keen to latch onto weight loss research and spin it for their sales purposes. A prime example is the widespread claim that eating more dairy products will help you lose weight. However, a recent review of forty-nine clinical trials from 1966 to 2007 showed that “neither dairy nor calcium supplements helped people lose weight.”

This idea—that eating more of a certain type of product will help you lose weight—is constantly regurgitated on supermarket shelves (think low-fat cake, low-carb crackers, high in whole grain cookies, and trans fat-free chips), but is in direct opposition to the basic idea behind weight loss—that we have to eat less, not more.

5. Calories in = calories out?
There is a fair amount of controversy over the basic question of how people gain weight. Is it simply a matter of energy intake being greater than energy expenditure? Or is there more too it; do the type of calories we eat matter and can avoiding certain types help to lose or prevent weight? The low-fat, low-carb, and glycemic index advocates can’t seem to agree on which it is.

However, most can agree, and logical sense would tell us, that drinking 500 calories of soda is not equal to eating 500 calories of chicken and broccoli. One is simply “empty” calories—those that provide no real nutritional benefit and don’t do much to combat hunger. Whether you ascribe to the simple idea of trying to burn more calories than you take in or focus on avoiding certain types of calories, you want to minimize intake of empty calories, and maximize nutrient-dense calories.


6. Your body is working against you.
Most people have noticed that it’s hard to lose weight, but easy to gain it. This is a relic of harder times, when food was not as abundant as it is today. Our genetic taste buds made energy-dense food desirable because it was necessary to pack away calories so we could make it through the thin times. We feasted when we could, in preparation for the famine.

But now that we live in a time of abundance, that system predisposes many of us for weight gain and retention. And for obese dieters, this system is even harder to overcome; after weight loss, they become better at using fuel and storing fat, making it harder to keep weight off. However, this isn’t to say that many haven’t lost weight and kept it off successfully. It just means you have to be diligent.

7. Our cultural environment is also working against you.
Let’s face it, American society does not make it easy on those trying to eat healthfully and exercise. According to Linda Bacon, associate professor of nutrition at UC Davis, “We get a tremendous amount of pressure to eat for reasons other than nurturing ourselves, and over time, people lose sensitivity to hunger/fullness/appetite signals meant to keep them healthy and well nourished. It’s hard for people to come to a healthy sense of themselves given the cultural climate, and nutritious and pleasurable options for healthy food are not as easily accessible as less nutritious.”

That doesn’t mean this can’t be overcome, but it does require maybe putting other parts of your life on a “diet.” TV would be the biggest culprit, since many food advertisements, especially for children’s junk food, come during this time. Other areas to put on a “diet” are chain and fast food restaurants (where portion sizes are distorted), a bad-influence friend, or driving, which may help increase walking and biking.

8. Maybe you don’t need to lose weight.
Some feel that the medical problems associated with excess weight are exaggerated. Gina Kolata, a New York Times science writer questions the notion that thin is a realistic or necessary objective for most. In her book, Rethinking Thin, she asserts that weight loss is an unachievable goal for many, and that losing weight isn’t so much about health as it is about money, trends, and impossible ideals. Recent research also challenges the idea that being overweight is bad. A study in JAMA found that being twenty-five pounds overweight did not increase the risk of heart disease and cancer, and may even help stave off infections.

It’s true that people can be fit and healthy and not necessarily be thin, just as it’s true that thin people may not necessarily be healthy. Good health, rather than weight, should be our focus; too often, it’s not. Striving for an unhealthy level of thinness may be detrimental to our health, but understanding the health repercussions of obesity is also critical.

9. This is not a diet; this is your life.
The diet industry would have us all think that we can lose weight fast, and that’s that. But most people who maintain their weight understand that eating and exercising are not temporary conditions, to be dumped once a pair of jeans fit. Instead, they are lifestyle choices, and ones to be made for the long haul.

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Subject: Wow Walpole looks so nice now


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Date Posted: 09:04:46 09/24/08 Wed
Looks like they are getting ready to put it on the market. Can I get the listing?

FOR SALE

800 Bed room Campus style Ranch. Complete with indoor gym, Library, and hospital. A giant shed complete with tools. Basketball courts for the little ones. Locker rooms with showers. HUGE family dining hall the seats 200. Security cameras encompass the grounds. Newly patched driveway. New flowers and shrubs. Close to trains, shopping, and sporting stadium. Perfect for a large family. 2.5 million. Call Steve Kennoway for private showing.

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Subject: FACT


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Date Posted: 15:36:18 09/19/08 Fri
WALPOLE LEVEL 4 INTAKE CENTER!!!

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Subject: State prison inmates


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Date Posted: 15:18:41 11/11/08 Tue

BROCKTON — State prison inmates at the maximum security prison in Shirley will be sharing cells but they won’t be able to pick their cell mate.

“The inmates do not make housing decisions,” said Diane Wiffin, spokesman for the state Department of Correction (DOC). “The DOC makes housing decisions.”

The decision to double-bunk prisoners at the maximum security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley is part of a master plan being developed for the state prisons.

The preliminary plan, reported by The Enterprise last month, would include the creation of “specialty” prisons, with Bridgewater the center for inmates with mental health issues.

That plan is still being finalized.

Wiffin said a date for double-bunking at the Shirley prison has not been set.

Prison officials will decide who will be cell mates “based on a risk assessment,” Wiffin said.

The preliminary master plan for state prisons includes:

Concentrating inmates with mental health needs at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater. Old Colony Correctional Center is now a medium-security prison in the 30-acre Bridgewater Correctional Complex. The complex now also includes Bridgewater State Hospital, Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center, and the Treatment Center. MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole would be the first stop for male prisoners to be classified after they are sentenced. Presently, the prisoners first go to MCI-Concord.MCI-Concord may be converted to a general population, medium-security prison.Maureen Boyle can be reached at mboyle@enterprisenews.com. at the maximum security prison in Shirley will be sharing cells but they won’t be able to pick their cell mate.

“The inmates do not make housing decisions,” said Diane Wiffin, spokesman for the state Department of Correction (DOC). “The DOC makes housing decisions.”

The decision to double-bunk prisoners at the maximum security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley is part of a master plan being developed for the state prisons.

The preliminary plan, reported by The Enterprise last month, would include the creation of “specialty” prisons, with Bridgewater the center for inmates with mental health issues.

That plan is still being finalized.

Wiffin said a date for double-bunking at the Shirley prison has not been set.

Prison officials will decide who will be cell mates “based on a risk assessment,” Wiffin said.

The preliminary master plan for state prisons includes:

Concentrating inmates with mental health needs at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater. Old Colony Correctional Center is now a medium-security prison in the 30-acre Bridgewater Correctional Complex. The complex now also includes Bridgewater State Hospital, Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center, and the Treatment Center. MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole would be the first stop for male prisoners to be classified after they are sentenced. Presently, the prisoners first go to MCI-Concord.MCI-Concord may be converted to a general population, medium-security prison.Maureen Boyle can be reached at mboyle@enterprisenews.com.

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Subject: Eddie Mack


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Date Posted: 20:24:59 09/28/08 Sun
hi eddie all eyes are on you:))

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Subject: shup at least they have the quinn bill


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Date Posted: 11:01:25 10/05/08 Sun
Officers protest civilian flaggers
EVERETT, Mass. -- Officers from Everett and Revere staged a protest Friday against the State's decision to use civilian flaggers on traffic details instead of officers.

The rally surrounded employees from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority on two work sites that they thought would have flaggers; however, protesters didn't find any flaggers at these sites.

The MWRA said under the new law the maintenance job did not require a flagger or a detail officer.

Governor Patrick said using civilian flaggers will save the State money, but protesters said the Governor is overstepping his bounds and costing the officers much-needed money.

"We have an agreement with the city. It's collective bargaining. That's the union process, and we feel he's violating not only our agreement - essentially, we feel that he's going to ultimately try to violate everybody in the state - their collective bargaining agreement," said Tim Benedetto, of the Patrolmen's Union #633.

The MWRA did not end up working at either the Revere or Everett sites Friday because they did not have the proper permits.

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Subject: Union Message Board


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Date Posted: 19:16:13 09/28/08 Sun
The Union Message Board at:

http://www.voy.com/200536/

will be moderated until further notice.

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Subject: Check it out


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Date Posted: 19:31:51 10/13/08 Mon
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1125030

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Subject: double bunking


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Date Posted: 00:49:39 11/17/08 Mon
MILFORD - The number of inmates in Massachusetts prisons is projected to reach about 12,000 next year for the first time, prompting the head of the prison system to call for sentencing changes that ease overcrowding and to proceed with a controversial plan to double-bunk inmates at a maximum-security facility.

About two weeks short of his one-year anniversary as commissioner of the Department of Correction, Harold W. Clarke said last week that he hopes Governor Deval Patrick reintroduces legislation to reform "mandatory minimum" sentences, which Clarke said have led to a surge in inmates, many with no history of violence.

"We've been really concerned with mandatory sentencing laws," Clarke, 57, said at the department's headquarters here. "We don't want people backed up in prison that are not posing a risk to the community at large."

On Nov. 3, the state's 18 prisons held 11,380 inmates, putting them at 44 percent above capacity, Clarke said. The number is projected to grow by 5 to 7 percent next year, which would put the population at between 11,949 and 12,176.

The prison population declined steadily from 10,990 in 1999 to 9,825 in 2005, but it has surged since then, according to department statistics. The totals include convicted offenders, people awaiting trial, and individuals committed involuntarily - even though they have finished their sentences - because they still pose a danger, such as some sex offenders.

With crime rates remaining relatively stable, Clarke said, the main reason for the surge is mandatory-minimum sentences passed by Massachusetts since the 1980s. Many of the laws were approved as part of a harsh nationwide crackdown on drug offenses, but a growing number of judges, defense lawyers, prison administrators, and advocates for prisoners say they often do more harm than good.

As of Sept. 22, about 1,917 inmates were serving a mandatory minimum sentence for a drug offense, said Diane Wiffin, a prison system spokeswoman. Those inmates are ineligible for parole and are forbidden from participating in work-release programs or halfway houses that could ease overcrowding.

Patrick filed legislation last year that would have let drug offenders serving mandatory minimum sentences participate in work-release programs, but the bill did not win passage. He has refiled it for the new legislative session. The Patrick administration is also scheduled to complete a master plan in December that will discuss construction projects that could relieve overcrowding, said a spokesman for the governor.

In the meantime, Clarke is moving forward with a plan to double-bunk some inmates at a maximum-security prison. As early as year's end, he said, he plans to move 400 inmates from maximum-security MCI-Cedar Junction at Walpole to Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.

Each of the 400 inmates would share a cell with another prisoner at Souza-Baranowski, which has 1,028 inmates. Cedar Junction would become a medium-security prison that takes in new inmates until they are classified, a role currently played by MCI-Concord. And Old Colony Correctional Center, a medium- and minimum-security prison in Bridgewater, would mostly house inmates with diagnoses of mental illness.

The plan to put two inmates in a cell at the 10-year-old Souza-Baranowski has drawn fire from prisoner rights activists and the union that represents correction officers.

Leslie Walker, executive director of Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, said that double-bunking at Souza-Baranowski - where prisoners spend scant time outside their cells - would probably lead to violence.

"You're taking two prisoners that the department has deemed of maximum-security dangerousness and you're locking them together in a cell for over 20 hours a day," she said. "I think it's a very risky measure that should be taken only in desperation."

Her comments reflect a rare agreement with Steve Kenneway, the president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union. He told the Globe last month that putting two inmates in the same cell would provoke fights, stabbings, and killings.

"There are some inmates out there who are going to make a choice whether to accept a roommate or kill their roommate," he said. "That's not an exaggeration."

But Clarke, who headed the prison systems of Nebraska and then Washington State before Patrick appointed him last November, said prisoners already share cells or dorms in the state's 16 medium- and minimum-security prisons. He said many other states double-bunk prisoners, as does the federal Bureau of Prisons. And Souza-Baranowski cells were originally designed to house two inmates, he said.

"We don't have many options - one, releasing offenders, and two, building more capacity - and I'm not sure that either of those are now palatable," he said.

In another matter, Clarke and Walker said in separate interviews that they hoped a federal suit filed last year by the Disability Law Center against the Department of Correction over treatment of mentally ill inmates will be settled soon.

The center, a nonprofit advocacy group that provides legal help for the disabled, alleged in a March 2007 suit that hundreds of seriously mentally ill prisoners were held in cells 23 hours a day in inhumane conditions, leading to self-mutilation, the swallowing of razor blades, and at least seven suicides since November 2004. The group, which has been assisted by Walker's organization, urged the creation of special treatment units similar to those in at least six other states.

Clarke said last week that settlement talks have been under way for a year and that soon "we're hoping to be able to say, 'We don't have to go to court, we can avoid litigation,' which I'm certain will serve all parties best," he said.

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Subject: oh yeah


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Date Posted: 23:52:06 10/28/08 Tue
Massachusetts Authorities Probe Police Overtime

The investigation into alleged abuse of court overtime payment in the Police Department is now being handled by a special prosecutor from the state Attorney General's office.

The prosecutor is evaluating all the information in the case and investigators from Worcester police are working with her, Police Chief Gary J. Gemme confirmed yesterday.

Some of the information has been handed over to the prosecutor and more information is being gathered.

Earlier this year, an internal audit of the Police Department's payroll found that seven officers allegedly abused the system to the tune of $80,000 to $100,000 between them for the first six months of 2008.

The audit led to the seven officers being placed under investigation, both internally and now through the Attorney General's office. Sgt. Michael J. Coakley resigned shortly after the investigation began and Lt. Timothy O' Connor is on paid administrative leave. Sgts. Faith A. Roche and Eric A. Boss, along with Officers James M. O'Rourke, Paul W. Noone and Darnell McGee, are all part of the investigation and were transferred out of their units while under investigation. Their work status is unchanged.

Chief Gemme has routinely declined to comment on how many officers are involved or to identify them by name, citing a need to protect the integrity of the investigation and noting that the cases of abuse are in varying degrees.

The officers are accused of manipulating schedules, abusing vacation time and what's been termed other "serious abuse" of court overtime procedures. In some cases, officials are questioning if some of the officers actually attended court on the days claims for payment were filed. Court slips required to be signed by the Police Department's court liaison office were in the administrative system, although they lacked the required signatures.

"The special prosecutor will handle it if someone is indicted," Chief Gemme said. "They're looking at records and they reserve the right to conduct a forensic audit."

The chief said he shared his perspective on the case with the prosecutor. The prosecutor will decide if any of the cases could be handled administratively, the chief said.

"I will support the decision the prosecutor makes," he said. "I want to make sure the Police Department and the public are satisfied that a thorough investigation was conducted and there was a fair disposition and we can all move forward knowing we tightened the controls on the whole court overtime system."

One of the cases has been concluded through the department's administration and the internal case is now being reviewed by an outside lawyer. It will then be presented to the city manager. Chief Gemme could not comment on which internal case had been concluded.

City Manager Michael V. O'Brien said he could not comment on the ongoing investigation. He said everyone is subject to due process and "the fact that all of us are equal under the law and accountable to the law."

The department put in place several policies and procedures aimed at preventing court overtime pay abuse.

Officers attending court would sign in and out with the department's court liaison office - located in the courthouse - and receive a signed slip confirming the appearance.

The slip was taken to the officer's division lieutenant, who entered it in the administrative system for payment.

All court overtime slips go to the chief's office now, along with the roster of all officers attending court. The information is reviewed on a weekly basis and verified.

Since the new policies have been put in place, Chief Gemme said, the department is saving roughly $8,000 a week in court overtime payment and the yearlong savings is projected at $300,000.

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Date Posted: 21:38:08 10/23/08 Thu


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Subject: this is for you know who


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Date Posted: 11:09:58 10/19/08 Sun
Bread Kills!
1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.

3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations.

4. Every piece of bread you eat brings you nearer to death.

5. Bread is associated with all the major diseases of the body. For example, nearly all sick people have eaten bread. The effects are obviously cumulative:

99.9% of all people who die from cancer have eaten bread.
100% of all soldiers have eaten bread.
96.9% of all Communist sympathizers have eaten bread.
99.7% of the people involved in air and auto accidents ate bread within 6 months preceding the accident.
93.1% of juvenile delinquents came from homes where bread is served frequently.
6. Evidence points to the long-term effects of bread eating: Of all people born before 1839 who later dined on bread, there has been a 100% mortality rate.
7. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as a teaspoon of dough can be used to suffocate a lab rat. The average American eats more bread than that in one day!

8. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.

9. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and being fed only water begged for bread after as little as two days.

10. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter, and even cold cuts.

11. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 90 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person.

12. Newborn babies can choke on bread.

13. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute.

14. Most bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.

In light of these frightening statistics, we propose the following bread restrictions:

1. No sale of bread to minors.
2. A nationwide "Just Say No To Toast" campaign, complete celebrity TV spots and bumper stickers.
3. A 300 percent federal tax on all bread to pay for all the societal ills we might associate with bread.
4. No animal or human images, nor any primary colors (which may appeal to children) may be used to promote bread usage.
5. The establishment of "Bread-free" zones around schools

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Subject: dperry


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Date Posted: 15:56:30 12/05/08 Fri
pig

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Subject: HAPPY HOLIDAYS


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Date Posted: 20:58:03 12/21/08 Sun
To all the LUGGERS and HUGGERS at the hill! The biggest rats nest in the state!!!

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Subject: Dirty Nurse 2


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Date Posted: 16:39:58 11/26/08 Wed
aryan November 26, 2008 -->
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From the Metro staff at The Boston Globe
DA: Foiled prison break included elaborate disguise
November 26, 2008 12:12 PM Email| Comments (15)| Text size – +

By John R. Ellement and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff

WRENTHAM -- The elaborate disguise included sunglasses, a wig, fingernail polish, makeup, what a prosecutor described as "latex skin," and a full correction officer's uniform, complete with badges and the proper insignia.

The clothes and accessories were allegedly found in the locker of a nurse who works at the super-maximum unit of a prison in Walpole. It was supposed to be the final touch in what was described by Assistant Norfolk District Attorney Jennifer Roe today as an intricate plan to break one of the state's most dangerous inmates out of prison this coming Friday.

The nurse, Deborah Girouard, 44, had developed a "relationship" with the inmate, Che Blake Sosa, the prosecutor said today during her arraignment in Wrentham District Court. Girouard had allegedly smuggled a cellphone into MCI Cedar-Junction so she and Sosa could chat, and she gave him a pair of her underwear, Roe said.

Prosecutors allege that Girouard had agreed to get Sosa a knife and some dental floss that would help him cut the Plexiglas in his cell. She had allegedly smuggled to him three saw blades, a handcuff key, and a steel clip. Girouard drew the line and said no, however, when Sosa asked for a gun, Roe said. That made Sosa angry, prosecutors said, and he allegedly threatened her in a cellphone call. That call prompted Girouard to go to the Department of Correction on Tuesday, Roe said.

Girouard's attorney, Thomas Iovieno, questioned the credibility of anything involving Sosa, who is serving life in prison for a series of rapes and awaiting trial for allegedly stabbing his own lawyer.

"She disputes these allegations," Iovieno said, who described his client as a hardworking mother of five.

Iovieno added: "She's upset, she's distressed, and she's very despondent."

Judge Warren Powers ordered Girouard held without bail pending her next court appearance on Dec. 17.

It was unclear how long she has worked at the prison and what her relationship is with Sosa, who is housed in a super-maximum security single-man cell in the prison's Department Disciplinary Unit. He is essentially serving a life sentence for rape convictions this year and last year, because he would not be eligible for parole until he is 118 years old.

"I don't know what this nurse was thinking," said Steven Kenneway, president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union. "If she's done what she's accused of, she endangered the lives of every employee and inmate at the facility and every citizen of the surrounding communities."

Kenneway said the charges highlight the importance of the screening process for contract personnel hired to work at the prisons.

"Inmates like Che Sosa have nothing but time to try to figure out a way to get out of prison and when they get help like this, it puts us all at risk," Kenneway said.

Sosa has a long history of violence. The convicted serial rapist was accused of stabbing two correction officers with a piece of fencing in his cell at Walpole two years ago.

He is also accused of stabbing his lawyer in the face and collarbone with a makeshift plastic knife in February 2007 during jury selection in a Dedham courtroom for his trial on charges of raping a Quincy woman in 2001. His lawyer survived the attack, which authorities say was unprovoked.

Sosa, defended by a new lawyer, was convicted of the rape and sentenced to 55 years in prison.

Earlier this year, the 5-foot-11, 240-pound Sosa was shackled to a chair and flanked by about a dozen court and correction officers during his trial in Suffolk Superior Court for the 1995 rape of a Jamaica Plain woman. He was convicted and sentenced to 35 to 40 years, to be served after his previous sentence.

Testifying in his own defense, Sosa told jurors, "I love women, all type of women. But, I certainly don't rape them."

On the website www.friendsbeyondthewall.com, Sosa offers a profile of himself, lists his release date as "unknown," and tells potential pen pals, "don't be dismayed by my projected release date."

He writes that in the 20 years he has spent in and out of prison, this is the first ad he has placed seeking companionship.

He says he gives loyalty and expects it back.

"I'm looking for a friendship and I am open for more, if that is to be," Sosa wrote. "I'm extremely passionate and my empathy is far and wide. Thus, I seek a woman of like makeup. She has to be compassionate, nonjudgmental."

Globe correspondent John M. Guilfoil contributed to this report. Shelley Murphy can be reached at shmurphy@globe.com.

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Subject: d,perry and p,benson


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Date Posted: 09:47:43 11/29/08 Sat
perry and benson nic status whats up . mary kathrine detached with pay ..whats up . panis nic status ...whats up

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Subject: the non truth


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Dirtbag loser
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Date Posted: 11:02:36 12/07/08 Sun


"There is a paradox at the core of penology, and from it derives the thousand ills and afflictions of the prison system. It is that not only the worst of the young are sent to prison, but the best - that is, the proudest, the bravest, the most daring, the most enterprising and the most undefeated of the poor. There starts the horror."

The above is an introduction by Norman Mailer to a book I read about 10-13 years ago. It left an indelible impression on my mind, hence, I'm able to quote it verbatim... "The proudest, the bravest... The most undefeated of the poor". I concur for one would have to be knowing in his heart and in the very marrow of his bones that he doesn't belong here. The irony isn't lost on me that one of my favorite songs is by: "Radiohead". The verses: "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here. I don't belong here". Hopefully that brought a smile to whomever is reading my ad. In a nutshell, I'm no angel, but I don't deserve this fate... thus, I don't belong here.

With that being said, don't be dismayed by my projected release date. I don't suffer from delusional thinking - I'm a realist. But I know (God, how I know) that sentence is not my fate. Wasn't it Napoleon who said that the difficult we can do now, the impossible just takes a little bit longer? I hold onto that (not cling, but grasp firmly) thinking... belief, tenaciously. Out of the 20 years I've spent in and out of prison I've never placed an ad before or sought some type of companionship in any fashion... Perhaps it's the pride and a subconscious thought of not having found myself so how or why would I seek someone else.

With that said, I don't seek any financial support whatsoever. I want to emphasize that. I'm looking for a friendship and I am open for more, if that is to be. Although I am a proud
Afro-Dominican, race is so utterly unimportant to me, as physical traits. Honestly and loyalty out weigh a thousand other "flaws". I give it (loyalty) and I want it back. Please don't confuse blind faith w/loyalty. An old friend taught that to me.

A little about me: I'm Boston bred (accent and all J). I went to high school in Pen. and received my diploma (after getting my GED when I was 16 rather taking the test, then receiving the the GED at 18). It was a day in school (that's when I found out I had a Boston accent). I wrestled and played football. My Mother (Maria) who was born in the Dominican Republic didn't raise me, but my love for her is inate and deep.

I'm a voracious reader and my taste in literature is vast as is my music taste. The old adage; "Never judge a book by its cover rings piercingly true with me). Perhaps it's better to say that there is much more than meets the eye.

I'm extremely passionate and my empathy is far and wide. Thus, I seek a woman of like makeup. She has to be compassionate, nonjudgmental. Between the ages of 35-55. I don't have children. It's bittersweet. I adore kids, but wouldn't wish this upon them (a parent incarcerated) in a 1,000 years. Yet, the selfish part of me regrets that I don't. Nor have I ever been married. For me, marriage is forever.

Well, I'm cautiously optimistic that this new found journey will bring smiles, laughs and undoubtedly some tears to both of our eyes.

With bated breath,
-Blake

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Subject: We are watching Special OPs.. Always watching...


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Date Posted: 19:39:27 12/04/08 Thu
The Egomaiacs have been bustd. I want to know who the fuck has been auditing them for the past four years,and did they turn the blind eye? We shall see just how many will fall... I hear a few of them have already folded like a paper airplane Stay tuned....

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Subject: The non truth


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Date Posted: 11:01:28 12/07/08 Sun

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Subject: WTF


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DAZED AND CONFUSED
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Date Posted: 19:12:17 11/25/08 Tue
Dirty Ex Shirley Medium Nurse


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Nurse Accused Of Trying To Help Rapist Escape
BOSTON (WBZ) ― A prison nurse has been arrested and charged with smuggling items to a convicted rapist who stabbed his lawyer in court last year.

Prosecutors allege that 44-year-old Deborah Girouard smuggled items to Che Sosa in an alleged plot to help him escape MCI-Cedar Junction prison in Walpole.

The charges allege Girouard slipped Sosa saw blades and other items. Sosa has not been charged in the alleged escape plot.

His lawyer was treated for injuries to his face and chest from the courtroom stabbing.

Last March, Sosa was convicted of the 1995 rape of a 50-year-old Boston woman. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, which is in addition to a 55-year sentence he was already serving for a previous rape.

It's unclear when Girouard is accused of smuggling the items to Sosa. She has been charged with delivering an article to an inmate and aiding the escape of a prisoner, which are both felony charges. She faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

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Subject: Whereabouts of an Inmate


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Date Posted: 00:53:59 11/30/08 Sun
I was wondering if you have an inmate in your facility by the name of Danny Keene. I have not had contact with this person for over 25 years. I am a relative of his, and I was just wondering if he has completed his time in the institution, or what his status is.

I appreciate reading the material on this board. I have worked in law enforcement for over 18yrs and I have retired . I really appreciate all the work that you guys do. People don't appreciate it as much as they should. I am thankful for all you guys and what you do to protect us from the law breakers that do not belong in society.

thanks,

And I would appreciate any information that you may have for me.

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Subject: CO PB 11X7


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Date Posted: 17:23:45 11/16/08 Sun
The nurse stories are bad enough, but to find out about a 17 year old girl that's just low! lol

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Subject: 11/27/08


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Date Posted: 08:16:01 11/27/08 Thu
DA says nurse revealed plot after threat
She enters plea in foiled prison escape

By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan
Globe Staff / November 27, 2008


WRENTHAM - The date had been chosen, the disguise that would make the prisoner look like a correction officer was stuffed in a locker, and the inmate had a smuggled saw to cut through the pane of Plexiglas that kept him in his cell, officials said.

A Norfolk County prosecutor alleged yesterday that Deborah Girouard, 44, a registered nurse working at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole, had provided the tools Che Blake Sosa was planning to use in a chilling escape from the prison where the serial rapist is supposed to remain for another 80 years.

"It was a serious, well-developed plan," Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating said in a telephone interview yesterday. "Friday was the discussed time to have the escape occur."

But the plot was foiled when Girouard abruptly went to authorities Tuesday after Sosa, 39, threatened to kill her if she did not continue to cooperate with his escape plan, a scheme that evolved after they had developed a "relationship," Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Rowe said yesterday at Girouard's arraignment. Authorities believe the relationship had grown over the past several months.

Girouard, of Ashby, pleaded not guilty in Wrentham District Court yesterday to charges of delivering contraband to an inmate and aiding a felon in an escape.

The plot unraveled when she called the Department of Correction's internal security office and asked "WHETHER ANY CORRECTION OFFICERS HAD BEEN KILLED" Tuesday. Girouard then allegedly made an extended tape-recorded confession, Rowe said.

Girouard's lawyer, Thomas Iovieno, questioned the credibility of anything involving Sosa, who is serving multiple prison sentences for a series of rapes and is awaiting trial for allegedly stabbing his lawyer in 2007 during jury selection.

"She disputes these allegations," said Iovieno, who described his client as a hardworking nurse. "She's upset, she's distressed, and she's very despondent."

Rowe said State Police searched Girouard's locker at the state prison. Inside, they found the preparations for an elaborate disguise that included sunglasses, a wig, fingernail polish, makeup, and a correction officer's uniform, complete with badges and the proper insignia.

Prosecutors allege that Girouard had smuggled into the prison and given Sosa three saw blades, a handcuff key, and a large metal paper clip. At Sosa's request, Girouard had purchased a knife, but balked at buying him a gun.

She also allegedly provided Sosa with a cellphone they used to communicate with each other. When Sosa threatened to kill her Tuesday in a cellphone conversation, Girouard disclosed the plan, the prosecutor said.

Girouard has five children, two of them with a former husband who was in court yesterday but would identify himself only by his first name, David.

With the arrest of Girouard, David told reporters that he was going to seek full custody of his two children, ages 9 and 7, but that he had no plans to request a permanent end to the maternal relationship.

"I don't want to keep them away from their mother; they still need their mother," he said. "I need to get them out of the environment they are living in."

He said he was stunned by the bizarre nature of the charges against his former wife.

"She is not a stupid woman. She is a very bright woman; she has a high IQ," he said. "But it doesn't seem possible. It just sounds so asinine that something like this is happening. After hearing all the allegations, it's like: 'My God. Where did you take a left turn and keep going?' "

The Department of Correction would not comment on the case or security procedures because the Sosa case is under investigation by Keating's office.

Girouard has worked for the UMass Correctional Health program, part of UMass Medical School in Worcester. Spokesman Mark Shelton said she was hired in 2005 as a registered nurse and had worked at MCI-Shirley before moving to MCI-Cedar Junction.

He would not discuss why she changed job assignments, but said she was placed on leave without pay following her arrest.

Judge Warren Powers ordered Girouard held without bail pending her next court appearance, on Dec. 17, but her lawyer will challenge that order tomorrow in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham.

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Subject: John F Lynch JR inmate


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Date Posted: 11:10:36 11/15/08 Sat
I am looking for information an my biological farther. I was adopted when he put in prison. And they had my named changed for security reasons. I would like to know when his release date is. He has had death threats against me in the past. And I think that he gets out soon. So this information could save my life. thank you..

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Date Posted: 07:36:34 11/03/08 Mon
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Subject: DUMMY


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By Marie Szaniszlo
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - Updated 4h ago


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A state Department of Correction lieutenant may end up behind bars himself for allegedly stealing about $100,000 in state funds, firearms and other items from the department, Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday.

Gary Mendes, who was responsible for the purchase of firearms, ammunition and other specialized equipment for the DOC since 2002, is accused of buying himself numerous items, including five .40-caliber handguns, a machete, hunting bow and baseball pitching machine, authorities said.

“We allege that Lt. Mendes took advantage of his position to procure these items,” Coakley said.

Investigators allege that between 2004 and 2008, Mendes falsely reported the value, cost and quantity of equipment department officials believed they had paid for by misrepresenting invoices he produced, authorities said.

Mendes, 48, is accused of knowingly submitting invoices for more merchandise than he actually used or needed, and then using the difference in value as credit to buy goods for himself.

He was arrested at his Berkley home yesterday, arraigned in Greenfield District Court on charges of procurement fraud and larceny by scheme over $250, and released, pending a Jan. 15 hearing.

A 25-year employee of the DOC, he has been suspended from his $75,000-a-year job with pay, DOC Commisioner Harold Clarke said.

Coakley said the investigation is ongoing and would not rule out the possibility of more arrests.

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UNDER FIRE: State Department of Correction lieutenant Gary Mendes was arrested yesterday and arraigned on charges of stealing $100,000 worth of firearms, ammunition and specialized equipment from the department.
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Subject: Prison guards say cons chiming in on bunk buddies The roommates from hell


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Date Posted: 11:05:19 11/10/08 Mon
Prison guards are calling it “Match.Con.”

The Department of Correction is moving forward with plans to install 400 bunk beds at one of the state’s most dangerous prisons to accommodate more convicts, and sources tell the Herald the state is accepting requests from inmates who want to bunk together.

It’s sort of like in college - except with murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers and gangbangers at the maximum security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.

One 20-year correction officer who’s already paid plenty of visits to the hospital after inmate attacks is bracing for the worst if convicts have a say in picking roomies.

“I won’t tell you that I’m afraid to go to work,” said the guard, who said he thought he’d seen it all at the prison, from murder to guard assaults to personally being pelted with human waste. “There have been things that have occurred where I thought I would be seriously injured or killed.

“Once this happens, my ability to separate inmates is gone. It’s gonna be ugly. It’s gonna be a bloodbath.”

The roommate request scenario, sources explained, raises several bad possibilities: Gangbangers teaming up. Couples making house in the Big House. Or even worse, jailbait forced to live with their abusers.

As one source put it “there are expected to be a lot of high-pressure sales.”

Asked about the policy, DOC spokeswoman Diane Wiffin had only this to say: “Inmates do not make housing decisions. The DOC makes housing decisions.”

And I’m sure the guards are thankful for that. But is DOC entertaining, soliciting or considering these cell-mate requests?

Wiffin again repeated her statement.

The bunk-bed plan stems from the prison overcrowding crisis. It involves moving the most dangerous inmates out of MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole and downgrading that facility to medium security.

Steve Kenneway, president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, confirmed that the superintendent at Souza-Baranowski is taking requests from inmates - and that the union has formally asked them not to.

Kenneway summed it up with one word: “disastrous.”
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Date Posted: 21:35:37 11/02/08 Sun
How is my buddy Mike Didomenico doing there?

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Subject: yeah right


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Subject: Summers over and the State is looking to save $$$$


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Date Posted: 16:36:52 10/18/08 Sat
The summer is over. Time for all you IA, phony scared bitches to return to work. The State is looking to trim some fat, they are looking in to all the excess payments to fake IA's, and if I were you I'd be watching your backs.

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