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Date Posted: 19:12:17 11/25/08 Tue
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[Edit] Date Posted: 18:46:21 11/25/08 Tue
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


Author:
Judy W
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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


Author:
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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


Author:
CSI
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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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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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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: this is for you know who


Author:
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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: reading


Author:
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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: shup at least they have the quinn bill


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


Author:
IA Investigator
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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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Subject: Check it out


Author:
GRIM
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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: Wow Walpole looks so nice now


Author:
Re-Max
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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: "ONE FOR THE GOOG GUY'S"


Author:
MP
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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: Union Message Board


Author:
Massmoderators
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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: Eddie Mack


Author:
172
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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: FACT


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


Author:
CO
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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: They earn keep


Author:
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
Click to learn more...

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 solid


Author:
maximus
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Date Posted: 08:18:04 08/30/08 Sat
Subject: Need a good laugh...check this out


Author:
CO
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Date Posted: 23:06:00 08/20/08 Wed
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=183545645
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Subject: Getting out


Author:
??
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Date Posted: 09:29:47 08/18/08 Mon
So are you guys being allowed to transfer out or what?
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Subject: It can happen here too.


Author:
beware
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Date Posted: 18:49:09 08/19/08 Tue
ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- A rare disease linked to mouse droppings has been blamed for the death of an Ellensburg police officer.

The coroner in Yakima said 34-year-old Sgt. Nelson Ng died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome on Friday.

The disease is linked to breathing around rodent waste and causes the lungs to fill with fluid.

The disease can cause death in less than 48 hours.

The circumstances in which Ng contracted the disease have not been released.

The death is under investigation by the Kittitas County Public Health Department.

The Yakima Herald said Ng is survived by his wife, Anna, and their 7-year-old daughter, Elise.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control said the virus isn't transmitted by human-to-human contact. The main form of transmission is inhalation of fresh droppings and urine that has been stirred up, causing droplets with the virus to become airborne.
Subject: W-29811


Author:
meh
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Date Posted: 18:30:17 08/10/08 Sun
« up7 F.3d 218
NOTICE: First Circuit Local Rule 36.2(b)6 states unpublished opinions may be cited only in related cases.
Robert G. DELLELO, Petitioner,
v.
Joseph PONTE, etc., et al., Respondents.
Robert G. DELLELO, Petitioner,
v.
Paul MURPHY, etc., Respondent.
Nos. 93-1232, 93-1117.
United States Court of Appeals,
First Circuit.
September 14, 1993
APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

Robert G. Dellelo on brief pro se.

A. John Pappalardo, United States Attorney, and Paula J. DeGiacomo, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee .

D.Mass.

AFFIRMED.

Before Selya, Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam.

1
Robert G. Dellelo challenges the dismissal of two related petitions for habeas corpus, one brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, and the other under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 The petitions were dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Petitioner also assigns as error the district court's failure to hold an evidentiary hearing and denial of a motion for discovery. We affirm the district court's judgments.

2
Most of the relevant procedural history was summarized by the Massachusetts Appeals Court as follows:

3
The petitioner is serving a life sentence without parole for first degree murder. His conviction and sentence have been upheld by the Supreme Judicial Court. Commonwealth v. Dellelo, 349 Mass. 525, [209 N.E.2d 303] (1965). In 1974, the petitioner was also sentenced by the United States District Court in New Jersey to a term of eighteen years in Federal prison for bank robbery [committed while petitioner was an escapee from Massachusetts prison, which sentence is] to commence after his State sentence ... In February, 1980 Massachusetts prison officials transferred the petitioner from the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction, to the Federal bureau of prisons in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The petitioner was returned to the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections on December 23, 1983. On March 26, 1990, the petitioner filed his initial habeas corpus petition [in state court] which was dismissed on August 30, 1990. On November 15, 1990, he filed a second application for a writ of habeas corpus [also in state court]. In both proceedings, the petitioner contended that at the time of his transfer to the Federal prison in Lewisburg, in February, 1980, there existed no valid contract between the Massachusetts Commissioner of Correction and the United States Attorney General authorizing a transfer. He therefore alleged that under 18 U.S.C. § 5003(a) and [M.] G.L. c. 127, § 97A, his transfer was unlawful and the Commonwealth had lost jurisdiction over his person and sentence. He requested immediate release to the custody of Federal authorities.

4
...

5
The initial petition was dismissed after a hearing and [the state court judge dismissed the second petition because] there was no showing that the ends of justice required another hearing on the same issue.

6
Dellelo v. Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Center, No. 91-P-524, slip. op. at 1-2 (Mass. App. Ct. Nov. 12, 1991) (footnote omitted).2

7
The Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the superior court's dismissal, and Dellelo's application for further review was denied by the Supreme Judicial Court. Dellelo v. Superintendent, Old Colony Correctional Ctr., 411 Mass. 1105, 1106, 586 N.E.2d 10 (1991).

8
The premise of the instant habeas petitions is the same as that rejected by the state courts. Petitioner argues that his 1980-83 transfer to federal prison was invalid because the contract between the state and federal government authorizing such transfers was not signed by a person whom petitioner considers a "proper" state official under 18 U.S.C. § 5003(a).3 The federal statute authorizes the Attorney General to contract with "proper officials" of a state for the custody and care of persons convicted of criminal offenses in state courts. The corresponding Massachusetts statute authorizes the commissioner of corrections to enter into such contracts with the approval of the governor. M.G.L. c. 127, § 97A. Petitioner sees illegality in the fact that William Hogan, the person serving as commissioner of corrections on the date of petitioner's transfer, never signed such a contract. Respondent prevailed in state court on a showing that petitioner's transfer was in accordance with a contract authorizing such transfers signed by Commissioner Hogan's predecessor in 1973.

9
The contract's existence, genuineness, scope, term and coverage, as well as the parties' contracting authority are largely questions of historical fact. The state court's determination of these matters is entitled to a "presumption of correctness" on a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). See Marshall v. Lonberger, 459 U.S. 422, 432 (1983); Sumner v. Mata, 455 U.S. 591 (1982) (state courts' factual findings are entitled to a "high measure of deference" unless the findings lack "fair support" in the record).

10
Section 2254 provides that in the absence of enumerated circumstances making a hearing mandatory, the federal court is bound by the state court's findings of historical fact, unless the petitioner offers convincing evidence that the findings are erroneous. This rule is consistent with Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293, 312 (1963). See Leavitt v. Howard, 462 F.2d 992, 995 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 884 (1972). We have reviewed the state court record and we agree with the district court that none of the enumerated circumstances are present.4 The state court had before it all the facts, including copies of all relevant contracts and their terms, petitioner was represented there by counsel, and the court's hearing was as full as necessary, fair, and adequate to resolve these issues of contractual interpretation. Petitioner offered in this proceeding no reason to suppose that he could overcome, by convincing evidence, the presumption imposed by § 2254. See Leavitt, 462 F.2d at 995.

11
Insofar as this contract issue may be viewed as a mixed question of fact and law, petitioner offers no legal authority nor reasoned argument in support of his unlikely premise.5 In any event, we agree with the Massachusetts Appeals Court's alternative holding that "even assuming the absence of a valid contract at the time of petitioner's transfer ... which we do not conclude, the petitioner['s] ... only remedy for an improper transfer was a return to state prison, which has already been effected." Dellelo, No. 91-P-524, slip op. at 4. This result is supported by state cases and analogous federal case law. See Blake v. Commissioner of Correction, 390 Mass. 537, 538, 457 N.E.2d 281 (1983) (prisoners improperly transferred to federal correctional facility were properly ordered returned to state facilities); Ladetto v. Commissioner of Correction, 373 Mass. 859, 369 N.E.2d 967 (1977) (a prisoner is not entitled to pardon of his state sentence nor release from prison following a procedurally defective transfer to a federal prison; the proper remedy is a return to state prison); see also Stevenson v. Thornburgh, 943 F.2d 1214, 1214 n.2 (10th Cir. 1991) (any alleged impropriety in execution of prisoner transfer agreement between state and federal authorities was rendered moot by the complete performance of all obligations on both sides).

12
There is no merit to petitioner's contention that the state lost jurisdiction when it transferred petitioner to a federal prison. The statutes under which petitioner was transferred expressly presuppose the continuing vitality of the state sentence. M.G.L. c. 127, § 97A (transferees are subject to the terms of their original sentences and to the provisions of law governing discharge); see also Howe v. Smith, 452 U.S. 473, 484 (1981) (purpose of 18 U.S.C. § 5003 authorizing transfer arrangements is to help states with insufficient correctional facilities by providing space in exchange for reimbursement by state for care of state's prisoners); Schertz v. Nix, 975 F.2d 1382, 1384 (8th Cir. 1992) (terms of state disciplinary confinement are not negated by prisoner's transfer to a federal prison under 18 U.S.C. § 5003(a)(1) and placement in general prison population while there). Petitioner's reliance on cases such as Shields v. Beto, 370 F.2d 1003 (5th Cir. 1967), and Thompson v. Bannan, 298 F.2d 611, 612 (6th Cir. 1962), cert. denied, 370 U.S. 957 is misplaced. The present case does not involve extradition, a waiver, nor any circumstance suggesting a relinquishment by the state of its authority to exact the sentence imposed by its courts. Cf., e.g., Venable v. Thornburgh, 766 F. Supp. 1012 (D. Kan. 1991) (because transfer to federal custody was lawful and authorized under 18 U.S.C. § 5003, reliance on extradition cases is misplaced); Joyner v. Henman, 755 F. Supp. 982 (D. Kan. 1991) (same);

13
We also see no merit to petitioner's remaining assignments of error. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for discovery in light of the full state court record and the lack of any legal basis for petitioner's claim. And the district court did not err in dismissing petitioner's claim that he was denied due process or equal protection because he was not afforded a state administrative hearing prior to the prison transfer. Whatever the merit of that argument, petitioner did not assert it in his state court petitions, although he had every opportunity to do so. "The exhaustion requirement is not satisfied if petitioner presents new legal theories or new factual allegations in federal court that transform his case or cast it in a wholly different light." Carillo v. Brown, 807 F.2d 1094 (1st Cir. 1986) (citing Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 275 (1971)).

14
Accordingly, we deny the petition for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and we affirm the judgment of district court dismissing the petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

1
Petitioner is in a state prison serving a state sentence, but he alleges that due to a procedurally defective transfer to federal prison in 1980, the state lost jurisdiction of his case, and he should be viewed as currently serving a federal sentence. See note 3 infra. His claim arguably falls within either or both § 2241 or § 2254. On petitioner's motion, the district court consolidated the petitions, a procedure which we think makes good sense, since the petitions assert identical facts and overlapping legal arguments

2
In addition to the crimes mentioned in the quoted text, petitioner has also been convicted in state court of unlawful escape on two occasions, and the following crimes committed during his escapes: unlawful carrying of a firearm; kidnapping; larceny from a person; and unlawful carrying of a firearm. Sentences for these crimes run "from and after" his life sentence. In federal court, petitioner was also convicted of use of a firearm during the bank robbery mentioned in the text

3
From this premise, petitioner further reasons as follows: the Commonwealth lost jurisdiction over petitioner when it transferred him (illegally) to federal prison; he thus began to serve his federal sentence at the time of the transfer; since a federal sentence cannot be served piecemeal, he continued to serve that sentence when he was returned to state prison and, having now served 12 of the 18 years on his federal sentence without a parole hearing, he is entitled to immediate release from the federal sentence. We need not reach each turn in petitioner's reasoning since we reject his starting premise

4
The district court's dismissal, styled as one for "failure to state a claim" was in accordance with Rule 8 of the Rules Governing § 2254 cases, which states that when an evidentiary hearing is not required, "the judge shall make such disposition of the petition as justice shall require." Under Rule 11 the district court has discretion to use the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in appropriate cases. Under the latter rules the dismissal might also have been characterized as a summary judgment since the court had before it, in addition to the parties' pleadings, voluminous exhibits which constituted virtually the entire state court record. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c), 56. Whatever the nomenclature, however, we are convinced that petitioner was afforded a reasonable and meaningful opportunity to present all pertinent evidence and the result, dismissal without an evidentiary hearing, was correct

5
Although petitioner appears pro se, he was represented by counsel in the state court. A perusal of counsel's state court memoranda and all the papers filed below also reveals no legal authority or other support for this unusual premise, and we know of none

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Subject: Nuked sites


Author:
Meh
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Date Posted: 02:22:36 08/10/08 Sun
Be advised:

CJ sites are being nuked/wiped.

Prisontalk was hit on 8-9-08. Full loss back to July 15th.

One of the forums on voy.com (your/our site) was fully wiped on 8-7-08.

Badgewars.com is getting hit as this is posted.

And no, it is not me/Meh (sigh - it's like when you call in a fire and the invesigators start waterboarding you). I have NEVER used a proxy and my IP is open to the mods/admins.

Any fucktard can nuke a soft site if their buffer threshold is too low. These dudes are not geniuses.

(Yeah Ha - you got me on spelling - typing quick cuz have to check other sites).

Prisontalk and the Voy ex-con site were "liberal those poor cons" sites. The Badgewar site is not, however.

Please pass this on as fast as you can to other site admins.

I am tired and hitting the sack.
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Subject: Bye to a hero


Author:
fan
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Date Posted: 11:12:41 06/23/08 Mon
George Carlin, who died of heart failure Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, informed riff on those infamous seven words, led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offensive language.
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Subject: job security


Author:
jj
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Date Posted: 20:50:25 08/09/08 Sat
future residents




Posted: Saturday, 09 August 2008 12:45PM

Boston jails too full for youthful offenders

rj


BOSTON (AP) -- Young offenders in Boston are being jailed as far away as New Bedford and Worcester because the city has nowhere to put them.

The Boston Herald reports that the teen jail crunch comes after the city shut down its own holding facility in Mattapan because it couldn't afford it.

Meanwhile, a juvenile detention wing in a police station near Government Center was recently renovated, and those cells are now used for adults.

Boston police say the city still has temporary holding cells for juveniles all over the city. But state law says minors can't be held overnight except in a dedicated youth facility.

The city's new policy of shuttling juveniles outside Boston began last month.

Police say the city is in talks with state officials about solving the problem.
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Subject: job security


Author:
jj
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Date Posted: 20:49:12 08/09/08 Sat
future residents
Subject: Trailer fire kills Angola Correction Officer


Author:
l
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Date Posted: 09:54:45 08/09/08 Sat
SOLITUDE — A 52-year-old Louisiana State Penitentiary officer died Friday afternoon when trapped inside her burning mobile home on Solitude Road.

Chief Tommy Boyett, of West Feliciana Parish Fire Protection District 1, said firefighters found the body of Brenda Mills near the back door of her residence, which was engulfed in flames when neighbors discovered the fire.

The fire is under investigation by the fire district, state Fire Marshal’s Office and West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Boyett said the investigation may determine whether Mills was confronted by a locked door as she tried to escape.

Neighbors, whose nearby homes were not damaged by the flames, reported the fire at 1:53 p.m., and the first firetruck arrived in less than 10 minutes.

Neighbors Wanda Turner and Denise Barfield said they tried to enter the residence through the front door, but the flames drove them back.

Turner said she kicked the door open, but the flames were too intense for the two to see inside.

“The fire met us at the door, so we couldn’t go in,” Barfield said.

Mills was a corrections sergeant assigned to Angola’s Main Prison and had been employed at the penitentiary since November 1999, Angola spokesman Gary Young said.

“She was a good employee; a wonderful employee,” Young said.

Angola Warden Burl Cain extended condolences on behalf her fellow employees to Mills’ relatives and friends.

“She’ll be greatly missed,” Cain said.

Boyett said firefighters used a four-wheel drive truck to push Mills’ car from under a carport attached to the mobile home.

“I’m glad they did. If it had caught on fire, it would have made it a lot worse,” the fire chief said.
Subject: moderator


Author:
co
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Date Posted: 00:05:44 08/06/08 Wed
why are you allowing a self admitted ex-con access to your sites. please ban Meh
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Subject: y


Author:
u9
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Date Posted: 10:51:50 07/31/08 Thu
Corrections officers and police patrol festivals to find felons
The state Department of Corrections and Seattle police routinely patrol Seattle's major festivals, making dozens of arrests of felons who violate probation.

By Jennifer Sullivan

Seattle Times staff reporter

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THOMAS JAMES HURST / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Department of Corrections' Leslie Mills, left, and Neighborhood Corrections Officer Christina Lacy talk to a member of a DOC work crew on Wednesday. The man, a released felon, was picked up and brought to the work crew to work off an offense rather than going back to prison.
In the 11 years she has patrolled the Bite of Seattle and the Torchlight Parade, Leslie Mills has learned that free festivals aren't only popular with couples and families, but also are favorite hangouts for convicted drug dealers, sex offenders and homeless felons on probation.

Mills, a supervisor for the state Department of Corrections (DOC), says Seattle's major public events often draw felons who are wanted for violating terms of their prison release or who are violating probation merely by being there.

At Seattle's Torchlight Parade last weekend, Mills and other DOC officers and Seattle police arrested 25 people in connection with outstanding warrants or for committing new crimes.

"A lot of felony offenders and probationers are opportunists," said Mills, who supervises the DOC's Northwest Community Response Unit. "Torchlight and the Bite of Seattle provide opportunities for people to sell drugs, buy drugs and commit crimes. It's a party where you can get lost because there are tons and tons of people."

Corrections officers and police who monitor the events question panhandlers or people weaving through the crowd reeking of alcohol, and watch closely for people using drugs. Mills said officers will often approach people and ask for their name. But, she said, most corrections officers recognize DOC clients and know their names and criminal history.

Mills said felons arrested by DOC are taken to jail or briefly detained, then told to check in with their probation officer in the following days.

The effort is part of the DOC's Neighborhood Corrections Initiative program. The program, created in 1997, is a way for Seattle police and DOC to monitor felons assigned to community custody, Washington state's version of probation and parole.

Corrections officers arrested 92 offenders on probation at events this month — 22 at Torchlight and 70 at the Bite of Seattle. Seattle police arrested 28 people at the same two events for various offenses, according to DOC statistics.

The program has been so successful that the number of corrections officers assigned to patrol the Torchlight Parade and the Bite of Seattle has gone from just Mills to nearly a dozen in the past 11 years.

In an effort to keep parolees away from potential trouble, DOC staff will often ask felons who have recently been arrested for using drugs or alcohol or who have a history of violent crime to avoid festivals. Some are even ordered to sign an agreement that they won't attend the Bite or Torchlight, said Neighborhood Corrections Officer Christina Lacy.

"A lot of offenders go down there to deal, use [drugs] and a lot of our offenders are gang-affiliated and they know gangs they are at war with are there and they go to start some trouble," Lacy said. "We're trying to keep them safe and out of trouble from getting a new charge."

Corrections officers also staff the Mardi Gras festivities in Pioneer Square and the New Year's Eve celebration at the Space Needle. Out of the four events, Mardi Gras is the most challenging, Mills said.



"Mardi Gras is where we have the most drinking, drug dealing and violence," Mills said. "People want to come downtown and want to get high, and our offenders take advantage of that."

Seattle police Capt. Steve Brown, who oversees the department's West Precinct, calls the Neighborhood Corrections Initiative officers a "force multiplier" at festivals.

"There are opportunities for problems to erupt with that client base. This is a high-risk group, we put eyes on them and watch them closely," Brown said. "If they're not going to contribute to that event positively, we want them out of there."

At public events, DOC officers work closely with Seattle police officers and are in regular contact with police commanders supervising coverage of the event, Mills said. This year, DOC officers were paired with Seattle police gang officers at the Bite of Seattle, watching for felons dressed in gang colors stirring up trouble, Mills said.

At the Bite of Seattle, a team of DOC officers swarmed two groups of men dressed in gang colors outside the Center House. As the rival groups slowly passed one another, one man in the group spotted the DOC officers and told the people with him to "keep walking," Mills said.

"None of them were eating, none of them were buying any food, none of them were listening to music or participating in any of the events," Mills said of the two groups. "We believe our presence deterred things from going on."

Seattle police gang unit Lt. Ron Wilson said Neighborhood Corrections Initiative officers are a tremendous help at large events because corrections staff can question, detain and arrest people for violating the terms of their probation — something police officers can't do.

"They have an ability to identify people they know firsthand to be under probation and have the ability to talk to and contact people," Wilson said. "People who are on probation and parole are subject for review [only] by people from the Department of Corrections."

Felon Bobby Joe Simpson, 50, said he attended Saturday's Torchlight Parade. He didn't encounter any DOC officers, he said.

"I go every year," Simpson said Wednesday morning after he was picked up by Neighborhood Corrections officers for violating terms of his release by being in an area known as a site for drug-dealing and being in possession of dirty heroin needles. Simpson, who admits he is addicted to heroin, said he never worries about DOC staff being at the festival.

"The only time I worry about that is when I do something wrong," said Simpson, who has 19 convictions for crimes including drug possession, selling fake drugs and forgery.

Simpson was among a group of nine felons assigned to a DOC work crew Wednesday morning for violating terms of their release. Several offenders detained during Torchlight and told to report Wednesday for work crew didn't show up, Mills said.
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Subject: jOKERS "R" us


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Peter Falk
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Date Posted: 20:35:35 08/04/08 Mon
Police searching for body in Brazil find three limbs, believe victim is not armed.
Subject: Fl DOC Officer Raped and Killed


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CO
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Date Posted: 12:42:13 06/26/08 Thu


Orlando Sentinel

June 26, 2008

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – An inmate, with a criminal history of rape and kidnapping charges, raped and killed a female corrections officer at the Daytona Beach prison Wednesday, police said.

Detectives are interviewing inmate Enoch Hall, 39, in the murder of Officer Donna Fitzgerald, a 13-year veteran of the Tamoka Correctional Institution. Corrections records show that Enoch had been sentenced to life in prison for charges of sexual battery with a weapon and kidnapping stemming from a 1993. Fitzgerald, 51, of Port Orange, was on duty at the time of the attack, according to jail records.

A statement by Department of Corrections’ Secretary Walter McNeil expressed sorrow for Fitzgerald’s murder.

“The entire department grieves the murder of one of our finest officers and we pray for the victim’s family during this difficult time,” McNeil wrote.
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Subject: certified white trash


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very sad
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Date Posted: 09:46:47 06/28/08 Sat
tell me please how johnny lynch cant keep his job ,but that fucking looser desroach can . first off johnny was a great c.o and a good person dispite what he may have done.Now desroach beats his wife and her son ,then spends 2 weeks in county jail, then gets shit faced and crashes his car into a pole destroying the car and pole. loses his license for 3 years. now he runs the east wing corridor and he's still a sgt to boot
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