by Bob Walsh
It has happened before. The CDC made at least one major and a couple of minor attempts to force integration of cells and bunk stacks in dorms. It was, as one might expect, an unmitigated disaster.
A year ago the empty suits who run the new California Dept. of Corrections (and rehabilitation), many of who have never worn a uniform in their lives, started loosening up on yard restrictions for known gang involved inmates and allowing and even encouraging some intermingling on the yard so that the "good inmates" among them could effectively function as peace makers.
Not only did it not work worth a diddly damn but the prisoners themselves and prison rights groups accused officials of "setting up fights" between the groups for their own amusement.
The Fresno Bulldogs are one of the prime players in this little farce, having generated 32 of the brawls (riots) over the last year. Of the 45 recorded serious attempts to integrate the yards 27 ended up in notable violence.
Anybody with any brains and any experience within the system knows these social experiments are doomed to failure. Brains and experience are not widely present at higher levels of the department.
4 comments:
They oughta fire and prosecute those who encouraged and implemented this disaster. I mean...this has been tried before, with the same brutal results. What made anyone think that this time it would be different?
Just thinking outside the box.
This is actually the result of a us Supreme Court ruling several years ago that said they can’t use race to place cell mates.
Wishful thinking??
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