I was told a story once about soldiers in antiquity going to fight in a war. These soldiers left behind wives, lovers and children. The soldiers paid a group of men to watch their loved ones until the war ended. But as they marched off to war someone said in Latin quis custodiet ipsos custodes "who will guard the guards themselves?" This phrase came to mind upon hearing rumors about an attempted escape by a resident at Connecticut Juvenile Training School August 19, 2013 in evening. It has been reported to DCFplantation blog that on Monday a male resident from Unit 5C tied sheets and shoes together and threw them over a fence in his escape attempt; to make matters worse all those cameras failed to pick up this resident's escape from CJTS. He got to the top of that fence, but failed to pull himself over,thus like Icarus in classical mythology falling from the sky. Then the resident was restrained and put in a padded cell. Seems like the employees who missed this on camera need a padded cell.What is even more interesting are these facts 1. the resident wore street clothes while attempting his escape, 2. the resident had currency ( $20 dollars) on him, 3. he had a contact list of people to call after getting out.
Administrators fired me and a Puerto Rican employee for looking at a computer and not noticing two residents fighting. Now a resident tries getting over a fence in evening, but nobody is watching? Why is there not an investigation about the following things ( a.) how did the resident manage to hide clothing and money?, (b.) how did the resident manage to go undetected from Unit 5C for such a period as to change clothes and throw sheets, plus shoes, over a fence?? It is time to ask if CJTS administratiors are going to fire people in operations who supposedly watch? Let me be clear, there is no way with all those cameras around CJTS this should or could happen. Two Youth Services Officers fired for watching a computer but the good ol' boys in administration get a pass? Please give me a break.
This is a gross injustce in the making if CJTS administrators are allowed to fire a Puerto Rican and African American male over looking at a computer, but turn a blind eye while someone ( like them ) in operations gets a pass for not watching camera screens.
Wonder if the outcome of this investigation will be based on race (?)
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