A WITCH HUNT BEGINS ON THE DCF PLANTATION

There is currently a selective process going on at Connecticut Juvenile Training School to stop egalitarian rights from being obtained by Youth Services Officers.We must first of all understand how for years a culture of injustice, bias,corruption, nepotism and racism has been encouraged and flourished at CJTS. Those in power have made sure no winds of meaningful change have blown to inspire the oppressed employees from accessing power. Now employees have glimpsed something which raised their level of consciousness; CJTS management is going after a few select employees and using policy and procedure adherence as a righteous cover. Why is this happening now? To be honest the answer lies in the fact that CJTS is seeking to expand,bringing in more incarcerated youth, thus receiving more state and federal dollars. It is necessary therefore to make sure the new facility at CJTS is conditioned i.e. no troublemakers spoil appearances of tranquility. Historically oppressors seek to keep a serene appearance on horrific occurrences: deception is a key element on the DCF Plantation,"now you see it,now you don't." Also, in the past three years, activists within CJTS and other DCF sites went on the offensive in exposing nefarious practices of management which entails (1.) selective consequences for favored YSOs when investigated for infractions such as hitting a resident, (2.) allowing Caucasian employees to receive mild consequences and people of color to receive draconian punishment, (3.) to allow a Caucasian Unit Leader to take time off from work (through manipulation of work scheduling). So now management institutes a witch hunt on the CJTS Plantation to serve as an object lesson for those employees with a vision for human rights: the thinking is not original but predictable, scare those employees who think of activism by punishing certain troublesome YSOs.