Ryan’s Doctrine

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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Monday, July 21, 2014

Ryan’s Doctrine

There is no doubt there are increasingly frantic administrators on board with prison boss Charles Ryan’s prison policies today and that may in fact lead to a crippling impact on how effectively these policies are implemented and carried out these days.

Publicly speaking, there is no internal turmoil amongst the leadership but in all reality, there is a serious abyss between them that causes grave concern for operational effectiveness and public safety.

If Charles Ryan doesn’t move to bring the agency back into legal and moral compliance of their best practices and public safety standards, there are risks that others may conduct their operational concerns independently and become political outcasts to the central office administration.

They would suffer sanctions that could in fact remove them from office as they serve at-will positions closely monitored for loyalty and compliance issues to the person in charge.

The agency’s business is out of order and has lunged into a state of inquisition and horror.

Nobody will speak out because of the implicit fear or threat of being fired or dismissed as retribution or revenge for their unwillingness to conduct business the Ryan Doctrine way.

Any sign of rebellion or disobedience will result in some of these competent state officials be brought to their knees and or have heavy boots put on their necks and forced to reverse their options and comply.

To this date, Ryan has been politically capable and effectively push the blame to something or someone else. He has a blanket of plausible deniability because he does not acknowledge any problems within his agency. He has demonstrated to be very effective in dealing with damage control issues and minimize the collateral damage but the lid is about to be blown off the containment box he has created.

Ryan’s circle is comprised of old friends and new allies. He is firmly in control of his own personal power circle but has weakened his grip on the institutional administrative culture that runs the prisons.

Under law, these lower administrators realize they are being placed in hazardous positions by their bosses and fear being targeted personally and professional as a result of increased legal litigations that might reveal in a courtroom of law, negligence and malfeasance sponsored by those above them.

These subordinates fear punitive damages that could result in personal civil torts against them as they act as agents for the state but put themselves out there by not following written guidelines and practices that in fact create chaos and turmoil on the ground where all these deaths, delays and assaults are taking place. Each one of these wardens or administrators risk becoming a pariah if they don’t behave properly according to the Ryan Doctrine.

There is already a sense of fear that is it clear that non-compliance with his rule could get them into alienation and dismissal without notice. Every time they act on their own, they risk a political encroachment that could be fatal and result in the loss of their jobs.