The rate of incarceration for Arizona citizens reported in 2008 by the StateHealthFact.org shows a rate of 571 persons for every 100,000 in the state compared to 504 persons for every 100,000 in the United States. “The crime rate in Arizona is about 23% higher than the national average rate. The rate of incarceration for Arizona reported for 2009 was 579 persons per 100,000 compared to 447 persons for the nation. [1]
According to the Arizona Department of Corrections published website, there are approximately 14,500 registered sex offenders in Arizona. These sex offenders range from all social classes and are male and female, rich and poor, unemployed and employed. They have so religious preferences and are both educated and non-educated. Some sex offenders are strangers to their victims about many are known by the victim or victim’s family members. Their method is to gains the child’s trust and take advantage of that trust. Sex offenders are pedophiles who seek out single parent mothers for the purpose of victimizing their children. Potential victims are poor, neglected, loners or runaways and many are groomed by the sex offender before victimized.
The Associated Press reported that “A Virginia legislator is proposing castrating sex offenders as an alternative to the increasing costs to detain and treat them after they've served their prison sentences. Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger's bill would require the state to study the use of physical castration as an alternative to civil commitment for sexually violent predators. A similar proposal was vetoed four years ago. The civil commitment program's budget grew from $2.7 million in 2004 to $24 million this year. Gov. Bob McDonnell has proposed spending nearly $70 million over the next two years to meet the increasing demands. Eight other states allow for some form of castration for sex offenders, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Only Louisiana and Texas allow for physical castration” [2]
Perhaps it is time to look at chemical castration for repeat offenders in Arizona. The term "chemical castration" was first used in reference to a punitive measure for sex offenders in 1982 by the Arizona Supreme Court. [See State v. Christopher, 652 P.2d 1031, 1031 (Ariz. 1982)] (Explaining a probationary treatment alternative recommended by a psychiatrist, but not ordered by the trial court). The media also described the court-imposed administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to sex offenders as "chemical castration” which requires weekly injections after release from prison. Research showed that California was able to pass such a law in 1997 on conditions the offender was a “twice convicted” child molester and the procedure was to be implemented in order to gain approved parole. [3]
According to an article written in the Houston Journal of International Law, Wntr, 1997 by Stacy Russell, titled “Castration in the United States: The Debate at Home “ the time has come to re-visit this method of dealing with repeat offenders endangering the communities and our children. At the present time, there are eight states that permit chemical castration. Many other states have tried to pass laws similar but were found unconstitutional by their supreme courts thus ending their efforts to implement such an action. These laws are voluntary for sexual offenders as the United States Supreme Court has ruled that involuntary castration is unconstitutional. [4]
The matter most urgently addressed is the fact that many of these sex offenders have committed hundreds of acts that victimized not just one person or child but many more. This method or castration is to allow the children more protections against future violations and victimization by these child molesters and registered sex offenders. Like the death penalty, in order to perform these voluntary castrations, medical staff, doctors, would have to be hired and located to perform the requested castration procedure. Then the matter of who pays for the procedure has to be determined in advance for clearing up any issues state officials may have regarding the liabilities involved. “About eight U.S. states - including California, Florida, Texas and Louisiana - allow some form of chemical castration for repeat sex offenders.” All are voluntary and are conditions of shortening their sentences and being approved for parole. It has been argued by many lawyers if giving consent to such an operational procedure is “truly free and informed.”[5]
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Wasted Honor -
Carl R. ToersBijns is the author of the Wasted Honor Trilogy [Wasted Honor I,II and Gorilla Justice] and his newest book From the Womb to the Tomb, the Tony Lester Story, which is a reflection of his life and his experiences as a correctional officer and a correctional administrator retiring with the rank of deputy warden in the New Mexico and Arizona correctional systems.
Carl also wrote a book on his combat experience in the Kindle book titled - Combat Medic - Men with destiny - A red cross of Valor -
Carl is considered by many a rogue expert in the field of prison security systems since leaving the profession. Carl has been involved in the design of many pilot programs related to mental health treatment, security threat groups, suicide prevention, and maximum custody operational plans including double bunking max inmates and enhancing security for staff. He invites you to read his books so you can understand and grasp the cultural and political implications and influences of these prisons. He deals with the emotions, the stress and anxiety as well as the realities faced working inside a prison. He deals with the occupational risks while elaborating on the psychological impact of both prison worker and prisoner.
His most recent book, Gorilla Justice, is an un-edited raw fictional version of realistic prison experiences and events through the eyes of an anecdotal translation of the inmate’s plight and suffering while enduring the harsh and toxic prison environment including solitary confinement.
Carl has been interviewed by numerous news stations and newspapers in Phoenix regarding the escape from the Kingman prison and other high profile media cases related to wrongful deaths and suicides inside prisons. His insights have been solicited by the ACLU, Amnesty International, and various other legal firms representing solitary confinement cases in California and Arizona. He is currently working on the STG Step Down program at Pelican Bay and has offered his own experience insights with the Center of Constitutional Rights lawyers and interns to establish a core program at the SHU units. He has personally corresponded and written with SHU prisoners to assess the living conditions and how it impacts their long term placement inside these type of units that are similar to those in Arizona Florence Eyman special management unit where Carl was a unit deputy warden for almost two years before his promotion to Deputy Warden of Operations in Safford and Eyman.
He is a strong advocate for the mentally ill and is a board member of David's Hope Inc. a non-profit advocacy group in Phoenix and also serves as a senior advisor for Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council in Chino, California As a subject matter expert and corrections consultant, Carl has provided interviews and spoken on national and international radio talk shows e.g. BBC CBC Lou Show & TV shows as well as the Associated Press.
I use sarcasm, satire, parodies and other means to make you think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carl also wrote a book on his combat experience in the Kindle book titled - Combat Medic - Men with destiny - A red cross of Valor -
Carl is considered by many a rogue expert in the field of prison security systems since leaving the profession. Carl has been involved in the design of many pilot programs related to mental health treatment, security threat groups, suicide prevention, and maximum custody operational plans including double bunking max inmates and enhancing security for staff. He invites you to read his books so you can understand and grasp the cultural and political implications and influences of these prisons. He deals with the emotions, the stress and anxiety as well as the realities faced working inside a prison. He deals with the occupational risks while elaborating on the psychological impact of both prison worker and prisoner.
His most recent book, Gorilla Justice, is an un-edited raw fictional version of realistic prison experiences and events through the eyes of an anecdotal translation of the inmate’s plight and suffering while enduring the harsh and toxic prison environment including solitary confinement.
Carl has been interviewed by numerous news stations and newspapers in Phoenix regarding the escape from the Kingman prison and other high profile media cases related to wrongful deaths and suicides inside prisons. His insights have been solicited by the ACLU, Amnesty International, and various other legal firms representing solitary confinement cases in California and Arizona. He is currently working on the STG Step Down program at Pelican Bay and has offered his own experience insights with the Center of Constitutional Rights lawyers and interns to establish a core program at the SHU units. He has personally corresponded and written with SHU prisoners to assess the living conditions and how it impacts their long term placement inside these type of units that are similar to those in Arizona Florence Eyman special management unit where Carl was a unit deputy warden for almost two years before his promotion to Deputy Warden of Operations in Safford and Eyman.
He is a strong advocate for the mentally ill and is a board member of David's Hope Inc. a non-profit advocacy group in Phoenix and also serves as a senior advisor for Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council in Chino, California As a subject matter expert and corrections consultant, Carl has provided interviews and spoken on national and international radio talk shows e.g. BBC CBC Lou Show & TV shows as well as the Associated Press.
I use sarcasm, satire, parodies and other means to make you think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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