To My Friends -

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, March 8, 2014

To My Friends -

To my friends – yes it’s true I have the urge to speak and speak loud. Dealing with the pressures within me and communicating with others has created a need to communicate and say what’s on my mind. Is it a little more expressive than before? Yes. It is. The challenge has been how to channel my thoughts constructively and truthfully.

I have been dealing with things in the background that make me sick because of the nasty things I have been learning about recent events and the deception behind these attempts to not reveal the true nature of the problem. People are getting hurt and hurt badly. Should I say what’s on my mind? Not likely, criticism and being politically correct usually demands you leave things best unsaid.

However, I am not worried about criticism and not politically correct – I don’t gossip and go around rumors the best I can. I don’t always express myself elegantly or eloquently. That’s for those that know the language better than I do. I basically tell it like it is and let you make up your own minds.

What is the plan you ask? The plan is simple – I will continue to criticize and report to lawmakers, media and other sources the problems that exist and that makes working inside these Arizona prisons unsafe. In the past I did this effectively with others that joined the cause to make things safer and it worked for a while as time took its toll on the memories of those involved in the change. The OSHA project was a successful event and brought things back into compliance for a short while.

I want to draw the ADOC into a smart reaction – I want them to step out of their circle of denial and combine an action plan to make things safe again. I want them to be proactive and not reactive in their decision making. These wrong reactions can be disastrous and some of that is currently showing up in Lewis. How we get this done is important and we need press coverage. However, I can’t get anyone to speak up or out for fear of repercussions or other negative disciplinary actions pending.

I don’t want to take anyone down. I don’t want anyone’s job. I want to exercise my right to free speech and criticize what I know to be legitimate problems and concerns. The election is near – there will be campaigning and I would want a chance to talk to all the candidates for governor – this is how change is made. I have to think how to approach this from a position of credibility, strength, and be unapologetic in nature for the recent ADOC’s stupidity in the execution of their policies.

I can’t be bought or brought into silence and neither should you. We could face the issues and concerns together or I can try to do this alone. Needless to say, the more who choose to stand united, the stronger the criticism and the more coverage we get to express our concerns to the public, the lawmakers and the administration.