Broken Bridges

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, August 10, 2012

Broken Bridges

Society has failed us in their influence over morality and justice. The concept of reasoning and allowing us to decide what is best for all [including self interest] has dominated the political scene and has dominated the legislative agenda in many states not excluding the Congress of the federal government or the office of the President. This regression of our individual freedoms has decimated the moral fiber of this country as we cope with political correctness and corruption in order to deliver promises made but never delivered.

The political system today has been set up for sheep to follow. It is oriented around blind obedience and fear of punishment if one fails to conform to those ideas, agendas or missions stated. Creating fear by those in power, one must worry more about punishment rather than fulfillment as laws are created to inflict long and severe jail or prison sentences for those who are prosecuted by eager individuals who hold their destiny and fate in their hands.

In order to conform, people have to ask the ultimate questions. Through this self-interest goal they must say “what’s in it for me?” and “how much do I have to pay so this will benefit me?’ rather looking out for the best interest for all and those who need a helping hand to survive the hardships abound. Through time, many will jump on the bandwagon to satisfy their own greed, needs and desires through political embracement and endorsements.

This conformity to the political powers has destroyed the social norms of yesterday as interpersonal accord and harmony falls to the wayside for political favors and greed. The fact is that persons are judged on their “benefits” within society rather than their individual goodwill or contributions to society or family. We have gone from independence to interdependence on government and associated villains.

Conformity has a high price associated with it as it bring about strict authority and social order that must be enforced through elements that are designed through strict orientation or “brainwashing” techniques that is done with the justice and cause for law and order. Society is demanding you give in to your individual rights and forfeit them for the sake of the social order. They demand you comply and if you don’t you will do jail time or worse, sentenced to prison for your ideals that are revolutionary in thought to the new social norms dictated by the new order.

Today, men and women have become subject to a new set of universal ethical principles that are not in the good book. These principles counter the Ten Commandments and are designed for total control related to your thoughts and your actions. Universal Ethics is a set of principles which apply to all humans, whether secular or religious, independent from any particular faith.

Universal Ethics are a sort of Moral Constitution which is articulated as a set of specific ethical principles acceptable to all human beings. Under this ‘constitution’ all religions or secular groups can develop (or maintain) their own additional ethical principles.

This is a most extreme path not taken in consideration by our founding fathers when they set up the United States Constitution. Every day, the courts are diluting our rights under our Constitution and eventual demise of our civil rights as we have fought for, died for will extinguish under this new social order imposed to us by a minority but a minority that has both the power and the money to make the new social order a reality and implement the new moral constitution to implement their own principles and not those guaranteed by the Constitution.