This article courtesy of Kay Lee, and her Making the Walls Transparent web site. Please visit Kay's site to see through the walls of Florida's prison system.
MAKING THE WALLS TRANSPARENT

No matter how innocent you believe you are because you don't do the crimes, If you ignore the crimes of others, you are just as guilty as they are. If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem!
Kay Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:13 PM
To: Kay Lee
Subject: "Protect The Children"

You aren't interested in protecting children, you are interested in vilifying correctional personnel. Mike.

From: Kay Lee
To: Mike
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: RE: "Protect The Children"

You know, Mike, you couldn't be more wrong. I have six children and six grandchildren. If I wasn't afraid of what bad guards do to people who are going to get out one of these days, I'd rest easier that my children wouldn't be hurt by one of the damaged, shell-shocked and angry ex-prisoners.. My family IS the number one primary reason I spend my time 'vilifying guards', as you put it, because real 'correctional' officers want the same thing I want: to get rid of bad GUARDS who make their jobs more dangerous. C/Os are Professionals in uniform. Guards are criminals who should not be allowed to wear any uniform but maybe the 'convict stripes'.

Which one are you? Then we are on the same side, right?

Kay Lee

From: Mike
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:39 AM
To: Kay Lee
Subject: Re: "Protect The Children"

I was an officer for nine years, and I was not really interested in getting rid of bad guards, bad inmates, or anything else, I was interested in doing my shift, and staying out of trouble. I would say over 95% of corrections officers are primarily interested in what I stated were my primary interests. A bad officer, like a bad inmate, creates work and tension and even danger for everyone that must maintain contact with them.

I think you are a little harder on corrections officers than is fair. To expect an officer to put his neck out for the sake of cleaning up the bad employees of the institution is not a simple matter. It can involve more serious threat to officer's safety than any inmate can. I have seen more than one officer who was mentally unstable. It is unfair to expect an officer to place themselves in position of having no friends in the entire institution, and everyone knowing it. An officer in this situation is vulnerable to many types of coercion, and is vulnerable to physical assault. There are internal affairs officers whose job it is to take care of bad officers. Most good officers say to themselves - "let IA worry about cleaning up the jail- my job is to just not contribute to the corruption"- and I think that is a fair attitude.

Well, according to every body of prisoner law I've ever read, Mike - even the Florida DOC's - you have been perhaps unknowingly committing crimes under the color of law with your mere silence: It's not enough to do your eight and leave the gate.

Florida Statute 944.35

4(d) Each employee who witnesses, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that an inmate or an offender under the supervision of the department in the community has been unlawfully abused or is the subject of sexual misconduct pursuant to this subsection shall immediately prepare, date, and sign an independent report specifically describing the nature of the force used or the nature of the sexual misconduct, the location and time of the incident, and the persons involved. The report shall be delivered to the inspector general of the department with a copy to be delivered to the warden of the institution or the regional administrator. The inspector general shall immediately conduct an appropriate investigation, and, if probable cause is determined that a violation of this subsection has occurred, the respective state attorney in the circuit in which the incident occurred shall be notified. (4)(a) Any employee required to report pursuant to this section who knowingly or willfully fails to do so, or who knowingly or willfully prevents another person from doing so, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. (b) Any person who knowingly or willfully submits inaccurate, incomplete, or untruthful information with regard to reports required in this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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