Moral Climate

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It is said we are at the end of Humanity because of the moral climate around us because of how we implement, decide and execute our moral values based on opinions contingent on our own feelings and those around us. We were all raised to treat humanity a certain way.

Whether we accepted those values or not, they laid the foundation of our own person and at the same time influenced by other persons that either live with us, work with us or associate with us. Many of us act the way they act and justify the means by claiming the ability to be intuitive between what is right and wrong.

One has the keen ability to be cognitive in nature and decide for their own what is right and what is wrong. The human formula for thinking is basic and available to all that use their brains. Many claim to use their intuitive abilities rather than base their thinking on facts or rational that is evidence based or scientifically proven to be truth.

Regardless, how we think is how we treat humanity and all those concerns relative to the existence of mankind based on your own moral requirements. We must accept this to be fact of nature and accept this as a part of our moral foundation.

Humanity is subject to one self’s interpretations in life and may be flawed yet right in the eyes of the beholder. The contradictions are a reality we must learn to face in order to change our moral attitudes and behaviors.

Most values are contingent in nature and relative to our own desires, emotions and feelings regarding a particular matter. This causes the morality to change from person to person as what may be right for me may not be right for you because we see things different.

It is always a possibility that one’s desires, needs and feelings are created or formulated based on rational deliberations and a value system that has been created within one’s own environment whether it be personal or professional in nature. Thus what we are reflects with whom we associate or have a relationship with in our lives. It may be indicative of how we perceive and respect others in our lives.

It is also possible that because we may also use rational thinking as well as emotions we could change the moral climate if we give some leverage, weight or influences to others around us who make different choices and see the values at a different concern level as our own. The matter of having the wisdom, the courage and the stamina to seek such a change in one’s thinking comes from within and should be recognized to be more powerful than anything from the outside.

Correctional Officers don’t Palaver Much

Correctional officers have supervised and managed thousands of murderers, sex offenders, thieves and drunk drivers while housed inside their jails and prisons. Yet on any given day, they don’t palaver much on these things surrounding them twenty four seven. They don’t talk much about how this job they have impacts their lives and minds. It’s just a routine that nobody else seems to understand.

So why don’t officers palaver much? How come they remain so quiet and say nothing about the stress and struggles they endure on this job.  Their silence isn’t because of some rule or law and contrary to the code of silence being real, they know everything and more about criminal behaviors but rarely talk about it. 

It is my opinion, for the lack of a better explanation, correctional officers don’t palaver much because they want to leave their job where they work. Bringing it home or to the outside may complicate their lives even more than it already is. They already knowingly how ugly society can be by being amongst those murdering and thieving persons called inmates. 

It could be because they are keenly aware of how Americans appear to have a lack of empathy or concern for what goes on inside those walls. It could because everything that does happen inside prisons is contrary to everything that is good in society and the truth is best be kept hidden. Thus it becomes normal to bastardize the concept of their limited role as prison officers and let it lay still for it’s best to leave sleeping dogs lie. 

America doesn’t care what goes on inside prisons. They don’t want to know. I could run through a litany of grave injustices and grievances and nobody would turn a head. There is no need to address such things as it has been established that prisoners are the enemy of the state and best be kept locked up with ball and chain. 

So when does the public care? They care when an officer makes a mistake or the agency releases a criminal to the streets too early. They care they are being victimized by criminals on parole or probation and shout at the top of their lungs to do something about it. They don’t care about justice, healthcare or even educational benefits for these criminals until they find out these individuals are going to live on the same street they do. They have no horse in the race until it knocks on their doors.

They only care if the illegal alien or murderer breaks out of prison and roams their communities looking for way to get away. These contradictions are many and feeds the frenzy when things go wrong in the prison world like it does so often but rarely talked about. Quick to criticize the administration and officers for not fulfilling their simplest tasks, they refuse to give them the funding and support needed to keep public safety number one. 

They hear that prisons keep the worst of the worst but refuse to acknowledge the good in people that get the job done. They have no confidence in the system that incarcerates them and naively presume that all is all right until something breaks. One has to wonder why correctional officers don’t palaver over their jobs much. One has to wonder if anyone cares what they do inside those dangerous prison walls each day and every night.

Arizona Politics – Part IV

The media reports “This possible lack of representation has been a pressing concern for Sen. Taylor (D-Phoenix) who has served 15 years in Arizona’s legislature and is now the state’s lone African-American representative. On Tuesday, she took her seat for her last term as a member of the senate — a position she has held for the last seven years after serving eight years in the House of Representatives.”

“This is consistent with racial representation in many other social areas of Arizona community leadership and team building concepts. With Sen. Taylor’s departure, which comes due to term limits, there is a chance that Arizona could join a handful of other states with no current black lawmakers including Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont and Utah. The state’s African-American constituents fear their voice may be stifled in the Republican-dominated state. “

This is something that is more than unnerving,” Sen. Taylor told the Grio Wednesday. “I think in our state of Arizona, and of course across the nation, it’s crucial to have diversity and representation in the state.” According to the census bureau, Arizona’s African-American population makes up 4.5 percent of the state’s total population of 6.6 million.”

 

The graph above reflects the African-American prison population as of April, 30^th 2014. As you can see, they are outnumbered almost 4 to 1 in any population setting. This may create more violence than can be imagined since they are vulnerable and susceptible to attacks by other races excluding the Native Americans who have no quarrel with them and are outnumbered as well.

To quote a very reputable gang expert whom I shared this information with he states “My concern, and was corroborated by the author of these kites, is that it has a great potential to spill into the communities. Should such occurrences (resulting in multiple injuries) have occurred in California (CDCR) it more than likely would have spread to the streets. Our gang culture commitment is not quite as astute.”

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