Unless we all have the illusion of integrety at the same time,we cannot respect dignity.We all need to team up on all the aspects of our community,lacking a nail here could put out a bridge there.A stich in time saves nine.Unless we practice integrity it is only a illusion.Like a perfect society with imperfect people striving for perfection with people who don`t care about others dignity and the complain in jail that they don`t have any,They just stle it,thats why they are in jail.so before anymore Polititions end up in jail,mabe they ought to clean a path for themselves and their children who belive the same way,strip people of their dignity.~Peace Glenna~

If you can't do the time don't do the crime......
Simply as that...

Marie

I do believe that Inocent people can be lock up until proven guilty. It could be you.

To my knowledge people go there while they are waiting for court dates. I do not believe that anyone is there long term.

Once someone is "sentenced" they are moved to another facility.

It ain't the Hilton and shouldn't be either!
Too bad they didn't worry about this earlier - perhaps there could have been one less crime committed in CT!!


http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265432

How's this for a solution. Prison's overcrowded? Then BUILD MORE PRISONS!

I think overcrowding is more of an issue of safety for the staff than comfort of the "inmates". I am sure there are some "inmates" who are not happy sharing space....too bad.....they are in prison.
I have heard of worse conditions than overcrowding in other states. I dunno seems like there are more important things to worry about..........

We have Devil`s Hop yard in Connecticut too.Connecticut is on the East coast of America,the Jet stream sweeps across the United States fro West to East.As the winds are crossing the Americas,from the West they pick up all kinds of polution and dump it on us in the form of acid rain,filth picked up on the wind and dropped off on us.What else would you like on your platter Connecticut,we can`t breath the Air the jet stream brings us,eeeeeuw!~Peace Glenna~

Put Mayor DeStupido in there and see how quickly things change!! And maybe a few more crooked politicians.Oh but wait then there will be wayyyyyy too much crowding because most of them are crooked. Oh well I tried :) Have a great day folks

I have a solution - take all the rapists, murders, molesters out back and shoot them. That should solve the overcrowding issue and perhaps send a message to all the low lifes out there.

Hopefully they won't start putting the criminals back out on the street early to reduce the overcrowding situation......We already know what will happen then.

I'd like to know how they let the conditions get so bad. As far as overcrowding, well sorry, I have no sympathy for that, but if they and the staff are coming down with the MRSA virus, that isn't good for anyone. Staff members can bring it home to their families, then who knows where it goes from there.

Like everything else, guess noone is watching the store. Is this how our tax dollars are wasted AGAIN?

There are such an array of crimes that are commited by those that are kept there, so it is hard to
say they all deserve those conditions. I know a girl
who was 15 when her mother had her arrested for
truancy. Her parents had just gone through a divorce and she was obviously having a hard time with it.
she spent 3 days there, strip searched and the
whole nine yards, for missing school. With that
in mind its hard to say that she would deserve those
conditions? Prision should not be pleasant but
when the conditions are affecting the guards thier families, something should be done. They should at least have clothes and be able to brush thier teeth. And by the way maybe inspections should be unannouced so there is no
clean up before hand.

I have seen prisons in the Middle East & in Mexico, I can assure you this..... these conditions, though bad, is NOTHING........ BUT.... irreguardless that these people in prison are there for a reason, they need to be "properly" taken care of, we can argue all day long about just what that should be..bottom line here is

A. This society is producing FAR to many felons then we are able to take care of.

B. We are pushing the envelope in this nation on "cost", basicly, we are running out of money....I know people think will NEVER happen but you better think again...........

We have terrible infrastructure, roads, electric grids, railroads, look at the mess at the VA hospitals, damn look at the friggin UN.....how many BILLIONS just to renivate it????????


All this is ONLY going to get worse.......

seems just about everybody thinks about the criminals licked up in there, but what about the VERY hard working dedicated Correctional Officers and counselors who slug it out every day in there, and not just with the inmates (the admin is a strugle too) after many years of hearing from friends who work there i belive that the mgmt cares only about them selves, not the Officers and counselors on the line, but then i have not heard from mgmt... the union is right on this one... when you paint, you cover up things...dig deeper mark...

I do feel for the employees, but look around almost every building run by the state in New Haven is a shambles.

again, ms. belinda :-) ...the cash flow goes to the mgt for dispersment, not the rank and file...the administrative cadre' should be held accountable for their sins, not the rank and file... please also remember, there are innocent people in the county jails, not everybody has been convicted...

Sounds like they have to live like our TROOPS. Except they don't get shot at.

These conditions are not safe for Staff or the public and need I say it the inmates. Yes it's true Whalley is a pre-sentenced jail ....do you know how long it takes some people to be sentenced on charges ..sometimes 2 or 3 years and up. The Corrections officers are being disrepected by there upper administration on this. They DO NOT Have to deal with guys on the floor. They do a once a week tour and just move on. There are Correction Officers inside these dorms and housing unbits 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Can you for one imagine yourself and one other officer with you with 160 inmates ...NO GUN..NO WEAPON ..JUST YOURSELF AND YOUR PARTNER ??? Imagine yourself with 1 other officer when 4-10 inmates start fighting and your left alone to brerak this up ....what about when they swing weapons around and you don't have anything but your body and a radio and a body alarm to alert someone for help and imagine how long that help may take to get there !!! Remember again there are NO GUNS Inside correctional facilities ! I don't think the general public realizes what correction officers go thru on a daily/weekly/monthly basis !!! People forget that this state's prison system was OVERRUN with disturbances,riots,murders in the prison system in the early and mid 1990's !!! There are over 375 beds avialable RIGHT NOW In Cheshire Correctionals old North Block that the state refuses to open up .....MY QUESTION IS WHY ?????? 375 beds for inmates to not sleep on the floors and be in cells for the safety of the public !!! That's what everybody forgets here .........since you don't see the inmates and the problems they think there not there BUT there is a huge problem people WAKE UP !!!! 375 cells avialable in Cheshire today and the state REFUSES TO OPEN THEM !!!!

The Govt has made Prison and Laws Big Buisness. It seems that we all break laws at one time or another. Just think about it. Your life and everything you do is controlled in some way.

IE: Speeding, Its a great scam the cops have, Its the law of nature that makes it a great revenue stream. example. Radar trap on a deserted highway! Why, given the odds they will find someone to give a ticket to.

It would seem that our prisons cant be any better than the rest of the state institutions! Old and well used. while the Unions gut the tax base!...

Oh hum another disaster.

If Ch 8 wants to do justice with this story they should go interview "Sheriff Joe" and his tent city prison. It would be such a simple solution for those responsible for doing the time. Put these criminals in a tent city and on a chain gang.

Missing one primary point in all of your
comparisons with "airports on Thanksgiving
Eve" - these are all criminals who have
already cost the state more than it can bare.
If they hadn't done something 'wrong' in the
first place, they wouldn't be sitting in a
corrections facility in the first place....

it`s a prison for people who break the law it`s not suposed to be a vacation. i will not lie to u i went once and did not like it. i was there to be tought a lesson, not to do it again. they have way to much for being incarsurated. if they doin`t like it there they should stop comiting crimes, and they won`t have to live like that....

Mark, very nice to express the outrage at these deplorable conditions. Oh, a better segment was on Dr. Petit and what he's gone through. Who gives a hoot about some dirtbag criminal having to spend time in a place that MAYBE will teach them not to break the law. So much for "3 hots & a cot" being a good deal. If they are looking for sympathy, go to Websters... it's somewhere between sorrow and syphilis!

Only filmmakers will benefit from this. They won't have to travel all the way to Thailand to make movies about horrible prison conditions.

Has anyone looked at the women's prison in Niantic? York has been overcrowded forever. Everytime we hear about Jody Rell's decision to hold all paroles, I don't think anyone has even thought of what affect it has on the women, most who are not incarcerated for violent crimes, but drugs and alcohol violations....which aren't addressed (AA or NA) unless the inmate has a longer sentence. How about rehabilitation?

I spent four months this year in NHCCC on Whalley Avenue in New Haven and seeing the report tonight brought back awful memories. While I was there (3-07 thru 7-07) the dorms where so overcrowded that other inmates slept on "boats" on the ground and there were inmates sleeping in the chow hall and in the visting room as well as the gym and there were so many inmates that we had to eat all our meals in the dorms instead of being allowed to eat in the chow hall. We were also allowed to clean our cubeicules once a week, which isnt fair when there are a lot of men who practice poor hygine and there are no ladders to the top bunks and we were not allowed to have our blankets washed. The DOC teats human beings like we are flithy vile animals who dont deserve to live in appropriate conditions.

I agree it is deplorable conditions-when the inmates are uneasy it puts the staff in greater danger. My issue is bigger - Mark, you barely mention the staff putting their lives on the line in there. The other prisons have inmates on floors, in gyms, etc.. too! Most have close to 150 inmates with ONE officer! Keep looking into this, but maybe focus a little more attention on the men and women who have volunteered to be in there for public safety!

Mr Davis,im commenting on the way the whalley ave prison is being operated.Unfortunately,in may of 66 of 1996 i was at whalley ave for a year and a halfin pre-sentence.I was in the medical unit and had small rats running underneath the door of my cell,i could remember a correction officer slamming me up against a wall because when i had to go to court they wanted me to wear my "street clothes" and i refused because i gained so much weight my pants didnt even fit.I had my head split opened by an inmate and had to recieve staples in my head,all this over me talking on a telephone.I could go on and on but i can honestly tell you that whalley jail should be torn down and replaced and also the correction officers should take anger management classes.That was the first time and last time i was ever incarcerated.I was a vol fireman for many years,did alot of good things in my life and in my town and i made one big mistake and i paid for it dearly.I used to define whalley ave to my friends and family as hell on earth.Well,thankyou for your time Mr Davis

Crowded? Awful conditions????
TOO DAM BAD!!!! we coddle criminals in the country- let them try a Turkish prison.
50 to a toilet? GOOD! If them did not do wrong , they would not be there!

As a Department of Correction Employee and formerly assigned to the New Haven Correctional Center (Whalley Av) I fear that the publicity NHCC has been recieving will endanger that staff and inmate population once the inmates feel they are getting attention.

Were not dealing with the average citizen here. We're dealing with Rapist, murderers, DWI, fellons ect! At least one third of the Inmate Population will not think twice about assulting a Officer.

Brian Murphy hit the nail on the head when he stated that we are ordered by the court to maintain and incarcerate the over populated prisons by court order.

It's our responcibility to not only protect and serve the public but to ensure the safety of the very inmate we incarcerate.

In conclusion, I believe the politicians need to quit passing the buck, blaming prison oficials and start doing the job we pay them to do.

Work to resolve the over crowding issue and stop politicing for votes in up comming elections.

Hats off to Mr. Murphy for speaking the truth. That doesn't happen often in politics due to potential career issues.

I smell a disaster in a making with the CT DOC. If our legislators in Hartford, don't wake up and smell the coffee now. They'll have a disaster blown up right in front of them and who's to blame for all this. I'll bet you, CT DOC is a perfect storm in the making and it wouldn't take much to make it a problem in CT

People need to realize there are consequences to our actions and that if you do something wrong you will be punished.Jail is not a day spa! If criminals realized how bad jail is they might possibly rethink what they are about to do.I know that alot of homeless people would be more than happy with being there where it is alot better than sleeping in all kind of bad weather. I don't feel a bit sorry for anyone in jail. Suck it up and maybe next time you will think before you act! Peace to all people who follow the law

It's naive to think this is only at Whalley. The truth is, the overcrowding and the disgusting living conditions are going on in all our state inmate facilities. The corrections officers are NOT doing what needs to be done, recently an inmate in Gates CI was injured by a metal clamp on the wall where he accidently smacked his hand, when he asked a C.O. to fill out an incident report, the Lt. C.O. made it clear that if he filled out an incident report, she will claim the gauge on his hand was caused by a fight with another inmate and he would be issued a Class A ticket and sent to "seg" (solitary confinement at another facility). If this inmate gets an infection, he has no course of action? Not all of our inmates are the Cheshire killers and shouldn't be treated like animals.

Mr Davis,just one more thing.About fights that break out in there,and believe me,i have seen them,these people posting about correctional officers being in harms way because of the ratio between the guards and inmates,well they forgot to mention that when a fight does happen in there,the officers that are in the area scatter,they dont break up fights,they just leave and wait until 10 or twenty other officers show up and thats not just once in awhile,thats all the time.

The problem lies with the DOC Administrators. People like Lantz and Murphy haven't worked as anything BUT pencil-pushers for OVER 15 years!! It's time for the Governor to get rid of them and bring in people who will WORK for their big salaries. Murphy can't even talk straight about what he gets paid to take care of. The operation of Correctional Facilities in Connecticut. Enough with incompetentce.

It is no wonder there are wars all over. No one has compassion anymore. I used to work for DOC, & at one time inside the prison.

No sympathy for the devil eh? Think about it.... if you had 2 dogs, and put each of them in a crate, and threw food & water at one crate, yelled at him, and the other dog was spoken to softly, shown kindness, fed and watered humanely, which dog would you want to be near when the cage doors were opened? Think about it. Most of these prisoners will not be in jail forever. People learn how they are taught by actions. What are the upper echelon DOC and some of you people who scream for blood and inhumane attitudes teaching offenders?

Hi Mark,
Thank you for the filthy prison story. I hope it demonstrated to the untried criminal elements of New Haven how awful prison life can be as a crime deterrent!
Not as a finger pointing prison clean up movement as your piece seemed to promote.
The only victims here are the unfortunate prison Staff, whom have to contend with the prison’s filth along with society’s lowest filth.
My hat goes off to them, and the job they perform every day and night in our prisons.
Thank you to them for helping to make our society safer place.

Oh,and lets not forget about the correctional officers that give inmates cigarettes to sell anywhere from 4 to 5dollars a piece to other inmates.Ill tell ya, ican go on and on about all the REAL things that happen behind those walls.Some of those officers should be right there with the rest of the inmates.

Those poor criminals! Imagine you beat,rape,rob or maybe kill someone and you have to share a toilet with fifty other offenders.
To all that are so concerened about there well being,dip into your own pockets pull your extra cash together and build a new wing on the prision.You can dedicate it to all the victims of the crimes purpitrated by its occupants.
Maybe Channel 8 can do a follow up story on some victims of prisoners jailed at Whalley and ask them if they feel sorry for the inmates?
Incase anyone forgot its a jail.Its not supposed to be a place you want to come back to.A hard cot to sleep on and a wait in line for the toilet sounds alot like a jail to me.
If the overcrowding is that much of a problem maybe our elected officials can post bail and open the doors of there homes and put them up untill there court dates......

I wanted to comment on your news story concerning the "cover up" at New Haven Correctional Facility. From what I understand that living conditions are being complained about from the inside, namely the overcrowding of the prison, which is a statement all its own. There are a couple things I'd like to say. First, I say to the inmates, that if they don't like the conditions in prison then STOP BREAKING THE LAW! Prison is not supposed to be a country club. It is not supposed to be a place that is desirable to be in. Secondly, I know first hand the conditions that our men and women in military uniform are forced to live in daily and they take it with honor, with a smile, and very proud they have the opportunity to serve this great nation. Conditions at deployed locations and on naval vessels are comparable or even worse than the conditions in these prisons. Double-bunking, long shifts, maybe three square meals a day, forced to share toilets and showers, sleep on the ground rather than in a cot, and while in the field may or may not get a shower at all. All this while getting shot at and blown up all for our safety and security, plus they are law abiding citizens. While I believe that every human being deserves to be treated with dignity, I think there is a real problem with those who choose to violate the laws of this land to even have the audacity to complain about the prison conditions. But that is what those in uniform do, sacrifice daily to protect the right for these law breakers to complain about prison conditions.

You've just got to love all the hypocritical comments. "take them out back & shoot them'"Build more prisons [by the way not in my backyard or tax money of course""too bad they're suffering". all it takes is one bad judgement call and oops you're in jail. There are plenty of people in prison who are not lifelong criminals. The motto is public safety, staff safety, inmate safety, well if the inmates are not safe and the staff is not safe, the public is definitely not safe. The superbug [MRSA} has been in the jail system over a year now the doctors are calling it spider bites. How would you like an epidemic? It spreads faster when you don't have a proper place to shower and defecate and overcrowded conditions. Oh, it's the union's fault we're in Iraq too, right?

Everyone seems to forget that all this attention given to the Whalley Ave. facility stems from Jodi Rell's "brillant" decision to suspend parole. I know for a fact that the conditions there exist at all of the other correctional institutes in Connecticut. How can you say that they are not overcrowded when there's signs posted saying that your visiting time may be cut short because of the aforementioned overcrowdedness. If someone made one mistake, no one was harmed, and they served their time don't they deserve their constitutional right to be let out when that time is up. Not when the Gov. decides. What if it had been her son who had been incarerated when he stole a boat? Oh wait a minute, why wasn't he locked up for that? Huh? Everyone agrees that the Chesire home invasion was heinous, but if it had happened in New Haven, what would Mrs. Rell have done then? I really want to know. In conclusion, not everyone who is in prison is an animalistic lunatic, some are just trying to do their time and get on with their lives. All of the prisons need to be visited, to be checked out to see what the real conditions are. Someone is going to get hurt if these conditions persist.

Like "Turkish Delight" from the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe movie.~Peace Glenna~

Reading some of the other blogs that were posted I still see that there are alot of ignorant people in our state. I agree that jail is not meant to be a day spa, or resort but when you start jeapordizing the safety and health of inmates and staff, I believe that this is an issue that needs to be addressed. Having a husband recently become incarcerated I have some first hand knowledge of the conditions, is he a violent criminal, no, his he in their on a technicality yes. I believe the one person to blame for all of this is good ol Jodi Rell.

it has nothing to do with," if you do the crime do the time."
it is about the safety of the staff that works at whalley ave., including teachers, counselors,
medical and mental health staff,etc, etc.
if you don't care about the inmates, that is fine with me. how about the people who work
there ? how many of you have ever seen a riot?
i have and it is not a pretty sight.

to marie, i'm sorry baby, but your knowledge
is wrong. we have inmates housed there as many as two years,awaiting trials. and the police depts of the region are doing such a great job of arresting
criminals, that now we have no space for them.

Ronald Bowler 2390 State Street 7-G
Hamden, CT 06517
860-213-4143

JAILS (IF NOTHING CHANGES NOTHING CHANGES)


MY NAME IS RONALD BOWLER, I FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH ADDICTION AND JAILS IN CONNECTICUT EVEN IF IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. I HAVE BEEN IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE TREATMENT CENTERS AND IN JAIL FOR TWO YEARS I FEEL CONNECTICUT CAN NOT AND WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE UNTIL WE ALL SIT DOWN WITH SENATORS AND SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I HAVE SOME IDEAS, FIRST PUNISHMENT IS A PART OF IT I CALL IT SMART PUNISHMENT, BY THE TIME WE GET TO JAIL WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OUT OF SOCIETY SO IF SOMEONE IS SENTENCED IN CT FOR DRUG USE OR SALE THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY INCORPORATED INTO THE SENTENCE (NON VIOLENT ONLY) CT SHOULD MAKE ONE JAIL A WORK RELEASE INCARCERATION PROGRAM WERE YOU WOULD GO TO WORK MON-FRI END OF PAY WEEK ALL MONEY WILL BE MANAGED BY THE STATE OF CT. A FEE FOR INCARCERATION, ALSO RESTITUTION, AND CHILD SUPPORT A BANK ACCOUNT SHOULD BE SET UP FOR WHEN AN INMATE IS RELEASED. IF YOU HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM IT WILL BE MANDATORY TO ATTEND DRUG TREATMENT DURING AND AFTER SENTENCE IS COMPLETE AND NOT JUST AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY PROBATION, (ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE INMATE) IF YOU ARE A DRUG DEALER YOU MUST ACQUIRE A GED AND A JOB SKILL OR YOU WILL DO 100% OF YOUR TIME. IF YOU ARE AN ADDICT YOU WILL NEED TO ATTEND TREATMENT OR YOU WILL DO 100% OF YOUR TIME ALL WILL BE REQUIRED TO SET UP AN AFTER INCARCERATION PLAN THAT WILL BE MANDATORY WITHIN ALL SENTENCES, MY VIEW IS CT HAS A SMALL WINDOW AFTER INCARCERATION TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF SOMEONE RETURNING TO JAIL.WE CAN MAKE AND MUST MAKE BIG CHANGES TO WHAT IS IN PLACE NOW, SITTING AROUND IN JAIL WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. IF LAW MAKERS TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE WITH FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH SIDES, IT WILL NOT WORK. I HAVE 5 ½ YEARS CLEAN A GREAT JOB I PAY TAXES AND MY KIDS ARE IN MY LIFE I PAY CHILD SUPPORT ITS AN HONOR (NOT AN OBLIGATION) I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH POLICE AND DO NOT BLAME ANYONE FOR THE THINGS I HAVE DONE . WE NEED TO SET BENCH MARKS FOR A NON VIOLENT OFFENDERS PARDON PROGRAM, I WILL CONTINUE TO SEND LETTERS UNTIL SOMEONE ANSWERS.

________I HOPE SOMEONE WILL HELP ME I WILL BE SENDING LETTERS TO ALL SENITORS THIS WEEK, I HAVE SET AN E AMIL TO ALL NOT ONE HAS RETURNED MINE I WILL KEEP SENDING, LETTERS AND EMAILS __________________________________________

yeah, pretty ugly...rock on brother

My fiance is at Osborn in Somers, which is even older and there are at least 75 inmates sleeping on the gym floors. Because of this, their rec time has been cut in half and they are locked in cells 23 hours a day. He used to be in F block which is infested with cockroaches - when he tried to mail a few dead ones to me to prove it, the co's actually removed them from his outgoing mail and said to him "nice try". What are they trying to hide?

WELL TO ALL MY VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE FOLKS
REGARDING THE OVERCROWDING SITUATION IN
THE CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON SYSTEM, MY
SOURCES ADVISED ME THAT SEVERAL INMATES
ARE GOING TO FILE LAWSUITS IN FEDERAL COURT,
REGARDING OVERCROWDING,AND MY GUESS IS,
THE FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HEARS THE LAWSUITS
WILL ORDER THE STATE TO RELEASE MANY INMATES
FROM JAILS. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT WILL
HAPPEN AGAIN AT THE COST OF THE TAXPAYERS.

























RELL AND HER WRECKING CREW HANDLED THE
SITUATION DEAD WRONG.
THE OVERCROWDING SITUATION IS RIPED FOR RIOTS
TO OCCUR IN THE PRISONS AND JAILS OF THIS STATE.

DEAD ROACHES ARE A HEALTH HAZARD TO THE POSTAL WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. WE DON'T NEED
TO SEE DEAD ROACHES TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
ROACHES AT OSBORN CI.
THE ROACHES ARE THE FAULT OF THE INMATES.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP THEIR AREA CLEAN
AND NEAT.
IF YOUR MAN IS IN F-UNIT AT OSBORN CI, HE MUST
BE IN PUNITIVE SEG FOR VIOLATING AD 9.5 CODE
PENAL OF INMATE DISCIPLINE AND I HAVE NO PITY FOR HIM. THE ISSUE IS PRISON OVERCROWDING AND RELL AND HER CREW HAVE YET TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

THIS IS MY LAST POSTING AS JUDY JUDGE, BRIEF
AND TO THE POINT. WE NEED A PRO-ACTIVE DOC
COMMISSIONER.

OUR STATE IS IN REAL TROUBLE,THE INDIANS WANT BACK THE LAND THAT ONE PRISON SITS ON(CORRIGAN). IT IS THEIR'S. EVERYDAY MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GET ARRESTED, WHY ARE ADULTS(30's&40's) STILL GETTING IN TROUBLE? WHAT WILL BREAK THE CYCLE? THINGS WILL CHANGE SOON, HSAS ANYONE THOGHT ABOUT CASINOS IN MA, CT WILL LOSE A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE COUNT ON,2008 WILL BE AN ELECTION YEAR FOR GOV.

AND MR. BOWLER, I SHALL BE IN TOUCH.

WILLIE.... The only victims here are the unfortunate prison Staff, whom have to contend with the prison’s filth along with society’s lowest filth. My hat goes off to them, and the job they perform every day and night in our prisons. Thank you to them for helping to make our society safer place.
YOU HAVE ALOT TO LEARN, WILLIE! READ ON....

JUDGE JUDY if your man is in F-unit at osborn he must be in punitive seg for violating AD 9.5 CODE PENAL OF INMATE DISCIPLINE and I have no pity for him.

PLEASE - JUDGE JUDY.... if you know so damned much about the DOC, why not also mention how just maybe a CO made up an offense? Hello..... it DOES happen. As a former DOC employee, I've seen it. And the stuff rolls downhill. Remember Armstrong? I hope that you are not also like Judge Judy in real life, cuz she is one irritating SOB!

It is absolutely amazing to me that this part of our society is an absolute drain on the taxpayer and yet the criminals are the victims here? Give me a break!!!! If you dont like being in jail stay out of trouble. Oh I'm sorry you are all going to plead innocent, or the police arrested you for no reason, or maybe a technicality. Jodi Rell you go girl, and protect me and my family.
Whats the next bleeding heart story going to be "The cruel and unusual punishment that the monsters who killed the Petit family are going to get after their trial"

Awww Jeff :) I know that there are some innocent people in the jail, there are also innocent workers in the other state buildings that are falling down around them. New Haven is the "red headed step child" of CT and does not get the new buildings such as courthouses and other state buildings.

Good Evening everyone.

Anne, I have seen what your boyfriend is
talking about.

I was in DOC care for 18 months. I was in 3 differant prisons. Yes there is a major over
crowding problem.
Funny thing is that most of the people that do end up in jail are not guilty of there crimes. I spent 18 months for something that I did not do.
Look, it is NOT DOC fault why there are so
many inmates. The courts sre putting stupid
bond amounts on people and not able to get
out.
I had seen three or four fights while I was in Osborn Corr. Int. and all the officer did was sit and watch before he had called a " CODE BLUE"
DOC needs some major help. Did you all know
that Ct has the most prisons than almost any
other state. The state is also not allowed to build any more prisons.
The courts should be the ones getting all
complaints. It is them that keep putting
people into the jails.
Yes I do agree with that if you can not do
the time, do not do the crime. Well as I have
stated. Ask the police why they fource false
statments out of people, and also why are the
courts makeing bonds so high that people can
not pay them.

I was talking to a blackgirl one day about the Bible and the subject of money came up,and I said the Bible says its the root of all evil,she said "around here the lack of money is the root of all evil",after catching my breath laughing so hard,I thought money has no brains,it must be mankind.Take money out of society and there is no excuse for evil.~Peace Glenna~

what in Gods name does the girls color have to do with the price of tea in China, Glenna? Furthermore, its "the LOVE of money that is the root of all evil."

And JCT, DOC has alot of problems, including integrity of employees. Don't kid yourself! Please, no disrespect intended for the dedicated ones there.

Just wondering,I forgot her name and if she was reading this,she would be able to narrow down her idenity and say that was me...I am a musician artist too,we see things from a different perspective.Ask a tea drinking Bhuddast~Peace Glenna~

Peace, Glenna. But remember, its not money, but the love of money that causes the problem. Peoples priorities get screwed up. Namaste.

Namaste (pronounced "Nah • mah •stay") can elevate one's consciousness, reminding a person that all beings, all existence is sacred . It communicates, "I honor or worship the Divinity within you and all things." As a little side effect, it tends to(IS SUPPOSED TO)draw the individual inward for a moment, inspires reflection on the deeper realities, and softens the interface between people. Please remember that people, as you throw the next stone.

Just wondering,we both agree that money and Evil are in the same sentence,(same breath)and money is the culprit,with it gone,there is no fighting about it.~Peace Glenna~

TENT CAMPS,LOL.LOL YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF
HUMOR.SURE, WILD AND DANGEROUS INMATES
IN TENTS. HOW LONG WOULD YOU THINK THEY WOULD STICK AROUND IN A TENT ?
I PROMISE YOU THIS PEOPLE, NOT FOR LONG !!!
THE BOMB IS TICKING AND TICKING, SOONER OR
LATER, THE BOMB IS GOING TO EXPLODE AND THE
STAFF ARE GOING TO GET CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BLAST.
GET THIS PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE A MIND TO THINK,
ONE BATHROOM FOR 50 INMATES AND IN SOME CASES
EVEN MORE IS A BOMB TICKING AWAY.
THE THEME ISN'T " YOU DO THE CRIME YOU DO THE
TIME." THE RELL REGIME GOT IT ALL SCREWED UP.
AND NOW, SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
GREAT LEADER SHE IS NOT.I WONDER DOES SHE
KNOW WHAT THE EIGHTH AMEMDMENT IS.

I rescently visited another corectional facility in Hartford,Ct where the conditions are disgusting.I know jail is not suposed to be the holiday inn but some things are uncalled for such as the cieling leaking some kind of liqiud next to my head into a garbage can all night for five days.Also the food is something I would not even feed to my dog.I also was in a dorm with about sixty men with one bathroom one water fountain and warm nasty water but no cups.I would say half the people were sick.The oder in the biulding was unbearable along with the noises.Something really should be done before somthing bad happens inside that we all dont want.

TO GLENNA,WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?
WHATEVER IT IS, ISN'T ABOUT THE TOPIC WE HAVE
HERE.FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, YOU MIGHT
FIND WHAT YOU ARE MISSING.

Sorry, Glenna, but with no money it would be communism. That has proven it doesn't work.
Judge Judy - You are right about the Gov. not recognizing the elephant in the living room.

FIRST..BRIDGEPORT IS THE SAME AS NEW HAVEN..
MY HUSBAND WAS AT BCC IN THE GYM ON THE FLOOR.
NOW HE IS LOCKED DOWN 23 HRS AND HE IS IN FOR SPEEDING..LEVEL 3 PEOPLE..RIDICULOUS.I THOUGHT THE COURTS AND CORRECTIONS WORK TOGETHER TO AVOID OVER CROWDING..THE COURTS SEND MORE PEOPLE TO JAIL
FOR FARTING IN THE WIND WRONG.GOV.RELL SUCKS AS A GOVERNOR.IT TAKES A HOME INVASION FOR THE LADY TO EVALUATE THE BOARD OF PAROLES AND PARDONS..ARE YOU KIDDING ME?SO LET MY HUSBAND GO HOME EARLY GOVERNOR RELL..WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN AS YOU.CONNECTICUT IS THE MOST UNORGANIZED ..HEADS UP THEIR A**ES.STATE TO LIVE IN..THE DOC IS SAD TOO..FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE 1 TOILET PER 50 INMATES..I WOULD LIKE 2 SEE GOVERNOR RELL STAY THERE FOR A WEEK..THAT IS MY DARE FOR YOU LADY..YOU WOULDNT LAST 24 HRS..CT SUCKS

P.S-ITS FUNNY HOW BCC AND SOME OTHERS ARE GLASS VISITS BUT SOMEHOW DRUGS ARE STILL COMING INTO PRISON BECAUSE INMAES ARE GETTING HIGH..THE DOC OFFICERS ARE DIRTY AND I THINK A SEVERE INVESTIGATION WITH THE FBI SHOULD BE DONE ON ALL CT PRISIONS..CT IS SUPOSED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL STATE BUT THEIR PRISONS ARE DIRTY AND CORRUPT..ITS EMBARRASING TO LIVE IN A STATE WITH SUCH A CRAPPY GOVERNOR.MY 4TH GRADER CAN RUN THE STATE BETTER

TO THE ONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE AN EXPERT AT
BEING AN INMATE. THE TOPIC IS NOT ABOUT
C/Os WRITING PHONY TICKETS, OK ?
THE TOPIC IS ABOUT ABOUT OVERCROWDING AND ALL
THAT IS RELATED TOO.
I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT A C/O WRITING UP AN
INMATE ON A BOGUS OFFENSE.
STICK TO THE TOPIC. LIKE JACK WEBB IN HIS
"DRAGNET " SERIES, JUST THE FACTS. AND THE
FACT IS OVERCROWDING.
IF YOU ARE IN FACT AN INMATE, THEN YOU KNOW
THAT OVERCROWDING IS A TICKING BOMB WAITING TO BLOW UP.
MIND YOU, " JUST THE FACTS."

Mr Davis, when you toured nhcc did you notice where the officers were situated? At a desk with absolutely no protection from 150 inmates. Other jails have bubbles or some kind of protection for the officers, but not New Haven

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE WARDENS GET BONUSES FOR NOT SPENDING THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, SO OFFICERS AND INMATES BOTH SUFFER. CHECK INTO THIS AND YOU WILL SEE I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. OUR LIVES ARE BEING PUT AT RISK SO WARDENS CAN GET BONUSES!

TO ANNE, YOU TELL ME WHAT TRY, THE C/OS ARE
TRYING TO HIDE, DEAD ROACHES ?
IF ANYTHING IS BEING COVERED-UP,ARE THE PEOPLE
IN CHARGE OF DOC.

Judge Judy: While we're playing thread police ... Just to the left of the "A" key on your keyboard is the "CAPS LOCK" key. Give it a touch sometime.

melissa: NOBODY gets thrown into prison and locked down 23 hrs. per day JUST for speeding. Your husband either has a record the size of "War and Peace", the car was stolen, or some other extraordinary circumstances. Don't make him sound like a victim here.

TO THE SO-CALLED SHADOW, MIND YOUR OWN
BUSINESS. IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINES HOW I
TYPE MY POST.
JUST WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF, OK ?
TOO MANY IDIOTS BEING IDIOTS.
REMEMBER THE TOPIC ISN'T MY USE OF THE CAPS.

melissa, i doubt it very much that your
husband is currently on a 23 hour locked down.
and your husband isn't locked up for just
speeding. he must be hidding something from you.
if he is locked up, could it be that he was on probation at the time,and instead of the charge
of sppeding, he was actully charged with
reckless endangerment ?

yes, i like that post about dead roaches,
trying to escape from prison playing dead.
why would your husband try to mail out dead roaches in an envelope to you ?
what would that prove ?
or perhaps, he is trying to show you that the
prison is overcrowded because the roaches are
part of the overcrowding situation. now i
would buy that arguement.

Judge Judy says: "TOO MANY IDIOTS BEING IDIOTS". You would know this from experience.

To all those who are blaming Jodi Rell....after what happened in Cheshire - I for one would rather be safe then sorry. Having things places in a HOLD PATTERN while the system is being examined is fine with me.
After reading all the postings here the one that still interests me is if indeed there is a facility in Cheshire that can be re-opened....why is it still closed?
If the facilities are understaffed with guards that's the real issue for safety for both the staff and inmates. I'm sure the staff members see more then enough "stupid" day after day. I'd certainly pick my battles if I'm going to stand the chance of being injured. Wouldn't you? Let's face it - most of those incarcerated are not the most upstanding citizens.
It's not a country club and should not be. I can't help but wonder how many are repeat offenders?? And if that's the case...they didn't learn any lessons or so it would seem!

It's not only Whalley Ave that has horrible conditions. Other prisons in the state are just as bad or worse. Osborn has sewage coming up through the drains in the sinks and showers. 100 inmates are sleeping on the gym floor and sharing one bathroom with 70+ other inmates. Why not inspect all the prisons in CT? No matter what the crime is that these people have or have not committed, they are human beings, not animals.

yea right, if a minority family was killed
in the inner cities the way those people
were killed in cheshire, we wouldn't be hold-
ing this discussion on this blogsite or any
other blogsite.so stop kidding yourself.
rell was to blame to begin with. don't you
remember oct2006, the union for correction
officers warning the public that rell and
lantz were planning to release 1000 inmates
from prison,and at the time, the public
blew off the union,no matter the crimes
they had commiited to get locked up in the
first place. now, rell has the prisons over-
crowded and she has yet to come up with a
solution.i believe in parole, half way houses
and t/s. only if the inmate does more than
half of he or her sentence. in 2005 a man was
convicted of stabbing a man. he was sentenced
to a 5 year bid, and after serving just 9
months of his bid, he was released from prison.
this is the same man who killed his ex-g/f
two months ago. since when does 9 months
locked up equals a 5 year bid ? released
under rell and lantz. the parents of the girlk
is now without a daughter. how do you
reconcile that ?

too many idiots such as yourself is right
shadow. you are a shadow hidding behind s
computer keyboard like a coward does.
HIDDING !!!!!!!!!!
YOU ARE EITHER AN EX-INMATE OR AN EX-C/O
WHO GOT CAUGHT DOING A DIRTY DEED.WHATEVER
THE CASE MIGHT BE, YOU ARE A COWARD.

We are Americans. We have rights. We have the right to a speedy trial, is this being met by the court system? NO! This blog sounds like an angry mob, our rights protect us from people like all of you, or at least they should! I voted for Rell, she's a woman, she's from my home town, now I wonder if that was the right choice. It seems to me she threw up a quick law about parole and didn't think it thru, or what would happen after it was made, maybe that is a woman for you, leading with her heart. My son is sufferring, and so am I. He hasn't been sentenced and he's been there since last Feb., is that right? How will he ever heal? How will he ever rejoin life and be succesfull? Are we creating criminals? Look at those two in the Chesire murder. They were petty theives, sealing purses from cars, that was their long criminal history. I think its time we REBUILD AMERICA, to heck with Iraq! Why do our towns threaten us with school budgets that remove art & music, while we spend trillions over there? Why are our highways falling down? So we can help those poor Iraqis build theirs? Take a good look around, 35 million Americans go hungry, and we bring in poison food from developing countries. We need to get that SOB out of office on a rail, tarred and feathered! Bring back the American spirit! Keep our men and woman in prison clean and fed and healthy, then send them out into the country with a new respect for it. If you are treated badly how do you become good? If you are abused, how do you learn not to abuse? We are sending prisoners a message, think long and hard about what you want that to be. Because they will get out, someday. They will live in your neighborhood, someday. They will cook your food or drive your highways. We had an election in our town, 3000 people voted, we have over 30,000 in our town, where were they? Speak louder! Stand up! Be counted! Serve your country!! It is worth it, we all are, even our children in prison.
- An American Mother

As our soceity becomes more and more secular, compassion is a thing of the past.

As a former inmate within the Department of Correction, I can agree with the recent allegations made public. Over the course of nineteen months that I was incarcerated, I had witnessed some gruesome living conditions. I can clearly remember sometime in August or September of this year, the Deputy Commissioner Brain Murphy touring my housing unit at Carl Robinson. During his tour, he witnessed the amount of overcrowded inmates and the amount of non-working showers. Mr. Murphy did inform the Deputy Warden of Operations and instructed him to have a Maintainer fix the problem immediately. According to a private source, the showers are still an issue. There are about eight showers in each housing unit. Additionally, there are about four working in each unit. Mined you, there are approximately ninety inmate per housing unit and there are specify times you are allowed to shower. This is clearly not enough working showers for the inmates to shower on a regular basis.

Furthermore, from that I observed, it strongly seems like when an issue arises at a correctional facility, the facility level administrators tries to keep everything in the closet and complete away from their central office administrators. Then when issue like this occur the central office administrators does not know that the hell is going on and are not prepared for address the public concerns. I honestly feel that the Governor should appoint an independent agency/officially to look into the matter closely and report their finding to her office directly.

LISTEN! IF THE STATE WOULD STOP GIVING THE WARDENS BONUSES FOR CUTTING EXPENSES THE FACILITIES WOULD BE A LOT SAFER AND CLEANER, BUT AS LONG AS WARDENS RECEIVE INCENTIVES NOT TO SPEND MONEY, THEY WONT!

Conditions may be bad inside the New Haven CCC, however one must bear in mind that "there is no welcome mat at the front door". No one can deny that a problem exists, but I hear no one talking about a solution...

It's not only an issue with inmate safety and security. It's also the working conditions that the staff and prison guards are put into. If the prison staff and guards don't have a safe working environment, then the inmates don't have a safe confined place at all either. That's the Prison guards and staff need a safe working environment and then a safe place to confine the inmates. What the state needs to do is rehab their current facilities to make it safer for the guards and staff to come to work. I believe that having an unsafe and dangerous working conditions not only violates the Labor laws, it also violates the OHSA health and safety laws as well. With the prison being overcrowded with the ban on parole for violent offenders, that's a recipe for prison riots and a disaster in a making where the question of when it's gona happen more than what if.

I find it hard to believe that a person is sent to jail for speeding.......there has to be more to that story melissa..............

Got to agree on that one. If you go to jail for speeding, holy moly, we all would be there.

Think there is more to that story then is being posted.

not me... i don't speed... O:-)

jeff,
Right right....nice halo.....

jeff...Love the halo. Looks like we have an ANGEL among us. Ok, so once in awhile I go over the limit....BAD JJ. No halo for me.

My husband happens to be in the Whalley Ave correctional center. He has done time before which is why i felt that I had to write. He is a man who never complains about anything. He is currently in the detention center for stealing a bike lock. He said that everyday the conditions are getting worse. There are bugs in the shower areas and illnesses seem to be in every corner. Just because someone makes a bad mistake doesn't mean that they should be treated like an animal.

Mark, if you ever get pictures of these conditions--PLEASE publish them!!! Maybe more people committing crimes would try harder to stay out of there, hmmmmmmm!

You can thank the wardens who cover up these media tours. Everytime we have a tour they transfer inmates to other facilities to lower the counts in the housing units,they have cleaning crews of inmates who make the prison or jail seem as if you could eat of the floor before the tour arrives. Nobody wants to know what is really going on there they just want to throw away the key and let the correctional officers deal with it.Maybe if Jodi Rell and Theresea Lanz stop lying about the terrible and unsafe working conditions we could change the system for the better for all.

jj...the halo is only for driving... i have a Master's degree in VICE =:-)

right on...when the wardens and their cadre' come around they do exactly that...and when word comes down the pike that there will be a tour by the media or an important vip, they break out the paint... schitt, employees get dizzy smelling all those paint fumes...sounds like to me the place is a time bomb...what does the cadre' care, they are not on the front lines...they don't spend $$$s, they get a bonus... a good (brave reporter should spend a week with officers, teachers, maintiance and counselors, then do a real bad ass story...

you need a federal judge to get involved in
this whole crazy mess started by our gutless,
clueless governor.
many upon many inmates who were on parole
were doing great. they held jobs, one ran
his own business, and they were trying to
right their ship.
ever since rell ordered all parolees picked
up, she haven't been heard from, regarding
the overcrowding situation we have now.
why hasn't she come out for herself and explain
to the people why were those two animals who
killed 3 people in cheshire, released to parole
with many years still left on their bids.
too mamy inmates packed in close quarters to
each other equals riots.
a state official claimed not too long ago that
crime in connecticut is on the decline. well
that is another lie.

TO ALL THE IGNORANT IDIOTS THAT HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO BUT COMMENT ON WHAT I SAID...IT IS TRUE PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL FOR SPEEDING..WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OVER CROWDING..SO JUST BUILD MORE PRISIONS SO THAT ALL THE COURT JUDGES CAN SEND SPEEDERS AND WRONG WAY FARTERS TO A NEW HOME WHERE THE TOILETS BACK UP AND THE CO'S SUCK..CT IS AN IGNORANT STATE..DO YOU PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED ON ME ACTUALLY THINK YOU ONLY GO TO JAIL FOR ,SAY A MURDER??YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED WHAT PEOPLE ARE IN THERE FOR..SO DONT BE SO DUMB AND PROBABLY A MINORITY THAT SHOULD BE DEPORTED..GOVERNOR RELL STILL SUCKS..AND SO DO ALL OF YOU HATERS OF MY COMMENT..TODAYS LESSON...DONT BE AN IGNORANT CONNECTICAN

PEE.ES-WHEN THEESE INMATES HAVE HAD ENOUGH THEN YOU WILL SEE A LOCK DOWN BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA HAVE THE BIGGEST RIOT IN CT'S HISTORY..HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A MEDIA TOUR GOING ON THEN...THE SYSTEM IS SO CORRUPT IT IS SAD..I AM ASHAMED TO LIVE IN THIS STATE

jeff...from some of your comments, I get the impression you may work at one of these facilities? Hey, I could be wrong, but that is what I read into your posts. If so, you have a tough job.

Hope you have a nice weekend, time for all us old folks to hit the hay. TTYS. :-) zzzzz

My uncle happen to be in Whalley Ave
Correctional Center.He has done time before
he is a man that don't complains about
anything, but i felt that the situation in
Whalley is RIDICULOUS.They are trying to hide
the facts,they sleep on dirty bed, bugs in
the shower and it's overcrowding.

Yes It's true Whalley is a pre sentenced jail
but,they be in there for a long time before
being sentenced.

NO matter the crime they committed they are
HUMAN BEINGS NOT ANIMALS

Melissa: Yes, this is supposed to be a thread about the conditions at the Whalley Ave. jail ... but it is also a public forum where people share thoughts and opinions, hopefully related to the topic being discussed.

YOU made a statement that can't possibly be accurate ... and some people feel compelled to say so.

Otherwise upstanding American citizens are not thrown in jail, then moved to a 23-hour lockdown cell, for merely speeding. I don't give a rat's ass what the REAL story is ... just don't try to sell your BS here. I, for one, am not buying it.

I'm sure conditions (right now) at the Whalley Ave. jail are probably deplorable. But you know what .... compared to prisons in some other countries, it's a Club Med. Let this serve as a strong warning to those thinking about committing a crime in the future. Bad personal choices comes with a price.

you all talk about the impolable conditions every one of these inmates have a bond and if you all are so worryed about them make bond cause it is more the staff at the correctional institutions that are in danger half of you people wont even dare to get a job there these men and women deal with these inmates 24 hours a day seven days a week with no protection even when cops come to the prison they have to put all there weapons in there car and i'll tell you what they won't even take this jobjust remeber the people working there go to work and don't know if the will be going home so give the corrections officers of this state a little respect because if they didn't work there you would have more problems with crime. there and let me tell you tell me one person out there who would try to break up a fight by themselves of corse we wait till we have help cause some times some of these guys are alot bigger and stronger the some of the officers like i said we are just doing a job and we are told what to do and we have families to support just like everyone else in this state.

This Dept.is way too top heavy.It has more admin.than it needs,such a waste of tax payers dollars.If the public only knew what really happens inside
these institutions,they would be appalled
.the programs are a waste of tax payers dollars.Most of the inmates take these programs to get out of prison early,and not for their well being.We also train inmates in college that are doing life in prison,and yet we tax payers are paying that bill,and cant even afford to pay for our own childrens college.Just imagine a inmate doing 60 years learning how to use a computer,he will never use this in the real world,but yet ct.dept of corr. still spends your tax money on it.THE DOC WASTES MORE TAX DOLLARS THEN THEY CAN ACCOUNT FOR.WE TREAT ARE INMAES TO WELL,SO YOU WONDER WHY ITS OVER FLOWING?CT,PRISONS ARE NOT A BAD PLACE TO SPEND TIME IN.

18 year vet of corrections in ct - I might have to agree with you.

It doesn't seem that the politico's think hard earned tax dollars should be treated like the TAXPAYERS PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT!

I just love when I hear people say..."It didn't cost us anything - it was GRANT MONEY!"


AHHHHHH.......just where do they think that GRANT MONEY CAME FROM......OUR PAYCHECKS!

so what if an inmate is doing life and
attends college courses. that's one inmate will
be an inmate that will not be a problem in-
mate. i rather have inmates doing their thing
in school than running around causing all
sorts of troubles. i don't think it is a waste
of taxpayers money at all. keep the inmates
busy as much as possible and allowed them
to grow from within. not all inmates are
locked up for life. inmates attending

college courses could be mentors for inmates
other inmates who aren't locked up for life
and perhaps their mentors could steer other
inmates into doing the right thing. but once
the topic is overcrowding in our prisons
and jails

The laws have become too leaniant on Rape and Murder.Mandatory Death sentance on those two crimes,would curb the appitite right there.Raise the money pentalty on drinking/drug and driving,to oweing the State of Connecticut 10% of your income for the rest of your Driving carrer.Any domestic Violence crimes should have mandatory councling for at least 1 year.Or 6 months in jail...Holding prisoners waiting for court dates,because they can`t afford bail in inhumane conditions is not exactally (innocent until proven guilty).While being held before court should be a time to reflect on the freedom that you layed down to break the law.Not live like a dog in a pound where the Animal control officer died on the way to work one morning and no one found out for a year.~Peace Glenna~

Way to go Melissa....first claim your man is in for speeding, then get a dig in at minorities and say they should be deported. First of all, maybe your man was speeding, but I guarantee he either had a warrant or violated his probation to have him end up incarcerated. If he is locked up 23 hours/day, then he is in seg....inmates are guaranteed a required amount of "out of cell" time and it is not one hour/day.....if you're only out of your cell one hour a day you're in seg and you've gotten a Class A,B or C ticket. So please, don't make your man out to be "poor guy who committed one tiny little thing and was thrown in jail". And just so you know, it's Connecticutian, not CONNECTICAN

i sorry melissa and i feel for you.
but your husband isn't locked up just for
speeding,that i could promise you.
DOC has inmates sleeping on the floor for
commiting felonies, like assaults,sexual
assaults,robberries and other serious
offenses.your claim of your man being
locked up for speeding doesn't wash with me
and i ought to know. it just doesn't make
any sense. citizens of this country, just
don't get locked up for speeding, when we
could use a bed for serious offenders,and
they are no shortage of them in prisons
and in the jails of this state.
he must be hidding something from you,and
you are too naive to see it.
if he is indeed locked up for speeding, then
why aren't you able to bond him out. his
bond could be no more than $500.00.
no melissa, he is keeping something from you.
more than all drivers in connecticut would
be locked up for speeding, including yours
truly. do you know how much paperwork is
generated by the police and DOC just locked
up your husband and then keep him locked up ?
speeding is a traffic offense, not worthy
of jail time.ok, maybe he was caught speeding
while his drivers license was under
suspension and maybe it wasn't his first
time being caught while driving as said.
i have to believe that your husband is a
knucklehead for speeding while under suspension
of his drivers license.

dear ms glenna, you are talking from both
sides of your mouth.
please get a grip on yourself. the topic is
" prison overcrowding." rell created this
mess all by herself.REMEMBER THE TOPIC.
and now she doesn't have a clue as to how
to clean up her mess. the prison system was
already overcrowded before she ordered all
inmates on sometype of home released revoked
and this includes parole. i can guarantee
this correction officers dislike seeing
inmates sleeping on the floors, to the c/os
and to the inmates, the mess is a no win all
lost proposition.AND THIS ISN'T ABOUT, YOU
DO THE CRIME, YOU DO THE TIME."
no, i'm very sorry. inhumane conditions
such as we have now could and might equal
riots. and you don't want to be involved in
one.

mark davis is right, it is a crime to keep
inmates locked up the way they are locked up,
sleeping on the floor.
gov. rell has shown no leadership whatsoever
no matter what the " keep em' " locked up
lobby of people might think.
remember, we have human beings on both sides
of the equation involved; the staff and the
inmates." STAFF AND INMATES "
AND THE BIG SHOTS IN DOC WERE TRYING TO PAINT
A PRETTY PICTURE OUT OF AN UGLY MESS.

melissa, the system isnt corrupt, the system
is without a head, and without a head, the
system dies," dead on arrival."
and the c/os don't suck. the c/os have
nothing to do with your husband's lock up.
your husband is locked up because he can't
follow simple laws of this state to protect
people of this state. and while you are fit
on commening the system is corrupt, you tell
us how to fix it.
the system is what the inmates make it to be.
corruption doesn't equal lack of leadership
from the top of the hill in wethersfield and
to hartford.

my bad melissa, now i know what your gripe
is all about.
your husband was traveling at a high rate of
speed because he had a car loaded with
illegal aliens and it is their fault that
your husband got locked up for.
hence, the reason you want them deported.
blame the following: the system, the c/os
the police, and last foremost, the illegal
aliens deported. nice and for some part, i
blame you.because i believe you were with
him when the police pulled over your
husband and i also blame you for not posting
bond for him. i hope when he gets home, if
isn't mighty pissed off at you.
you see,if your man is in fact locked up 23
out of 24, that means, your man can't follow
DOC rules, hence PS.

KINGBRAVO -ONE,Reread what I said,you and I are saying the same thing.My Brother has been held for over 10 Years in Whiting Forensic for nothing,under the Psyciactric board.Rowland`s B.S. put Him there,and we are Native Americans,and the day our Tribe was (Granted Recognition)Rowland was getting arrested and all the polititions were busy with him,and as soon as they realized it,they Rell,McCain,Dodd,Blumenthal,all mounted their Horses,and rode to Washington,and had the decision,overturned.Talk about Race Decrimination,and Jail for nothing?Go back to Europe if you don`t like it."Princess White Dove"~Peace Glenna~

melisa...who much is your beaux's bond???

Glenna: Are you related to Melissa (above)?

You've tried to peddle this same 'brother sob story' at least a half dozen times. It's BS.

Whiting Forensic is a MAXIMUM security facility. Many, if not most, of the nutjobs there have been convicted of the more serious and violent crimes like murder and rape. Inmates are sent to Whiting because they can't be handled properly in other regular jail environments.

Rell, Rowland, McCain???, Dodd, or Blumenthal have NOTHING to do with your brother being where he is. Get a clue. Your brother is a danger to society, and is being kept in a place most appropriate for whatever his problem is.

SHADOW,You are wrong.My Brother never Murdered or Raped anyone.He was on a bus that my Aunt put him on from Florida,and there was a lay over in Hartford and while in the bathroom,a man told him to perform a sexual act,and my brother pushed him aside to exit the bathroom and because the man was a retired Police officer(Dick Powers)he had my brother arrested for hitting him.The man died 6 months later from cancer.His wife has a suit going with the railways and dosn`t have a case if my brother is not the fall guy.He is a vegitarien and non violent.He will fight back if someone starts,but he wont start anything,or I will give him hell.So he stays on one on one so the other patients wont harrass him.My brother was the biggest Jesus freak going back when the movement was going on,he runs from fights,never starts them.~Peace Glenna~

ice station..whatever that means and the other king idiot..thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be so worried about my husband..i will make sure he gets all your loving messages..
when both of you are sent tp prison please send me a visitor form so i can be on your list and we can finally meet..i dont much care what your opinion is.if the minority comment offended you then you are one then.maybe you shouldnt be in this country then..just saying..and it is connectican..you ass.listen the prison system is in need of help and the co"s do suck..they are dirty and hypocrites..my hubby is there for a reason as is all the other inmates..DU BOYS AND GIRLS..dont want to descriminate on this blog..heaven forbid..well you idiots have a good night..RELL STILL SUCKS..LETS PUT HER IN THE POKEY AND SEE HOW MANY GIRLFRIENDS SHE GETS..OH AND ICE STATION..WHEN YOU MEET THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE WHEN YOU GO TO JAIL..PLEASE SEND ME A WEDDING INVITATION..HI GLENDA..YOURE ALRIGHT IN MY BOOK.AND JEFF..YOUR COMMENT IS N.O.Y.B..BYE ASSES

it is public info...sorry if you thought/think its not...

Melissa - again....your husband is locked up 23 out of 24 hours because he is a jerk, he most likely has non-contact visits because a) he is a Level 4 inmate (not likely when you've just been "speeding" or b) he's lost his contact visiting because HE'S A JERK. I work for DOC and I'm in Bpt next week, so I'll be happy to give him messages from here....oh wait..that's right, I'll have to tell him from his cell door, since he's in seg....don't worry about overcrowding, if he's in Seg he's got his very own cell. You say ppl aren't in for just murder, you're right....my guys are in for rape, assault and first degree robbery and child molesting too, but guess what...not a one is in for a speeding ticket. Maybe instead of believing every word your husband says you should spend some time taking an English language class and while you're at it, buy a book on healthy relationships, maybe then you'll learn there's more guys out here to have relationships with than inmates. Have a good day and enjoy your non-contact visit.

melissa, if you really believe c/os are
dirty and corrupt,why dont you,yourself call the federal bureau of investigation,and don't
forget to name the dirty and corrupt c/os
because we honest,hard working c/os also
want to know who they are,so we could have
a face to face meeting with them at a flag-
pole.
we would love to have their names,please
find out who they are from your husband
locked up in segregation,who is really
locked up for lumping up your mind with
his boldface lies.
melissa, let me give you some advice, hire
a lawyer and have him apply for a habeas
corpus to see a judge,there your husband can
explain to the judge that DOC and the state
have your husband locked up for a speeding
offense.your husband can and should tell the
judge that the state of connecticut is in
violation of his fourth amendment rights,
cover under the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
the judge might agree with your husband's
argument and order DOC to release your
husband forthwith.only bad ass knuckle heads
wind up in seg. is your husband a knuckle-
head ?
one more thing before i check out of here,
why don't you apply for a job at INS,with
you working for INS, you could track down
all the minorities in this country and
deported them back to the country they came
from. mind you, we have about 30million
illegal aliens running around free while
your husband is locked up, in seg for
speeding. by the way how fast was he traveling
beyond the speed limit ? melissa now that
i think of it. maybe you are right afterall,
your husband was speeding,trying to get away
from the police after committing a felony.
see follower posters, you all got melissa
all wrong. on behave of us all, i apologize
to you. well melissa if i ever do wind up
locked up, i promise to send you a visiting
form to come visit me, but don't tell you
husband that you are seeing another inmate
on the sneak tip. have an excellent sunday
melissa,and i mean that from the bottom of
my heart. i bet you're a fine looking mommie.
hey,i got another idea, have glenna take
your husband's place in seg.how about that
glenna, would you do melissa a favor,taking
over her husband's locked up status ?
i wish you would.

sorry melissa i spelled behalf wrong. i spelled it behave.

WHOA...calm down - somebody is going to have a stroke here.

First - all those working at the prisons.....doesn't EVERYBODY there claim they shouldn't be there??? Or for the long timers - they found Jesus?

For those of us on the outside looking in -
don't we all have co-workers that really don't do that job that could or should be doing?

EVERY PROFESSION has people there that are a disgrace - but NOT EVERYONE is like that. It's been my experience that those that do their job want the ones that don't out more then the next guy!

An observation here is that most - with a few exceptions- that are posting about someone they have in prison.....kind of has a problem with grammar, writing and speeling (lol) even with SPELL CHECK - so I wouldn't get too worried about it. I think they WANT to BELIEVE the propaganda they are being told - another VICTIM of circumstance perhaps...hmmmmm!!!

To those that work within the prison system I'd worry more about those who DO NOT have family/friends in there and as one of them I say

THANK YOU!

HE ISNT IN BRIDGEPORT ANYMORE..HE GOT MOVED.

HUGS AND KISSES TO ALL MY FANS!!
WHERE WOULD I BE WITH OUT YOUS ALL..
BRING IT

To New Haven - - you're right.....alot of the inmates do find Jesus while incarcerated, I think he must live there, because the minute they get out, they lose him. Some of the inmates do know they belong there, and some are actually quite decent to staff...but you can never forget that they're inmates and they'll throw you under the bus in a minute if it benefits them. Just like the inmates, there are a few CO's who do antagonize the inmates unfairly, but their numbers are few, most CO's treat the inmates respectfully until they're given a reason not to. The CO's that are working in the gyms are at the greatest risk, in a block you can always have the inmates lock up if there's a problem....in the gym there is nowhere to "lockup" and if an altercation breaks out, there's 2 officers against 50 inmates, waiting for other officers to come and assist can make a 10 second wait seem like hours.

I think the State puts a freeze on correction officers because of the cost,but it would save some of the prisoners from each other,lests face it some prisoners are more agitated than others,and it`s really not fair that a young kid that was foolish and is there learning a lesson,and will learn it,it`s not right he get caught up in a riot from everyone agitated from over crowded situations.There are laws for everything so it`s real easy to get arrested and without bail,your finished,even tho the crime may be lesser than all the rest.there seems to be a damed up spot that needs to move to keep the flow,or it gets stagnent.Either court hearings,Probation,it`s all over crowded.the system needs to do somthing because they are in charge,and this problem is busting at the seems,so something has to give to aliveate the pressure so there can be a graceful flow of incoming and outgoig.i think Connecticut needs to adopt(SCARED STRAIGHT) a program where potentiel lads are sat down with x prisoners and are educated first hand of what will happen should they follow the path of crime,with a boyfriend waiting for them.~Peace Glenna~

visitor... in a full chow hall @ the meadows when it jumped off, 15 seconds felt like 2 hours!!! i was foolish and very lucky...right in the middle, and not even a scrach, i dare not temp fate again... in 38 months i have 20y, and out like a gun shot...

off to a remote beach in puerto rico, sipping cold ones, forgetting the uglyness of the job, but remembering the great co-workers, and inmates that accepted their fate and did not blame the staff or the world for their lot in life...

to glenna, you have been given bad advice.
there is no freeze on hiring people to be-
come real bona-fide correction officers.
remember last month, gov rell stated that
there is a class of correction officers
in training, and two more classes after that.
hate to break it to you glenna. but our
fearless leader told another tall tale.
i hope you got the message to the above
statement.
btw glenna, if your brother is a patient
at whiting, he must be a very special person.
at GARNER CI in newtown,ct., they are at least
over 300 inmates on the waiting list to be
patients there, kid you not.
well, take care glenna.

Jeff - Congrats on coming close to your 20 and out.....I wish you a safe 38 months and am glad you made 17+ years without serious injury. Think of me on that beach in Puerto Rico, I'll still be dealing with Codes on a daily basis but it's the career I chose and I don't think if I had it to do over, I'd choose any other career....like you I've met some great co-workers and actually some good inmates who are there because of a bad decision.

FOLSOM PRISON:Because there is a budjet of hireing Officers,they freeze it once and a while.My Point was you don`t want to end up in Prison,with under paid overworked correctional officers.And to the youth I was trying to say watch out for the men who have been there for a long time,they have no patience.Thanks for aknowleging my comment with Grace,we all need as much of that on this blog as we can get.~Peace Glenna~

Folsom Prisom:I wanted to tell you also that I wrote to Rell`s office on Saturday October 20th the day after she announced she was going to do somthing serious about the Prison situation.I asked if they could clear up the red tape by Christmass so he could be home.An advocate called my on the phone and I guess it was to pasify me.Because i have heard nothing scince.He is not a drug addict,or Alcoholic,never murdered anyone or raped anyone,or stole either.The Russian Doctor of his needs a pay check.I am sitting in a wheel chair and he could be here giving me a hand.I would like to see what it cost the state of Connecticuts Tax payers to feed that Russian Doctor that only holds him because he wouldn`t have a job with no patience.~Peace Glenna~

hi melissa, i read the part where you stated
that you are ashamed of living in connecticut
i'll make a deal with you,ok ?
i promise to relocate you out of connecticut
if you promise me to leave your loser man behind
in connecticut locked up for speeding or for
farting in the wind,ok ? you can't beat that
deal with a baseball bat.
think about it for awhile,ok ?
i feel the same way, but i'm more ashamed
of living in connecticut than you are.
see melissa, i,myself don't want to get locked
up for speeding or for farting in the wind.
plus, i might find myself locked down 23 out
of 24 hours in seg.
i don't think my woman would stick around if
i happened to find myself behind bars,on a
non-contact visiting status. and while i'm
locked away, she might have jody be
sleeping in my bed in my absence.
of course, she is still a very young woman
that i wouldn't blame her if she found a
couple of jodys to keep her warm at night,
especially now with the winter months just
around the corner. but if i do find out
that jody(s) has been around my woman's way,
i might try to escape and lump up jody or
jodys. i mean,it is one thing of telling me
that she hasn't been with jody but then to
find out from one of my boys that my woman
has been observed sneaking around my back
with jody, it might cause me to flood seg
and start banging on my cell door and knocking
out c/os.and in turn, the goon team might
return the favor.when the goon team comes in
to start lumping me up, i would blamed the
lumping on her. the c/os were going doing
their job when they lump me up for me
knocking out c/os.
and my not talking about gov. jody rell.
think about it melissa. your man right now
must be thinking to himself, " melissa
better not be with a jody.

there isn't a freeze on hiring people to be
a correction officers. the budget has already
been decided upon. no hiring freeze, i promise you that.
c/os with 20 years or more are retiring from
being correction officers.
i hardly think that would happen.
all of our prisons are understaff,and has always been that way and will be the case.i bet
you would be an excellent c/o. later glenna.

glenna,what do you mean, we should watch all
men locked up ? i thought every inmate is
watched. no, say it isn't so.
the men you want watched are homosexual ?

glenna, the topix here is overcrowding
in our correctionl system.
not about your brother at whiting.
the state just doesn't place inmates
at whiting just for the HELL out it.
you brother must have been found insane by
a doctor.let's stick to the topix at hand.
we don't really care about your brother.i think
you are making up a story because you don't have any to do at home.
YOUR BROTHER IS AT WHTING BECAUSE HE IS A NUT !!!!!!!!additionally, lantz has nothing
to do with WHITING

Its hard for me to have sympathy for criminals. While I guess I want everyone to live happy lives, what about their victims? They did not care about the victims of their crimes....so how can "not great" conditions be considered bad?

They act like animals, they should be treated like animals....

Be glad I am not a warden.

FOLSOM..thanx for the long winded babble about nothing really..you really are an eloquent speaker.
you must have yerself a good edgeumacation..keep on writing

Folsom Priso(M)not Prison...And for you folsom prison,don`t talk about a lord from the Highlands of Scotland,like My Brother John Cameron MacDonald,like that,your sleep may fleet you and you may burn in thought to condem a innocent person.Watch out.~Peace Glenna~Children of the Son beging to awake!

Glenna - Whiting is for ppl with serious psychiatric illnesses that are a danger to themselves or others, ppl judged not guilty by reason of insanity, ppl not competent to stand trial, or ppl under the care of DOC that cannot be managed at DOC facilities (because of their psychiatric illnesses). Whiting is administered by DMHAS (Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services). If you brother is in Whiting, then he is there not because he assaulted someone, he is there because he is mentally ill and his illness cannot be managed at any DOC facility. What does his doctor being Russian have to do with anything? Are you sure you're not related to Melissa, she also seems to have a problem with people's ethnic backgrounds? Your brother's cost of treatment at Whiting costs about $900/daily....so as a taxpayer I wish you luck in getting him released soon and back into the custody of DOC, since a daily stay there is less than a quarter of that cost.

Thats a flat out lie,VISITOR.He does no harm to anyone or himself.He was fine until he was arrested in Hartford,when a x cop ask him to do a sex job on him,he pushed him aside,and the x cop had him arrested,and he has been in the system scince.The x cop died of cancer 6 months later.and the wife has a suit and with out my brother in there as the fall guy she has no case.I am not making this up.Look at Mr. Tillman.~Peace Glenna~

Glenna - - 1) Your brother is NOT James Tillman, James Tillman was exonerated after DNA proved he did not commit rape 2) Mr. Tillman was incarcerated in a DOC Facility, not at Whiting...so please don't compare your brother's situation to Mr. Tillman's. In order to be placed at Whiting, you have to be evaluated by a staff of mental health professionals to determine if your illness is serious enough to be placed at Whiting. Obviously, this is the case with your brother, since he resides there. I had a friend whose husband and twin brother murdered her (not that your brother is a murderer), her husband claimed the FBI and his wife were consorting to put a tracking chip into him & his brother, which is the reason he gave for killing her. He is now your brother's neighbor. THOSE are the kind of people that reside at Whiting, not the James Tillman's of the world.

EXACTALLY MY POINT, SO IN AMERICAN LANGUAGE WHAT THE FUC- IS MY BROTHER DOING THERE.~Peace Glenna~

I want to know why my brother is in a place with murders and rapest.He did nothing of the sort.He shouldn`t be in with those people.I don`t think the Governor would trade places,She didn`t do anything either.As far as him being Russian,what the heck is a russian trying to figure out an American Indian boy for.He can work in Russia.~Peace Glenna`

There is Dutcher hall,Merit hall,and Batell hall,up there in that State Mental Hospital,And of course Whiting Forensic...Now just because I offered the Governor my home for my brother,who is no bother to me,to make room for the real criminals,it doesn`t mean anyone needs to make ignorant remarks.You know "them`s fightin words" when you talk bull about someones family.My birthday is coming the 29th,Thanksgiving and Christmass and we can`t have him home again,because they can`t figure out an excuse why he came home,when they held him so long,for nothing.He was aquitted if you read my earlier comments. ~Peace Glenna~

The a-hole that shot the President gets to come home on the weekends.~Peace Glenna~

Glenna: Instead of speculating why your brother is in a MAX security nuthouse, and instead of making outrageous statements without a shred of evidence to support them ... Why don't you get the facts? You seem to believe ONLY what you want to believe.

You may not have direct access to his medical records ... but I suspect a court appointed guardian/advocate can help you to understand the REAL story.

SHADOW it was 1995 when the incident happened,I think I happen to know the story too well,and still can`t figure out what he is doing up there with the Twins that killed Visotors wife with their parinoid minds,I don`t wan `t my brother with them.Transfer him to Batell.We are very poor and can`t afford a laywer to do the paper work,talk about over crowded.The lazy ones fake nutzoidism for shelter for the Winter and food.it `s a resort up there.I have been in Connecticut all of my life,I know what the heck is going on.I am with and among the commoners I hear it all.Too bad you don`t understand my Title.~Peace Glenna~

Glenna: Your story is too inconsistent and full of holes for anyone to take seriously. You say that you "know the story too well" ... but then go on to say that you haven't a clue as to why he's there. It's not logical.

People aren't kept there for no valid reason. It's documented, in detail, as to why he is being kept at Whiting. And I would bet the farm it's NOT just because he attacked a cop, because the cop tapped his foot 3 times in a stall.

There is always assistance available ... even for poor people. There are tons of those liberal Yalie lawyer wannbes itching to help people out.

I don't understand your "Title" ... because I suspect it's worthless, down here on planet Earth.

One minute to Wapner.

straight from the mind of ex-inmate J. BYRD.
the governor should form a panel of experts
to review the innner working of corrections.
well mr. ex-inmate J.BYRD, with the power
vested in me, i hereby appoint you to head
the panel to investigate and review anything
you want to investigate and review DOC.
you are the expert, you come up with answers
ok ? and after your investigation and review
is complete, report your findings to melissa.
melissa's man is locked up and locked down
for gassing into the wind.
what is wrong with you ex-inmate ? do you
really think the public cares about inmates
and what they go throught any given day of
the week ?
are you sure you are an ex-inmate, or currently
an inmate now ?
how did you get into the counselor's
office to post on this tread ?
MR J. BYRD, once you have been discovered
using a counselor's office, you will be
facing seg time. you'll have melissa's man
to keep you busy talking throught the vents
of seg. you and him can exchange ideas and
perhaps, you and melissa's sorry azz man can
help the governor right the ship of DOC.
i have an idea you can float with," KEEP YOUR
BUTT OUT OF JAIL ! MR.J.BYRD, were you also
locked up for gassing into the wind ?
i have a list of jail house lawyers who would
love to take your case for a moeformgo.

SHADOW;Ask yourself why you use the name shadow.You spew from the shadows.Mark Davis,Ann Nyberg,GeoffFox,Dr.Mel,John Calandrella,and my self have no problem on this blog useing our names.We must not have anything to hide...Ask yourself one question.If John MacDonald is in Whighting Forensic,why is he there?~Peace Glenna~

AGAIN...another useless banter from folsom.
you should be a lawyer..they like to ramble.
well i have to go now..i need to fart then get in my car and speed so the fine police dept can arrest me and the fine judicial system can stick me in niantic..what a day it will be...now folsom,can i put you on my list??thanx babe..dont forget to smuggle the drugs in for me...xoxo

and melissa how much value are you worth ?
yo melissa, dn't get mad at me because your
man is locked up. go out there and meet your
sexual needs.

i hope you do speed and get caught doing it.
you will have no trouble landing in york ci
in niantic. you'll be among your kind.
and i hope you find a girlfriend in there
to meet your sexual desires.

PS, I'LL SNEAK IN YOUR BOYFRIEND TO YOU WHILE
YOU ARE LOCKED UP FOR SPEEDING AND FARTING IN THE AIR.

Glenna:

1. I don't have to ask myself ... I already know. I happen to like the fictional pulp magazine character, created in 1931, and played on radio by Orson Welles in the 30's & 40's. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!

My other screen name is Vlad The Impaler. However, I thought it might be a tad inappropriate for this site.

You ASSUME that I have something to hide by using a screen name. I do not ... other than not wanting some internet nutcase sending me SPAM and crap.

2. Regarding your brother ... I have NO interest as to why he is where he is. I'm content knowing that he is where he belongs. Oh ... but I am a tad annoyed that is costs taxpayers $900/day to keep him there (according to a poster above). That's $328,500 EVERY YEAR.

I knew I would flush,Dracula out sooner or later,Shadow!!My Dad has been looking for you for what seems like a million Years,He had a steak to share with you,You missed it.Checkin out his Daughter.You still don`t get get it.i want to end this conversation.But everytime you mention my name,I have to defend my Family.So end it.~Peace Glenna~P.S. To everyone who reads this,excuse me for having a conversation with The Count!

Mmmm .... steak. I'll have it cooked medium.

You know ... A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Peged You wrong,I thought for shure,you would say Medium rare,or rare.Have you tryed the pickled herring?Dad died back in 1993 so He will be taking care of you when You are in a convelesson home.~Peace Glenna~

You see Shadow,my brother would never dream what you said.And you call him a nutjob,are you locked up?~Peace Glenna~

Glenna, please make up your mind which nationality you choose for your brother to be - a few posts earlier you say "don't talk about a lord, from the Highlands of Scotland, like my brother, John Cameron MacDonald" - - now you're saying your brother is an American Indian being treated by - god forbid - a Russian doctor. You should really see if they have a family plan at Whiting, I think you may benefit from their services. And....if Shadow is getting a steak, I would like Cheesecake for dessert, please.

Glenna: Given the daily doses of weapons grade Thorazine, not to mention the weekly electro and insulin shock therapy your brother probably receives ... I'd guess he has dreams like ---

Perhaps best expressed by The Electric Prunes, with their 1967 hit: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)



Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room
I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume
Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be
Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me
Then came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone
I had too much to dream last night
Too much to dream
I'm not ready to face the light
I had too much to dream
Last night
Last night

The room was empty as I staggered from my bed
I could not bear the image racing through my head
You were so real that I could feel your eagerness
And when you raised your lips for me to kiss
Came the dawn
And you were gone
You were gone, gone, gone

VISITOR:My Dad was a lord from the Highlands of Scotland,My Mother was an American Indian princess,They had the 4 of us,and left 7 grandsons.My family in Scotland,England,whales,and New Zeland know every word you say to me,they read the blogs.They fullfill Scripture,of how Satans army goes against God`s army.Been going on for thousands of years.Satan and God are within,don`t let your Hollywood imagination run away with it`s self.God is as real as your money read it In God we Trust.When someone is in my Face the United states Marines are at the base of their skull.~Peace Glenna~

hi folsom..sup??sounds like you are sexually
frustrated one to me...WHAT DO ALL YOU OTHERS THINK HERE..lets not talk about nasty jails and lets RANT about folsom not gettin any

hi melis,hope you had a nice tuesday. in my
neck of the woods, it's snowing. but, no
problems driving home this morning.
take care melissa. i hope everything works
out good for you. you actually sound like
a nice girl.
please don't get upset at me. anyway, things
are bad in all of connecticut's facilities.
take care and later.

folsom..u r alright and i dont care what anyone says about u

GLENNA, I SERIOUSLY THINK THAT YOU SHOULD
BE A PATIENT AT WHITING. YOU SEEM TO SHOW
ALL THE TRACES OF A NUT AND NUTS BELONG
WITH OTHER NUTS. AND I'M TOTALLY CONVINCED
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A BROTHER AT WHITING.
IT IS ALL IN YOUR MIND. PLEASE GLENNA, USE
YOUR INSURANCE TO SEEK OUT HELP FOR YOUR
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.REMEMBER,WHEN THERE
IS HOPE, HOPE IS THERE FOR YOU.
I WISH YOU " THE LUCK OF THE IRISH."
NOW WE ARE GETTING OFF THE TOPIC. THE TOPIC
IS PRISON OVERCROWDING WHICH IN THIS COUNTRY
IS NOTHING NEW. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT IN THIS
COUNTRY , WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE OFFICERS
IN THE WORLD AND THE BEST CORRECTION OFFICERS
IN THIS COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO DOC COMMISSIONER
T.LANTZ,WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT IF SHE
IS CONVINCED OF THAT, WHY SHOULD I OBJECT TO IT.
THE POINT BEING IS THAT, THE POLICE DO SUCH A
WONDEFUL JOB AT CATCHING CROOKS, WE JUST
DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR THEM ALL. SO, THEY
MUST SLEEP ON THE FLOOR AND I BET THE BOOTS
OFF YOUR FEET THAT MANY INMATES WHO ARE
SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR
A PLACE TO LIE THEIR HEAD ON. AND GET
THE BEST FOOD IN THE COUNTRY.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE FOOD IS THAT THE FOOD
IS GREAT UNTILL DOC KITCHEN SUPERVISORS GET
THEIR HANDS ON IT.
GLENNA, SHOULD THE UNITED STATES PULL OUT OF
IRAQ AND BOMB IRAN ?
MY IDEA IS TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES IN
IRAQ AND HAVE THE ISRAELI BOMB IRAN TO HELL
WHERE IT BELONGS. THIS WORLD IS GETTING TOO
CROWDED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND IF WE DON'T
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEN YOU AND I AND THE
REST OF THE UNITED STATES CAN'T NO LONGER
SHARE IDEAS ON THE INTERNET.

Josfh Stalin,I don`t know why people us me like the back of a basketball hoop to bounce their opinions of to put their two points(CENTS)in,I don`t know the term for the thing I think it`s a backboard.i forgive you....I am a x sinner(saint) by the blood of Jesus.You don`t want to know what I would like to do to the enemy,Rambo is my alter ego,I like doing what Jesus would do,but because of men`s pushy ways women loving women has increased worse than the black plague,and God knows this,this is why Cival Unions,it`s the Day of the Gay`s,so relax,everything will turn out fine when you accept Gay`s until then there will be hate,Blacks,jews,Gays,women.It`s up to you to stop being cruel.Throwing me out in front of everyone,saying what you said,is like throwing the president out and saying He`s not the president he`s a nutjob.The Gay`s need their day too.Jesus died for everyone,Liberty and Justice for (ALL).~Peace Glenna~

I AGREE..GLENNA U R A TOTAL WACK JOB.
WHITING IS DEFINATELY THE PLACE FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR OFF TRACK ITS NOT
EVEN FUNNY..I THINK THIS BLOG SHOULE END
ON THIS NOTE>>>>>
PRISONS R WAY OVER CROWDED
GOV.RELL SUCKS THE BIG ONE
AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE A.S.A.P
RIGHT NOW..IT IS WHAT IT IS !!!

MAMMY: I don`t know why your violent twards me,a doctor may be able to help you with your random acts of violence on people you don`t know..I forgive your ignrance.~Peace Glenna~

hi melissa. you are right young lady, being
locked up is no place to be. so, please
don't find yourself like many others have.
and i feel your concern for your man.but,you
also need to concern yourself with living a
full wonderful life. if i may say this, a man
locked up can only take you down with him.
and like i mentioned before, you sound like a
nice girl when you aren't pissed off or irate.
have a nice wednesday and take care.

Niantic just let one go today,and she is in my cellar.Effin Nice,I was told she was goin to a half way house,and was to be escorted here by the town Police,to get her things and escorted off the Property.She attacked me in my wheelchair.And is back for more.~Peace Glenna~

glenna...WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRISON OVERCROWDING TODAY..TODAY WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR BROTHER,FATHER OR WHOEVER..GET WITH THE PROGRAM PLEASE..OK..SO GOBBLE GOBBLE TO YOU GLENNA..
PEACE OUT CUB SCOUT

FOLSOM...have a great turkey day..are you married??
just wonderin.

We need more positions to open up in the facilities we have a million new programs opening up all the time and we keep running with the same amount of positions to run all this. We need to open positions in order to watch and supervise these inmates. We can keep the prisons safe with the high amount of inmates but we need more staffing inside the prison. We can stop hiring new Correctional Officers but we need more postions. Also You can thank the wardens who cover up these media tours. Everytime we have a tour they transfer inmates to other facilities to lower the counts in the housing units,they have cleaning crews of inmates who make the prison or jail seem as if you could eat of the floor before the tour arrives. Nobody wants to know what is really going on there they just want to throw away the key and let the correctional officers deal with it.Maybe if Jodi Rell and Theresea Lanz stop lying about the terrible and unsafe working conditions we could change the system for the better for all.