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By reading the following you have acknowledged this and have chosen to proceed of your own free will.| Subject: sounds like most cos | |
Author: mm [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:19:00 08/27/08 Wed |
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| Subject: Another injustice... | |
Author: screw [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 02:25:35 10/02/08 Thu Donna, we love you and you will not be forgotten. You have always kept things running smoothly on level two for many years. If anyone, from CO, Sgt to Lt, transfer, old or new needed help or guidance, you were always there, saw it, been there first hand. And I sincerely thank you for that. What happened on Wednesday is just wrong, and they should be ashamed of themselves. You did everything right and nothing wrong. I thought things were on the verge of changing for the better, I guess I was wrong. I don’t think I want to work at this Institution anymore. |
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| Subject: Concord guard's memorial road race to aid his son | |
Author: Dylan Fan [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:08:08 10/16/08 Thu Concord guard's memorial road race to aid his son By Dan Phelps, dphelps@lowellsun.com LOWELL -- Jason Barnes went out for a run the morning of the day he died. So it's only appropriate that when his friends and co-workers wanted to hold a fundraiser to benefit the education fund established for Barnes' young son, they decided on a road race. If Barnes' unexpected death last October wasn't enough of a blow to his family and friends, he left a 4-year-old son, Dylan, who is recovering from two brain surgeries to remove brain tumors. Dylan, now 5, was 16 months when the first tumor was discovered. His parents, Jason and his girlfriend, Dana Ashton, noticed Dylan was sleeping too much and they were having a hard time waking him. The tumor was removed at Children's Hospital, but it returned and he underwent surgery again in November 2006. He has been fine since then, though his peripheral vision has been affected. "He came through it like a trouper," said Hugh Barnes', Jason's father and Dylan's grandfather. But as Dylan's health improves, he faces a future without his father. Jason Barnes, who lived in Lowell and was a corrections officer at MCI-Concord for eight years, died last Oct. 26 at the age of 29 from what his father said was ruled as acute intoxication. "He made an error in judgment," Hugh Barnes said of his son. "It was a bad decision. It's a shame because he was healthy as a bull." Jason Barnes grew up in Waltham and was a high-school football and wrestling star before he moved to Lowell after he became a corrections officer. He was a Marine who was activated in December 2001 with the reserves before being honorably discharged in 2005. Regardless of the circumstances of his death, Barnes' son is still without a father and facing a difficult financial future. That's where the road race comes in. Shaun Cremin of Lowell, a friend of Jason and a sergeant at MCI-Concord, is planning the 5-kilometer race for Sunday, Nov. 2, starting at 11 a.m., at the Lowell Elks on Old Ferry Road. Hugh Barnes said his family is overwhelmed by the generosity Jason's friends and co-workers at MCI-Concord have shown. "It's fantastic that they'd do something to help ease Dylan's pain and give him a solid chance of having a good education," he said. "It's a real show of support from the guys in Concord, and not just financially. They've really supported us in a big way, and we still consider them family." Pre-entry for the Jason Barnes Memorial 5K Road Race is $20; the fee is $25 the day of the race. Mail checks to Jason Barnes Memorial, 63 Shawmut Ave., Lowell, MA 01851. For more information on the race, go to www.coolrunningcom/major/08/barnes. |
| Subject: Transfers | |
Author: CO [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:32:13 10/12/08 Sun Has any one heard any thing about transfers being canceled out of Souza and Walpole? |
| Subject: check out stats on cos | |
Author: co [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 09:47:27 10/10/08 Fri http://atriclesofinterest.wordpress.com/ |
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| Subject: GET READY GUYS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE ONLY LEVEL 6 | |
Author: LK [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:43:43 10/05/08 Sun |
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| Subject: Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union board up and running, link above | |
Author: . [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:10:26 10/04/08 Sat |
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| Subject: racist? how will you vote? | |
Author: Dumb ass [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:42:37 10/02/08 Thu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-q4MDQ0cDI |
| Subject: why you should not vote for OBAMA! | |
Author: Dumb Ass [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:30:25 10/02/08 Thu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIGJTHdH50 |
| Subject: ARE YOU AWARE ? | |
Author: PATRIOT [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:01:34 09/14/08 Sun THE STATE HAS MADE AN OFFER OF WAGE INCREASES FOR HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY AT LEVEL 6 FACILITIES AND THE UNION FLAT OUT SAID NO .HOW ABOUT A VOTE BEFORE YOU THROW AWAY THAT RAISE.THEYRE GOING TO DOUBLE UP ANYWAY,WHY THROW IT AWAY ???? |
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| Subject: New cards are ready | |
Author: Committee to take back our union [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 00:03:26 07/11/08 Fri Ask the contact person at your facility to provide you a sign up card. These cards are available for all supervisors. The time is now for professional leadership to take back control of our union. |
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| Subject: aobtd | |
Author: ll [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:57:47 09/30/08 Tue Deputy Sheriff Charged With Heroin Possession TEWKSBURY (WBZ) ¯ A deputy sheriff in Essex County was put on administrative paid leave after he was arrested on drug charges. Police in Tewksbury arrested John Bachta on Saturday and charged him with possessing heroin. Bachta is a 15-year veteran of the department |
| Subject: PB | |
Author: J [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:09:04 09/22/08 Mon |
| Subject: SBCC's new song? | |
Author: 3D [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:37:18 09/21/08 Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xP3strmDw&feature=related |
| Subject: GOOD LUCK GUYS AND STAY SAFE | |
Author: Duval Patrick [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:46:56 09/07/08 Sun State sets record high for inmates Critics say prison plan is all bunk By Laura Crimaldi Sunday, September 7, 2008 - Updated 4m ago + Recent Articles + Email EmailE-mail PrintablePrintable Comments(7) Comments LargerSmallerText size ShareShare Rate(0) Rate 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: Clothing Allowance | |
Author: screw u [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:04:52 09/16/08 Tue Any word on the clothing allowance??/ |
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| Subject: most all of law enforcement backs mCcain | |
Author: patriot [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:27:06 09/09/08 Tue HERE WE ARE AGAIN AT TIME WHEN THE VOICE OF THE MEMBERS AND THE VOICE OF THE E BOARD DIFFER I,M SURE.YOU WILL HEAR ALL ABOUT JOE BIDENS SUPPORT OF LABOR AND HOW HE HAS DONE THE RIGHT THING BY US.BEFORE YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR ENDORSEMENT CONSIDER HOW THE F.O.P POLLS IT,S MEMBERS AND VOTES BY A 2/3 RDS MAJORITY TO DECIDE ON A CANIDATE TO BACK.PLEASE CONSIDER THE PLACING OF PORT O POTTIES ON TOP OF THE OREGON LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL BY THE LEFT WING WHO BIDEN AND NO BAMA REPRESENT.LET US HAVE A SAY AS A BODY NOT A BOARD.UNLIKE WHEN YOU ASKED US STEWARDS TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE A AND OR B CHOICE FOR THE REC OFFICERS AND THEN SAY OH NO ,IT WAS ONLY A POLE.MANY OF US HAVE CHILDREN WHO WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEFORE ANY LABOR AFILIATION THAT WE MAY HAVE.YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING ,I BEG YOU TO LET THE BODY MAKE THIS CALL. |
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| Subject: Never will I forget | |
Author: BIB [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:25:41 09/07/08 Sun |
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| Subject: for the blue line crew | |
Author: ko [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:55:51 09/07/08 Sun |
Subject:  They earn keep | |
Author: NUKKA [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:33:48 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? |
| Subject: lol | |
Author: wfe [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:32:51 08/31/08 Sun The Roles And Duties Of The Corrections Officer In The Criminal Justice Field What can you say or not say about corrections officers? This is a tough job that requires tough people. Guarding incarcerated criminals is not a job for the faint at heart. Simply put, a correction officer helps the criminal justice system oversee people that have been arrested, awaiting trial, or been convicted and sentenced to jail or prison by the courts. In this article, I'll discuss the many roles and duties they perform as they accomplish these tasks. Being a corrections officer means you can expect to perform the following duties or roles: 1.The corrections officer's duties include observing inmate behavior. This observation is help to prevent fights amongst inmates. Prison inmates can sometimes engage in do or die fights. The correctional officer must watch and break up these fights when they occur. The correctional officer must also observe inmates to prevent the inmates from escaping. Some prison inmates will escape at the slightest chance they get. It is the duty of the officer to prevent this from happening. 2.The correction officer's duties include admitting and releasing inmates. When an inmate is sent to jail, the prison will need accurate record of the inmate. The correction officer will make sure of this by entering the inmate's record into the prison's database. The process will also include taking the fingerprints and photograph of the inmate. 3.It is the correctional officer's duty to supervise inmates' family visits. Prisoners are allowed visitors during visitor days and hours. The correction officer must make sure nothing that's not allowed transpire between inmates and their visitors. 4.The correction officer duties or roles include helping rehabilitate the prison inmate. In this case, the corrections officer helps plan the inmate's library visits, training, and work assignments. These things are necessary so the inmate can more easily adapt to society when he or she is released. 5.The correction officer transports and escorts inmates from one location to the other. A good example of this is when you see prisoners working on highways. They are usually brought to these highways by correctional officers. The correctional officers trained to do this can carry weapons. The weapons are there to make sure things don't get out of hand. The last thing you want is for prisoners who are in the general populace to escape. The chance of getting shot will help keep them check. As you can see, the roles and duties of the corrections officer are plenty. Anybody that can handle this profession will definitely not be bored. |
Subject:  500 new inmates | |
Author: Concerned [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:07:28 07/31/08 Thu So, we are getting 500 new inmates at the recommendation of the ACA Auditors, and Commish Clarke says.."All institutions that I have worked at are double bunked." Hey Union, dont you think its time for you all to man the fuck up and start earning your fucking money, rather than filing another Grievance. Yep, those have rally worked really well in the past. |
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| Subject: Pay the Officers that walk the "Toughest Beat" accordingly | |
Author: Trump [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:14:09 03/20/08 Thu Officers at "Walpole" and "Souza" truly walk the "toughest beat in the state. It is time that we are paid for it. I'm not going to belittle what our Brother Officers are doing at the Medium and Minimums. I'm simply stating that our jobs are much more dangerous than yours. If we posted photos on the intranet of every weapon we found at Walpole you all would be shocked. We find more weapons in one shift than many Institutions find in one year. We are assaulted on a daily basis. we do not even have the opportunity to transfer out. Our contract is up next June. We should not approve ANY contract that does not include some type of hazzard duty pay for Officers that work in higher security facilities. My brothers we need not ask for it we need to DEMAND it. Support NO contract that does not allow for a higher pay scale for level 6 facilities. Support NO candidate that will not support a higher pay scale. For those of you that do not agree with me I offer you a challenge. Come to Walpole, or spend a shift at Souza. See if it is someplace that you would want to work on a daily basis. I challenge you!! Stay safe!! |
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| Subject: The 2nd American Revolution... | |
Author: An American CO!! [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:48:38 08/26/08 Tue |
| Subject: Vote yes on question 1 and end the state income tax! | |
Author: Give yourself a raise! [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:28:09 08/15/08 Fri |
| Subject: mcif board | |
Author: john [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:58:26 07/31/08 Thu To the moderator. www.voy.com/193032/ Is the new/old MCIF board? Just check the first posting on 3/20/05? Please add a link. |
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| Subject: wish | |
Author: co [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:45:29 08/03/08 Sun 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 PREV of NEXT 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: new | |
Author: jo [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:32:51 07/31/08 Thu http://www.voy.com/193032/ |
| Subject: Kenneways coward moves | |
Author: Don Juan [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:03:53 07/23/08 Wed The Executive assembly has been canceled and an emergency meeting for the CHIEF STEWARDS has been called! EVERYONE grow some balls and show up. Let's show up in numbers and take our Union back. The time is now, unless you want that bitch Mograss to be your V.P. You think the state is laughing at us now? |
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| Subject: Judicial Committee Overruled | |
Author: Fly on the wall [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:14:31 07/21/08 Mon There was a surprise meeting on Sunday and the E-board (not all were invited) decided to overrule the Judicial Committees ruling and terminated the VP. We have rules in place, but Steve, Hank, ED, and Rob decided that they do not have to follow "rules" or the Constitution and By-Laws. I think there needs to be a "full unbiased investigation" in to the every day runnings of this Dirty Dirty E-board. |
| Subject: 2 Maine CO's | |
Author: CO [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 14:38:41 07/01/08 Tue How's this grab everyone. Dont know if you all heard about the 2 CO's from Maine who were being held hostage at knife point last night. Didn't hear how it turned out but, this is why we need to watch each others backs. |
| Subject: Alot of druggie CO's | |
Author: hey [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:16:03 06/29/08 Sun Sunday, June 29, 2008 Concord prison officer arrested on drug charges The Associated Press LOWELL, Mass.— A Massachusetts corrections officer who sold eight pounds of marijuana worth $10,000 to an undercover state trooper has been arrested on drug charges. Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone on Sunday said Robert Sweeney of Dracut was detained in Lowell on charges of possession and distribution of marijuana, ecstasy and steroids. He is also accused of conspiracy to violate the narcotics law. Prosecutors do not allege the 48-year-old Sweeney engaged in criminal activity at the medium security Concord prison, where he worked. The facility offers medical treatment to prisoners, including substance abuse. Investigators who searched Sweeney's home after he was arrested Saturday afternoon seized two pounds of marijuana, 100 bottles of steroids and six tablets of ecstasy. Sweeney is being held on $20,000 cash bail and will be arraigned in Lowell District Court on Monday. |
| Subject: Trouble | |
Author: just wondering [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:02:00 06/04/08 Wed Is there trouble at the top? Heard some moves may be coming soon. |
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| Subject: Fram CO | |
Author: Me [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:32:28 05/30/08 Fri Friday, May 30, 2008 Police raid nets pot plants, guns and a suspect Ex-correction worker charged By Kim Ring TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF SPENCER— A former Department of Correction employee was arraigned yesterday on charges he was growing marijuana for sale in his Main Street apartment and had a loaded gun in his car when police raided his home earlier this month. Police allegedly found 75 fledgling marijuana plants set under grow lights in a spare bedroom, where the heat was also turned up, in Justin P. Boudreau’s apartment at 6 Main St., Apt. 6, when they conducted a raid May 18. They also allegedly found two rifles in the apartment and a loaded .40-caliber Sig Sauer handgun in the console of his unlocked car. Mr. Boudreau was arrested Wednesday night on a warrant issued by Western Worcester District Court, East Brookfield. Officers also seized letters from a female inmate at Framingham State Prison. The letters were addressed to Jeff Podine of 8 Sunset Lane, Spencer, a residence police also raided May 18. In that incident, Jeff M. Castro, 26, of that address, was arrested and charged with drug violations. Members of the Worcester County Regional Drug and Counter Crime Task Force and Spencer police conducted the investigation. Their report indicates that Jeff Podine is a fictitious name. The Web site, Urbandictionary.com, lists the word “podine” as a slang term for police. Officers also believe that the inmate’s letters may be related to another crime. “It is the belief of this officer that these letters might unfold other illegal activities taking place, stemming from the focus of this investigation,” the police report states. Inside Mr. Boudreau’s apartment, officers seized the 75 plants, a pH test kit, soil, timers and other materials they believe are related to growing the marijuana plants. Police wrote in their report that Mr. Bourdreau is an employee of the state Department of Correction. A spokesman for that agency said yesterday Mr. Boudreau is no longer working there but declined to say when, or why, his tenure there ended. At his arraignment in Western Worcester District Court in East Brookfield yesterday, Mr. Boudreau was released on personal recognizance and is slated to appear for a pretrial hearing July 16. |
| Subject: For a good laugh go to the Wyatt board and read the disscussion on if thier real LE | |
Author: lmao [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:17:36 05/29/08 Thu |
| Subject: What to do NEXT time SBCC! | |
Author: Vet [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:57:11 05/26/08 Mon Flying the American Flag at Half Staff When should the flag be flown at half-staff? An easy way to remember when to fly the United States flag at half-staff is to consider when the whole nation is in mourning. These periods of mourning are proclaimed either by the president of the United States, for national remembrance, or the governor of a state or territory, for local remembrance, in the event of a death of a member or former member of the federal, state or territorial government or judiciary. The heads of departments and agencies of the federal government may also order that the flag be flown at half-staff on buildings, grounds and naval vessels under their jurisdiction. On Memorial Day the flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, then raised briskly to the top of the staff until sunset, in honor of the nation’s battle heroes. In the early days of our country, no regulations existed for flying the flag at half-staff and, as a result, there were many conflicting policies. But on March 1, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower issued a proclamation on the proper times. The flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and its territories and possessions after the death of the president or a former president. It is to fly 10 days at half-staff after the death of the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives. For an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a member of the Cabinet, a former vice president, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, or the minority leader of the House of Representatives the flag is to be displayed at half-staff from the day of death until interment. The flag is to be flown at half-staff at all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels in the Washington, D.C., area on the day and day after the death of a United States senator, representative, territorial delegate, or the resident commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It should also be flown at half-staff on all federal facilities in the state, congressional district, territory, or commonwealth of these officials. Upon the death of the governor of a state, territory or possession, the flag should be flown at half-staff on all federal facilities in that governor’s state, territory or possession from the day of death until interment. The president may order the flag to be flown at half-staff to mark the death of other officials, former officials, or foreign dignitaries. In addition to these occasions, the president may order half-staff display of the flag after other tragic events. The flag should be briskly run up to the top of the staff before being lowered slowly to the half-staff position. |
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| Subject: nicely said | |
Author: rco [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 19:39:50 05/25/08 Sun |
| Subject: NEWS FLASH /// HOT OFF THE PRESS | |
Author: Watcher [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:03:53 05/08/08 Thu What is going on up at the Executive Board level? All six guys signing their names accussing one of their own of embezzlement (union funds used without authority). What time do you want the FBI there Stevie, I can promise you that all union members is watching this closely. Also, if a take over is necessary, I will be there, I am not about to let 20 years go down the drain because of you and your spending frenzies and wasted monies on personal gains, It has been alledged ===== new homes, cars, gambling money, mind altering substances, free sporting events, over inflated expense account, educational pay for elected officials without proper degrees, overtime money for no services rendered, shift diff how bogus, and now we hear the in house fighting about money being used for what.......? EVERYONE ONE OF US IS ENTITLED TO A DETAILED REPORT AND COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF WHATS GOING ON. If you wish to continue to ask for our support then open the books now. Members ask this question: If you need more information just ask any elected steward to see the copy of the letter signed by Kenneway and the other 5 offcials sent out these past few days.(This is scary, to know our money isn't safe is a big time problem and we need to act now before it is to late). I am calling for all members that ran for an elected position last March 2007 to reach out to one another and assemble a watchdog unit task with overseeing current spendings and also to conduct a full audit of past spendings. Remember, we are entitled to this and if we don't address it now it might be too late. Let us not get fooled a third time around by the same old it don't concern me, or because some loyalist with personal gains writes a croc of bullshit on this board or better yet its just the union busting by eboard candidate losers, No, I say, if you truely want your union, then get behind the men and women that plan to hold all criminal matters accountable and help us take back what is our righfully so. Stay tuned "Taking Back our Union" |
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Subject:  It is OFFICIAL!!! | |
Author: CO [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 23:52:50 04/18/08 Fri Jimmy Douchebag Hart, walked off the property this evening and is now a Lt in NCCI. Good luck fella's, your gonna need it. |
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| Subject: DON'T UPSET THE INMATES | |
Author: Bluecollar (Typical Routine) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 16:35:18 04/29/08 Tue On Monday 4/28/08 SBCC has a major fight in the weight room, resulting in 1 officer getting injured. And less than 24 hrs we are back to normal operations, visits, except for the 2 units involved. WHEN IS MANAGEMENT GOING TO REALIZE THAT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THESE INMATES, THE LOCKDOWN SHOULD LAST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, NOT LESS THAN 24 HRS. GEEZ, WE WERE BACK TO NORMAL OPS LESS THAN 24 HRS AFTER THE OFFICER WAS ATTACKED WITH WEAPONS IN M-1 UNIT. WHOSE RUNNING THIS DEPART, IT SURE ISN'T COMM. CLARKE, HE'S HIDING BEHIND BENDER AND DUVAL, SAYING WHY THE HELL DID I TAKE THIS JOB. OR MAYBE HE WAITING FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL OFFICERS TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE ACTS. LET'S NOT UPSET THE INMATES OR THEIR VISITS. THANKS E-BOARD!!!!!!! |
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| Subject: OK | |
Author: TEST TEST [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 10:13:50 04/21/08 Mon Ex-inmates spreading HIV, say US rights groups April 21, 2008 Although some civil rights groups that are "pressing" the North Carolina Legislature to pass a bill that would mandate HIV testing for prison inmates might be overstating HIV prevalence in prisons, their "point shouldn't be missed" because the "fact is, consensual and forced sex behind bars ... helps spread the disease," a Raleigh News & Observer editorial says. According to the editorial, "few" inmates in North Carolina participate in the state's voluntary HIV testing program, but "most inmates eventually get out of prison" and can transmit the virus to "unsuspecting" people. In addition, surveys have found that "ex-inmates are spreading the virus at an alarming rate among women," the editorial says. The "cost of testing and treatment," estimated to be about USD21-million annually, "seems to be a main reason why North Carolina has declined" to implement a mandatory testing program for inmates, the editorial says, adding that "from a public policy standpoint, the approach is counterproductive". The state covers the cost of treatment for most HIV-positive people and can either "address the problem in prisons now" by mandating HIV testing and "stem the spread of new cases by treating inmates," or "it can pay late. The editorial adds that the state "shouldn't ignore its legal and moral responsibility" to provide treatment to HIV-positive inmates. Although "[w]ell-run prisons" are "one front against" the spread of HIV, mandatory HIV testing "needs to be part of the state's public health strategy, in light of both budgetary prudence and the duty to take reasonable care" of inmates, the editorial concludes. |
| Subject: C.O GETS PAPERS BECAUSE OF 2 RATS | |
Author: TRUE BLUE [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:32:41 04/08/08 Tue I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THE C.O AND UNIT SGT. THAT WROTE A CONFIDENTIAL AND HELPED COST A FELLOW OFFICER HIS JOB. " YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT DIDN'T YOU'RE NAME LOOK COOL ON PAPER." THE WHOLE JOINT KNOWS WHAT YOU DID. THE SAD THING IS THESE SAME OFFICERS WON'T HESITATE TO SAVE YOUR ASS WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT YOU NEED THEM. YOU MADE UP FACTS TO GET YOUR NOSES THAT MUCH CLOSER UP ADMINS ASS AT THE COST OF SOMEONE ELSE. OH YEAH, ONE OF YOU DIDN'T MAKE UNION STEWARD ,TFB. |
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| Subject: STP | |
Author: STD (:() [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:23:22 04/12/08 Sat HOW WAS THE CAKE IN THE NEW STP UNIT. CONS GETTING CAKE WHATS NEXT SNOW CONES.. |
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Subject:  from the Telegram | |
Author: xx [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 21:20:20 04/02/08 Wed Jail guards may switch unions Decertification vote set for tomorrow By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF ssutner@telegram.com WEST BOYLSTON— Correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction are set to vote tomorrow on whether to leave the union that has represented them for the last dozen years and join an upstart new union that has up to now mainly been associated with police officers. The decertification election is from 2 p.m.— 5 p.m. at the jail complex’s training center. The vote among the 360 officers and sergeants will decide whether they leave the Massachusetts Correction Officer Federated Union and join the New England Police Benevolent Association, according to Peter Boyd, chief steward of the MCOFU local. Mr. Boyd said he will run for president of the new union if members vote to decertify. He maintained that members have been dissatisfied with MCOFU’s representation for some time, and with the local’s 5-year contract expiring June 30, want to go with a union that will help them get better wages and benefits and safer working conditions. Mr. Boyd noted that the Worcester County MCOFU chapter got total raises of 6 percent over the five years, while state correction officers also represented by MCOFU got 14 percent raises during the same period. “We feel like we’ve been doormats of the administration for far too long,” Mr. Boyd said. “We’ve been saying for a long time that we want to make the same pay as the state correction officers.” In recent months, both sides have been campaigning to win the jail employees’ votes. |
| Subject: Wht thier stupid criminals | |
Author: lol [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:34:04 03/26/08 Wed Fresh from the slammer, Frank Singleton decided he was too tired to walk the 6 miles home. So he snatched the car keys from a 23-year-old woman and tried to steal her 2006 Nissan 350Z. Right in the jail parking lot. But he hadn't counted on it being a five-speed manual transmission, which he couldn't drive. Singleton More crime coverage Most recent headlines Fugitives | Sex offenders Post crime blog More local news Latest breaking news, photos and all of today's Post stories. Share This Story diggdel.icio.us FarkNewsvine redditTechnorati FacebookMore What are these? And he certainly hadn't counted on a priest with a gun. The priest, who turned out to be sheriff's clergy Leo Krug, forced Singleton out of the driver's seat and to the ground. So instead of going home a few hours after his arrest on a misdemeanor trespassing charge Tuesday morning, Singleton was sent back to his cell charged with felony carjacking. The 23-year-old victim, who asked that her name be withheld for her safety, said that other people stood around while Krug intervened while holding the gun at his side. "I was screaming bloody murder the whole time," the woman said. "The car door was still open, I was holding onto the door. ... He had no interest in my wallet, my purse. He wanted a ride. The gentleman with the gun came over and forced him out." When a deputy asked Singleton what happened, Singleton said he "didn't feel like walking" to his home 6 miles away on 29th Street in West Palm Beach, according to the arrest report. In Singleton's second mug shot taken at noon, he's wearing the same white T-shirt he wore for his initial 5 a.m. arrest. Singleton has prior arrests on burglary, larceny and grand theft auto charges. |
| Subject: T.F. | |
Author: C/O [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:49:49 03/19/08 Wed CONGRATS TO T.F.!! GOOD PERSON TO WORK WITH! GOOD FOR HIM, TO STAND UP AND FIGHT! OTHERS SHOULD TAKE NOTE! |
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| Subject: This is True! | |
Author: stu [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:05:39 03/01/08 Sat the heartless one is gone! Done! |
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