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.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Open Letter to Governor J. Brewer –


Open Letter to Governor J. Brewer –

Where is the Accountability?

 

Reading the blog written on February 4, 2013, by Director Charles L. Ryan on his state owned website I was appalled by the tone of his message about staff conduct or more appropriately, staff misconduct. Leading off with a politically correct statement it appears that the Arizona Department of Corrections is in deep trouble internally as it experiences a morality breakdown and a severe lack of personal responsibility by its employees on or off duty.

 

His message was focused on his tally of persons in uniform and non-uniform that have been arrested or become involved in “illegal activities each and every week.” He goes on to state that “in fact, in the past four and a half years, there have been 640 staff arrests of which 433 – over two thirds – were for behaviors like domestic violence, fighting, assaults, harassment, drug use and possession.” Mr. Ryan was   hired back in January, 2009 by then Interim-Governor Janice Brewer

 

Certainly not a message to applaud, it is indicative of the lack of leadership and accountability by those Director Ryan has appointed into offices of responsibility and accountability to work for him as well as Arizona taxpayers that pay their salaries. In addition to these arrests there were over one thousand administrative disciplinary cases logged for the past year adding more misconduct to the formulary that indicates a serious breakdown of law and order as well as moral turpitude and character within our prison employee workplace. It goes without saying that these type of behaviors impact the supervision of incarcerated offenders in prison and out on parole status as well.,

 

To keep this in perspective, it is obvious that there are more good employees than bad ones however the director cannot and should not expect these good employees, uniformed and non-uniformed to carry the burdens of those that do not take their oath to the state seriously and put other staff in danger or compromising positions by their own misconduct or inability to perform the job hired to do. He needs to make executive administrative changes in the chain of command and demand conformity to the rule of law. It is with much emphasis and concern we need to address staff misconduct and ensure we make it mandatory that all staff adhere to their oath, the laws of our state and the moral aptitude required to wear the badge and enforce state laws within our prison systems.

 

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