NOW THE EVIL TOUCHES THEM

The DCF Plantation blog received information that Connecticut Juvenile Training School employees are recognizing something is wrong at that facility. CJTS management has been quietly continuing a campaign to target Youth Service Officers that are held in low esteem.For several years some of the YSOs  maintained a type of indifference when management targeted co-workers: the mantra went like this, "it is not me and I just want to work overtime." However as time moves forward in a linear fashion a thought can change. It is now being said openly by certain YSOs how CJTS management seeks out male employees of color for discipline while ignoring other ethnic groups ( caucasians?) Why a change of thinking ? When you are not personally  touched by evil it is easy to be in denial. Now YSOs are experiencing 'that personal touch' due to a widening net by management to tether ( in some manner) males of color. A television comedian named Jackie Gleason use to say "how sweet it is." Indeed, a certain amount of satisfaction occurs when people in denial come around or "done gone and got religion." But why did it take almost five years of activism at CJTS plantation for workers to realize their arse is in the same boat as other YSOs? Dr. Phil could spend hours on the topic of why YSOs finally came around to acknowledging these machinations by management.
Whatever the reasons are for a turnaround by YSOs it is welcome: now move from acknowledgement to action.

WORKERS COMPENSATION, FORCED OVERTIME, JOB CLASSIFICATION

It seems as if three things are going on at Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, Connecticut. First of all, at least thirteen Youth Service Officers from second shift (2pm-11:10pm) are out on Workers Compensation due to some injury. This might be the norm in a facility where restraining incarcerated youth occurs daily. However, all thirteen people are riding around in a van outside CJTS property for hours and this is called light duty. Second of all, because thirteen people are on light duty there is a need for bodies to fill in for those injured. This has caused management at CJTS to force other YSOs to work another shift; at this juncture forced overtime is falling on first shift workers (6am-3:10pm). Sources indicate three times this week first shift has been forced to work longer hours; is this forced overtime a safety issue? How long can people be forced to work before lapses of judgment occur or injuries mount? CJTS management in their wisdom see nothing wrong with thirteen people ridng in a van due to  Workers Compenstaion or continually forcing employees to work extra shifts in a highly stressful situation (dealing with incarcerated males ages 12-18 years old). Thirdly, -and this needs explaining- CJTS management has called into service during this lack of YSO power CJTS clinicians. You read correctly, clinicians are being asked to work in the place of YSOs. Does this shifting of clinicians to do YSO work take people out of their job classification? What about clinicians who sit in offices all day getting minds right, now being asked to engage in possible physical restraints? But here is the best part of this story, the clinicians received emails stating there would be overtime pay for working with YSOs. CJTS management then sent an email reading, clinicians would now get a comp day instead of overtime pay. After this second email all six clinicians withdrew their names from working with YSOs during this crisis. In my opinion CJTS management places everyone in harmful position due to needing bodies.
Wait. Listen to this. People on first shift do not want to be forced to work and are taking earned time off (leaving early) in order to avoid being made to work.
Well now you  know the latest saga on the DCF Plantation.
In the words of one masked man, "hi yo Silver- away."

ADMINISTRATORS ON THE DCF PLANTATION AND STATE COMPUTER USE

Research from Freedom of Information Act documents we received point to possible misuse of state computers by three top administrators at DCF and Connecticut Juvenile Training School. I invite all readers to take a look at the snapshots listed below, and ask your self are these job related.

AnnMarie Ritter's website usage: Ann Marie is the  Principal Human Resources Specialist for DCF . She is responsible for upholding the letter of the law as it pertains to HR policy issues. How come it reads on website data she appears to be looking for information how to sell her music on iTunes. At one point Ann Marie searched Google with a state computer for subjects about credibility gap. The definition of credibility gap is "lack of trust, lack of believability and discrepancy." How much credibility does a Human Resources Department Head have when she approves for people to be escorted off CJTS /DCF property for doing what she does- using a state computer for non work related subjects? If you look at one of the snapshots below you find Ann Marie looking for policy on misuse of state equipment. It ironic that she has disciplined people and not herself. Where is the justice in this?

1. Big Y
2. MySpace
3. How can I sell my music on iTunes

John DiPilla:  This man is the second in command at CJTS his title is Assistant Superintendent . He has responsibilities of keeping employees and residents safe etc. Yet, DiPilla appears to be on FoxSports for at least an hour on some days. Not to mention that FOI records indicate interest in a landscaping business-and this is done using a state computer. There are people currently not working at CJTS (see item of this website Ruel Catching Hell) due to heavy handed policies about computer use. Hey DiPilla, is part of your job description to peruse sports pages or look for landscaping concepts? Who watches you as you supposedly watch everyone else?

1. Landscaping
2. FoxSports for what appears to be more than an hour usgae

John Mattera: This man is a State School Principal 2 at CJTS. With such a job there are many responsibilities such as monitoring the academic achievements of CJTS residents. How does a school principal have the time to do all of this while at work? while using state equipment? I suspect men do visit Victoria Secret website; documents indicate Mattera haunts this site. It also appears that personal banking is done at work using state computers, and to access SLS Loan Service which is a mortgage Company. Let us not forget his access to Money.CNN.Com concerning stocks and banking. Could the access to a flower shop  in Canton have anything to do with Victoria's Secret? Hey, can anything written above relate to mentoring children at a facility for young boys?

1. Flower shop in Canton
2. Money.CNN.com
3. Levy & Droney
4. Northwest Community Bank
5. SLS Loan servicing

You can click each picture to enlarge it, also you can click the links below to see the entire file. There appears to be many other usage that are not business related.

This is a small part of their website usage, more information to follow.

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AnnMarie Ritter

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John DiPilla

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John Mattera

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