Arizona and the Glimmer Man

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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.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Arizona and the Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man was once a very powerful Arizona state official who ran the tough Arizona prison system. He was also once a government prison intelligence agent sent overseas on contract by his country to help set up an Iraqi prison called Abu Ghraib. Called the glimmer man because he could move so quickly you would only see a glimmer of him as he established himself as a prison expert and builder of these concrete jungles, his sufferers could only see a glimpse of his deeds before they succumbed to him in resignation, submission or just fade away. Coming to Iraq with his faithful side kick and several other prison “experts” he was resolved to set up the correctional practices for this prison and time to come. Once he completed this task, he was honored as a hero and came back home with his side kick to Arizona and settled down in the shadows of state politics and was unheard or unseen for several years until lately. In the meantime, his side kick was appointed by the governor to run the state prisons and promoted in lieu of the much more qualified glimmer man who drew heat to himself from the media when the governor was looking for prison leadership.

Rarely seen in public with his pseudo little glimmer man, the Arizona prison director, the real glimmer man makes his presence dwarfs the company of his long time and faithful side kick, now the official top dog in Arizona prisons. In fact, when you stand close to them, you can feel the difference between the two as the glimmer man demands respect and the pseudo glimmer man begs for respect. If you closely, it becomes obvious who is in charge and who the de facto boss of the Arizona prison system really is, The Glimmer Man. Using his prison intelligence to guide, direct or mentor his side kick on the complexities of running a prison, there appears to be no power struggle at the top as the glimmer took control. His policies are the same as those circa 2001 to 2003 and the resemblance of those methods are reflected in the way policies are followed or in most cases, not followed. Never leaving the scene where they appeared together, they depart separately on purpose.
Hiding in the shadows makes this glimmer man a most interesting persona as he has stated in public his role in Arizona prisons is to act as a “consultant” to private prison contractors specifically the Management Training Corporation or MTC who are currently bidding on Arizona prison beds in Coolidge and other rural towns. Never mind the fact that MTC was the contractor of the fateful ASPC Kingman escape last year where three murders escaped and went on a violent crime spree that killed two innocent people in New Mexico. In fact, it has been his presence in these small towns that has created the mysticism in his position as consultant as it has been inferred that he is actually acting on the behalf of the Governor’s staff and their ties to the private prison vendors. If the glimmer man is assigned to recon and scouts the possibilities for building new prisons to replace public prisons, the mission is on track.

Promising more jobs in areas already suffering high unemployment, one must only guess where the workers would come from unless they lay off the state workers and get them to sign on with the privates to keep their jobs. Most curious but rarely caught by those bystanders, cheering in orchestrated cheers for support, was the fact that this Glimmer Man has more answers than the real boss of the prison system. Speculation is running high and the glimmer man moves about so stealthily that he can’t be seen unless you know who or what you are looking for. His path of wrath is obvious if you look and glean critical events for the past few years. High natural deaths, homicides and suicides are indirect indicators of his methodology and influence of the past and prison ideology.

Today, reports of repeated incidents of broken policies & procedures and willful negligence by employees ranking from wardens to corrections officers’ shows the impact and intimidation skills inside our public prisons. The practice of deliberate indifference exists and the overall quality of prison wellness is sabotaged by those who admire him and his side-kick. He is indeed good at what he does; changing the environment or culture to allow Arizona public prisons to fail is in progress and to resolve this problem he will recommend to the governor by replacing them with private prisons through sellouts of the public’s penitentiaries, closing them, lease or transfer prisoner beds to the contractors and commit more funding for these prisons rather than public prisons; all this and more from the shadows on the walls of the fourth floor on Jefferson Street, Phoenix.

Source:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/09/04/20110904arizona-prison-business-politics.html