Riiiiight ... prisoners have NEVER escaped from government run corrections facilities.
-----Original message----- From: Bruce Johnson [email protected] Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:09:43 -0700 To: StrataList off StrataList off topic [email protected] Subject: [Stratalist-ot] Yeah, private enterprise is ALWAYS more efficient... > (Note: the prisoner reclassification scheme that allowed the AZ DOC to put > violent felons into this medium security prison was written by the last > legislature and guided by Jan "the Accidental Governor" Brewer's staff, > several of whom have financial ties to the private prison industry.) > > <http://www.azcorrections.gov/adc/news/2010/kingman_sec_review/Kingman_Assessment_1.pdf> > > jaw-dropping post-escape review inspection of the private prison in Kingman, > AZ where the three inmates escaped last month before going on a multistate > crime spree including murder. > > among the more stunning findings: > > "COs even in the days following the escape failed to detect tracks or > challenge team member's presence on the perimeter." > > "The malfunctioning alarm system has lead to desensitization to alarm > activations. Staff assume it is just another false alarm." > > "The Armory was out of compliance in several areas. Ammunition and inventory > deficiencies were noted." > > The report then refers you to a detailed appendix where you find it is just > about as scary as it seems: > > "No master inventory is maintained in the Armory or where weapons are stored. > They utilize a "Daily Armory Inventory" which only provides you with what is > currently in that area." > > Yep, they could *lose weapons* and not know about it... > > Staff are supposed to only ever take home a 'hot box' key, which is a key > that unlocks a locker containing the actual keys to the facility, which is > under the supervision of other COs. > > Well, except for transportation staff, whose "Take Home" set includes the > "Belly Chain Padlock" key *for the entire complex*. Staff who are, btw, > almost all with less than a year's experience and are dramatically underpaid > compared to DOC State Corrections Officers. > > Read the whole document for "How not to run a prison, asshats!" > > This is beyond negligence, and verges on felony murder, imo. > > But our taxes are low! Gummint is the problem not the solution! That's all > that matters! > > I'm sure the magic of the free market will weed out the inefficient private > prisons. > > Everyone who dies as a result are just the unfortunate few who are in the > wrong place at the wrong time. They shoulda shot first, anyhow. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > > Francis Drouillard, PE Novato, CA 94945 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
