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

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Charles L. Ryan is not doing his job ~

Reading the press releases on the latest Corizon fiasco of using contaminated needles at the Buckeye prison is very indicative of political cover-ups to the public making it seem like the Arizona Department of Corrections is the victim here of malfeasance by a contract provider and an ill prepared or trained nurse. Ryan has been hit by several of these contractual deficiencies and appears to play the victim as well by ignoring the problem and acting surprised each time these vendors hired to provide healthcare for the state screw up. Charles L. Ryan is playing the victim’s game and playing it well. He knows that his ties with this healthcare company are close and walks a tight line to provide them the optimum profit and benefits possible by giving them the contract in a manner never done before. It is indicative of a widening pattern of an abuse-of-power that has risen to billion dollar proportions unnoticed or deliberately ignored by anyone that pays his salary.

His strategy is stunningly effective. People either believe him or they don’t care. Certainly the governor has supported his inattention to his job and responsibilities many times since she took office as she makes it clear she appointed this crony for specific reasons related to her connection to the private prison business. Her profit margin is growing and Ryan has been a main contributor to that growth either directly or indirectly by his decision-making position.

Looking at his background you will find many failures that have been blamed on others or certain individuals. He has successfully devastated the efficiency of his agency to warrant and justify the use of private prison beds and embraced private vendors even when they fail to provide us with the appropriate public safety we all expect from a public service agency such as corrections. The Red Rock prison project is his latest triumph is fooling the public’s mind.

One has to wonder why no one has challenged his failures and documented inability to run the agency according to lawful expectations and moral standards. There are prisoners dying, committing suicides, getting infected and left untreated. The Kingman escape illustrated how several murderers on the loose can create chaos and violence as they murdered and plundered society’s innocents while on the lamb.

Secondly these deviated and disproportioned conditions impact prison staffs physical and psychological victimization [secondary stress and trauma] and exposures and endangers the public sector’s safety and health as well as families of employees and prisoners. Faced with the facts after each incident the DOC releases a generically created politically correct press release that gives no facts of the case but satisfies the public’s hunger for information.

The mere contents of these press releases should indicate the suggestion of any or all political motivation to not reveal the truth and limits the media and others seeking the facts of such cases of knowing exactly what happened and how it was handled.

Charles L. Ryan was hired to do a job for those pushing privatization of government services and he is doing it well. On the other hand, as a public servant for the people, he is totally disregarded his oath to this public office and has not done his job in preserving public safety, public health and public trust.

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