How to Spin the Truth -

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, March 7, 2014

How to Spin the Truth -

Whenever someone holding a public office spins the truth you can be guaranteed is it politically motivated. Spinning the truth is an art form of deception. Deception is often difficult to recognize unless you have the access to the same information that is spun for the benefit of downplaying the incident or subtly put it into a new perspective to suit selfish needs.

A blatant spin is designed to discredit an opponent or a viewpoint on an important matter. When a story or incident is spun, it accumulates ‘facts’ that are fabricated for a reason or to hide other facts that discredit another perspective given by someone else. Spinning does not follow the following rule “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”

Spinning may be done with politically correct wording, the use of inflammatory terms or derogatory in nature. Spinning words of the truth can be done in questions or statements. It can be facilitated to be used in either method. There is no attempt to tell the truth or correlate any facts to recognize a factual reality or attempt to make it so.

The sad news is that spinning the truth is an acceptable practice and has become the way press releases and other events are presented to the public as it normally fulfills their desire to know what happened but not the actual facts of the incident or event.

Apathy is the spinner’s best friend as it leaves nothing else to be questioned and gives an account that satisfies most and reduces the collateral damage of what could be a painful outcome. Pushing the truth into the shadows and the promotion of deception is common. It have become an acceptable way to lie to the people. It does not contain any truth and its true meaning as all have been altered to change the spotlight on the subject or matter discussed.

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