Solitary Confinement for Border Patrol Agent Jesus Diaz is unsafe

As published in the New American "Former Border Patrol agent Jesus Diaz was denied bond at a hearing earlier this month, but in an interview with Liberty News Network national correspondent Andy Ramirez, members of the Diaz family spoke out. Agent Diaz was prosecuted and jailed after the Mexican government filed a complaint alleging that he pulled on the handcuffs of a suspected illegal-immigrant drug smuggler. Two oversight agencies cleared him of wrongdoing, but the U.S. Department of Justice decided to take on the case anyway. U.S. District Court judge Alia Ludlum refused the request of Diaz to be let out on bond prior to sentencing. His wife, Diana (picture, above), who still works for the Border Patrol, said judge Ludlum denied the motion because, according to the court, her husband is a "danger to the community." The denial of bail in this case is best described as another travesty of justice as the government has willfully chosen to put former agent Diaz at a higher risk for personal harm and serious injuries including death. In fact, his actions put the lives and welfare of those correctional officers escorting and supervising his movement and confinement at high risk as well. Understanding the inherent duties and responsibilities of these officers, it goes to say that the presence of Jesus Diaz inside their prison makes it the sole responsibility of the prison administration to ensure that all security procedures are followed as written and trained. Failing to understand the judge's reluctance to allow bail for the offense accused, it makes his innocence even more important so that he can be removed from this dreadful and potentially dangerous situation immediately.

Reading an article written back in 2007 when convicted Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos was incarcerated for a crime that lacks for a better word "the corruptive nature and credibility of our criminal justice system" it is with urgent manners I urge the Congressional representatives of the state of Texas to closely get involved and examine the conditions of confinement of former agent Jesus Diaz. Not surprised by the brutal beating former agent Ramos took from 5 other inmates [while in general population], I advocate for someone be aware of the inherent threats, dangers and possibilities that exist currently. Diaz is sitting inside an isolated prison cell awaiting a sentencing sometime in the Fall that could get him up to 35 years in prison. He is a sitting target for other prisoners to harm him as he has been restricted in movement and privileges. Being a target to victimize or harm can happen to former agent Diaz in solitary confinement. Something that the prosecutors never think of when they railroad someone to prison is what happens to them after they are convicted, sentenced and then housed according to their risk factors and special needs. Realizing that every man incarcerated has a right to an appeal, it would behoove the prison officials to take every precaution possible to protect Diaz. Thinking that this agent is safe inside a secure cell 23/7 it is with practical experience that I warn prison officials keeping Diaz out of harm's way of the many challenges they will have the longer the agent is kept at their facility.
Every moment he is there, someone, not important who but somebody will take the risk to "take out" a former cop to earn his status inside the prisons as a bad ass and reap the benefits becoming of such a title. There are many ways of harming Jesus Diaz as most that I discuss have already been attempted either successfully or unsuccessfully but resulting in serious injuries non-the-less. The first threat are those who are housed nearby him as he does leave his cell for one hour to shower or rec or both if time allows it.

During this time, Diaz must cross the path of many sociopaths and other dangerous individuals who can fabricate inside their cell, weapons that can inflict both pain and serious injuries by the method delivered or fabricated. Lethal darts can be fabricated out of staples, out of paper and out of small pieces of metal that can be delivered with pin point accuracy for the eyes or head to inflict serious wounds. Spears made up of rolled up newspapers or magazines can be launched with great accuracy and then there are the slingshots made of the rubber inside their shorts that can launch a projectile into the direction of Diaz without notice. Battery casings are often used for the metal tip of the dart and spears. Compacted and round in shape, they can resemble little pellets out of a spring loaded barrel and hit their target with great velocity to inflict harm. Although staff may be wearing face shields and other safety equipment, Jesus Diaz will wear none to protect himself from foreign objects being launched at him.
Being escorted restrained and shackled to the point of being immobilized, he is susceptible of being assaulted by others who make and take the opportunity to harm him just because he is a former lawman. Taken to and from the visitation area has its hazards. Officers, often working shorthanded take shortcuts to get it done. Working on the principle of moving one inmate at a time to avoid coincidental contact, exceptions are often made to speed things up inside these prisons and staff take chances of compromising their own policies to get things done quicker thus allowing those opportunist to plan and plot harming Diaz.

The ingestion of chemicals can make him seriously sick and the food is not always under supervision as it is traditionally tampered with and prepared by other inmates who know the delivery practice better than the officers who make the deliveries out of these food carts. Just like the delivery of drugs are made into the isolation cells via laundry, visitation, enhanced with poor search procedures, a mistake can easily turn into a nightmare for officers who work there and must maintain a vigilance to observe all rules and be due diligent in their performance. The ever presence of MERSA or other staph related bacteria can make a person severely ill and without the proper medical care, his condition can be elevated by the mere negligence of treatment or in most cases, the failure to diagnose the problem when reported to medical staff.

For the sake of keeping former agent Jesus Diaz protected and free from harm while inside a prison cell, those who control his fate and his safety must exercise extreme caution when he is taken to and from his cell. He must be assigned an officer and a supervisor to ensure policies are followed to the letter. His food must be inspected and those cells adjacent or in proximity of his cell must be searched often for dangerous contraband. Flammable items must be restricted and an awareness of probability of harm should exist among staff as well as how he is treated inside his cell as the environment he lives in right now is a most unstable environment that can be easily disrupted with the right distraction that allows an opportune moment for someone that has evil on his mind and take out another person who worked hard to serve his country and was failed by his own government to keep him safe.

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http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/8012-jailed-border-agent-jesus-diaz-denied-bond-family-speaks-out