A reliable source reported that Youth Service Officer Alicia Kane has been walked off the girl's facility -called Pueblo- in Middletown. This facility was opened by DCF especially for girls and has been a role model for disarray since. Why did Connecticut Juvenile Training School administrators ( around Oct. 15, 2014 ) walk a female YSO off the property ?? We are seeking to find out the details because this is a departure from the normal routine at CJTS. In the past only employees of color held the distinction of being hustled off the property ...so to speak. In the last two years CJTS has walked off a white male YSO and now a white female.
Let me be clear. This latest incident might be a ruse by CJTS to convince the public at large that all employees are treated equally at the DCF Plantation. In other words now management can point to the fact that white employees are held to the same disciplinary standards as everyone else. Yeah right.
It is known however that Kane is now treated the same ( as folk of color i.e.).
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
THE TALE OF JANE DOE -PART II
The last story about Jane Doe pointed out that the transgender person at Connecticut Juvenile Training School might have received help - on the outside- after she escaped not long ago from that facility. Sources inside CJTS also hinted at the fact a new Youth Services Officer at that facility might have been involved in some sort of inappropriate relationship with Jane [ both inside and after the escape ]. Now more revelations come to the staff of DCF Plantation blog and Lord have mercy it is indeed scandalous.
Reliable sources report that when Jane was apprehended on Park Street in Hartford her accomplice abandoned her over some quarrel or misunderstanding. When Jane went back to CJTS she was taken to intake and searched as is the custom at CJTS with returning residents. However now the plot thickens. A male YSO discovered what appeared to be bodily fluids and blood in Jane's undergarments. This YSO informed the female administrator standing around the corner and bagged the evidence. Where are those pieces of clothing ? and did management think to connect the dots to that male staff member spending inordinate amounts of overtime on Jane's Unit? This blog staff member has been informed that management at CJTS have an idea that this male YSO might be involved with Jane, in a manner not befitting a state worker, but lack the proof to make any charges. Now this is where it gets even murkier and convoluted.
Two female employees at CJTS have been informed about the Great Escape of Jane Doe and all the salacious details ... including the possible tryst outside with a YSO. Why have these women and other sources not stepped forth to confirm what they heard from not secondary sources but THE PRIME source? It is inconceivable that three grown adults have knowledge of a possible indiscretion but say nothing bout it. Hey what about all that verbal swill coming out of DCF public mouthpiece Gary Keeblatt about " now DCF can get on with its mission of protecting children." Well that applies evidently to everyone expect a transgender person of color called Jane Doe. Let us be honest about this entire thing swirling around about Jane : DCF / CJTS do not know what to do with a transgender person. Jane has been tossed around - first at a male facility, then a women's prison, then a girl's facility named Pubelo, now back at CJTS- like a pair of funky socks. Now this latest episode in the modern day tragedy called Jane Doe is hovering over DCF / CJTS like the Sword of Damocles.
Wonder what all those self entitled administrators will say when the identity of the YSO is revealed and it is proven he carried on inappropriately with a child in their care?? It could be that Jane is just another cipher in the game played by those who enjoy white privilege at an agency pretending to care for children [ of color mostly ] in their care. If Euripides were alive today Jane's story would read better than any of his Greek tragedies from antiquity.
Reliable sources report that when Jane was apprehended on Park Street in Hartford her accomplice abandoned her over some quarrel or misunderstanding. When Jane went back to CJTS she was taken to intake and searched as is the custom at CJTS with returning residents. However now the plot thickens. A male YSO discovered what appeared to be bodily fluids and blood in Jane's undergarments. This YSO informed the female administrator standing around the corner and bagged the evidence. Where are those pieces of clothing ? and did management think to connect the dots to that male staff member spending inordinate amounts of overtime on Jane's Unit? This blog staff member has been informed that management at CJTS have an idea that this male YSO might be involved with Jane, in a manner not befitting a state worker, but lack the proof to make any charges. Now this is where it gets even murkier and convoluted.
Two female employees at CJTS have been informed about the Great Escape of Jane Doe and all the salacious details ... including the possible tryst outside with a YSO. Why have these women and other sources not stepped forth to confirm what they heard from not secondary sources but THE PRIME source? It is inconceivable that three grown adults have knowledge of a possible indiscretion but say nothing bout it. Hey what about all that verbal swill coming out of DCF public mouthpiece Gary Keeblatt about " now DCF can get on with its mission of protecting children." Well that applies evidently to everyone expect a transgender person of color called Jane Doe. Let us be honest about this entire thing swirling around about Jane : DCF / CJTS do not know what to do with a transgender person. Jane has been tossed around - first at a male facility, then a women's prison, then a girl's facility named Pubelo, now back at CJTS- like a pair of funky socks. Now this latest episode in the modern day tragedy called Jane Doe is hovering over DCF / CJTS like the Sword of Damocles.
Wonder what all those self entitled administrators will say when the identity of the YSO is revealed and it is proven he carried on inappropriately with a child in their care?? It could be that Jane is just another cipher in the game played by those who enjoy white privilege at an agency pretending to care for children [ of color mostly ] in their care. If Euripides were alive today Jane's story would read better than any of his Greek tragedies from antiquity.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
THE PLANTATION IS FORCED TO CORRECT INJUSTICES
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Five employees who had their names added to a child abuse registry as a form of discipline by Connecticut's child welfare agency will be taken off the list, union officials told The Associated Press.
The fired youth service officers, including an outspoken critic of the agency, had been prevented from getting other jobs that involved interaction with children because of their placement on the Department of Children and Families list of people who have abused or neglected children.
A labor union said it had been working for about a year to address an increase in the number of workers whose names were placed on the statewide registry.
Paul Lavallee, president of AFSCME Local 2663, said the five covered by the settlements were involved in incidents where they failed to pay attention on the job and youths were injured. He said he has never known of the registry, created to make the public aware of people who pose a risk to children, to be used in such cases.
Individual settlements were reached in recent weeks between the union and the agency regarding the five, who worked at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, according to the union. They've either been rehired with back pay or retired. The union has not named the workers.
The Department of Children and Families commented on the state's settlement involving only one of the officers, Cornell Lewis, who has made his firing known publicly. Lewis is a black youth services officer who has been involved in numerous protests to draw attention to what he says is a racist attitude at the child welfare agency and the Middletown school, the state's only secure facility for delinquent teenage boys.
"At times, it is not in the department's best interests to support an individual's continued employment in working with the high risk and vulnerable population of youth and families whom we serve," the department said in a statement regarding the action taken against Lewis.
Department of Children and Families spokesman Gary Kleeblatt declined to comment on the other four cases beyond the statement.
Lewis was fired in July 2013 after he and two other employees were looking at non-work-related content on a computer when a youth was injured. At the time, Lewis said his firing was retaliation for him being so outspoken. An independent arbitrator ruled that Lewis actions' did not warrant his termination but that he did deserve a 60-day suspension without pay.
The child welfare agency agreed earlier this month to settle a separate lawsuit originally filed in 2010 by Cornell and four other black officers who claimed they were the target of racially motivated disciplinary action. The department has admitted no wrongdoing or discriminatory actions.
Lavallee, who raised concerns of possible misuse involving the registry to the legislature's Judiciary Committee in March, said the arbitrator's decision in Lewis' case helped the union reach settlements with the four fired youth service officers. Earlier this year, Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz was approached by the union and a state lawmaker who heard complaints from workers about the agency increasingly placing people on the registry, which also bars them from interacting with children, such as a coach or a school chaperone.
"Particularly due to the serious consequences of placement on the registry, we need to be sure that individuals are not placed on the registry in an arbitrary or capricious manner," Rep. Matthew Lesser, D-Middletown, wrote to Katz in July.
In a response to Lesser, Katz defended her agency's actions. She said her department "must fully and fairly investigate all incidents of child abuse and neglect, including those in our own workplace." Katz said each decision concerning whether an allegation of abuse and neglect can be substantiated is "based on a careful examination of the facts found during the investigation."
The fired youth service officers, including an outspoken critic of the agency, had been prevented from getting other jobs that involved interaction with children because of their placement on the Department of Children and Families list of people who have abused or neglected children.
A labor union said it had been working for about a year to address an increase in the number of workers whose names were placed on the statewide registry.
Paul Lavallee, president of AFSCME Local 2663, said the five covered by the settlements were involved in incidents where they failed to pay attention on the job and youths were injured. He said he has never known of the registry, created to make the public aware of people who pose a risk to children, to be used in such cases.
Individual settlements were reached in recent weeks between the union and the agency regarding the five, who worked at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, according to the union. They've either been rehired with back pay or retired. The union has not named the workers.
The Department of Children and Families commented on the state's settlement involving only one of the officers, Cornell Lewis, who has made his firing known publicly. Lewis is a black youth services officer who has been involved in numerous protests to draw attention to what he says is a racist attitude at the child welfare agency and the Middletown school, the state's only secure facility for delinquent teenage boys.
"At times, it is not in the department's best interests to support an individual's continued employment in working with the high risk and vulnerable population of youth and families whom we serve," the department said in a statement regarding the action taken against Lewis.
Department of Children and Families spokesman Gary Kleeblatt declined to comment on the other four cases beyond the statement.
Lewis was fired in July 2013 after he and two other employees were looking at non-work-related content on a computer when a youth was injured. At the time, Lewis said his firing was retaliation for him being so outspoken. An independent arbitrator ruled that Lewis actions' did not warrant his termination but that he did deserve a 60-day suspension without pay.
The child welfare agency agreed earlier this month to settle a separate lawsuit originally filed in 2010 by Cornell and four other black officers who claimed they were the target of racially motivated disciplinary action. The department has admitted no wrongdoing or discriminatory actions.
Lavallee, who raised concerns of possible misuse involving the registry to the legislature's Judiciary Committee in March, said the arbitrator's decision in Lewis' case helped the union reach settlements with the four fired youth service officers. Earlier this year, Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz was approached by the union and a state lawmaker who heard complaints from workers about the agency increasingly placing people on the registry, which also bars them from interacting with children, such as a coach or a school chaperone.
"Particularly due to the serious consequences of placement on the registry, we need to be sure that individuals are not placed on the registry in an arbitrary or capricious manner," Rep. Matthew Lesser, D-Middletown, wrote to Katz in July.
In a response to Lesser, Katz defended her agency's actions. She said her department "must fully and fairly investigate all incidents of child abuse and neglect, including those in our own workplace." Katz said each decision concerning whether an allegation of abuse and neglect can be substantiated is "based on a careful examination of the facts found during the investigation."
PUBLISHED 10/22/2014 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, October 19, 2014
A YOUNG CHRISTIAN COMMENTS ON THE FERGUSON UPRISING
My Trip to St. Louis (i.e. My Overtly Religious Musings)
Posted on October 16, 2014 by Josiah R. Daniels
I am 4 days removed from participating in the “Weekend of Resistance” in St. Louis, MO. I was honored to go with a group of friends (Ben, Brian, Jay and Nathan) who, like me, are outraged at the current events surrounding the executions of young, black men. This post serves two purposes: 1) to summarize my experience and 2) to offer an exhortation to other Christians to do more than simply pray, “Go in peace; stay safe and be well” (James 2:14-18).
A new movement has come upon us. As it goes with most movements, those of us who occupy a place of privilege were unprepared. Yet those on the underside of history demonstrate for us that systemic racism has not gone away–mystically disappearing via Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. I went to St. Louis to listen and learn from grass-root organizers who have become all too familiar with the forces and machines of death. As it has been shown on major news outlets, some of these activists have taken up arms against their oppressors in hopes of a reckoning.
Yet, in my own opinion, the media drastically over exaggerates this violent faction while a peaceful majority trek on. As I reflect on our marching this past Sunday night, images of peaceful youth leading the charge stand out in my mind. I myself marched next to one of these youth for a good portion of the night. But this does not dismiss the realities of the riots and looting that have occurred en lieu of Michael Brown’s death. These events have added an element of tension and danger that have resulted in unprovoked violence towards peaceful protestors. Tef Poe, a local activist and rapper, offered an indictment against the religious leaders Sunday night as he explained that in these dangerous times they have looked by the wayside while the local gangs offer protection from police barbarity.
This indictment is the insight I wish to explore. Should not the church take special care to protect those in society who are pushed to the margins (Gal 2:10, Jam 1:27)? It is tempting to engage in a game of semantics when answering this question. “Yes,” some might respond, “But the individuals in St. Louis and Ferguson, MO are not truly being oppressed. They are bringing the violence upon themselves.”1 Or there are those who piously retort that Christians should defend the disenfranchised but, as a caveat, they insist that the movement must take on a more nonviolent ethos before these protestors get their nod of approval. Only the privileged of society make such an obtuse observation such as, “They are bringing the violence upon themselves,” or “None of this would be happening if they just obeyed the laws.” I have already critiqued this group in a previous post. It is the latter group, the group that wishes to maintain their nonviolent-purity by remaining uninvolved, that I turn my attention to now.
I myself am an ardent pacifist.2 So I believe I have a responsibility to critique those who remain aloof from the movement. It seems to me that in our pursuit for peace, we pacifists can become disincarnate from those Christ identified with the most. Stated differently, I as a pacifist often times worry about my involvement in acts of resistance because I want to avoid associating with those who seek justice “By any means necessary.”3 This, I tell myself, is a way for me to remain faithful to my “convictions.” In reality, I am only erecting a boundary between me and a group of people who are in desperate need of justice. My refusal to associate with those who could compromise my religious purity prevents me from seeing the Imago Dei in even the most “radicalized” individuals.4
Jesus Christ, Messiah and King, allows himself to be scandalized by those in society who “tarnish” and “contaminate” his character (Mt 11:19). If one looks in the Gospels, Christ continuously associates himself with the wrong crowd. The act of table fellowship is Christ provocatively suggesting that one need not subscribe to the way of Jesus in order to be included into the fold (Mt. 9:10-13; Lk 14:1-14). Perhaps more to our point, Jesus Christ, who was undoubtedly a pacifist,5 chooses at least one disciple that can be identified as a Zealot (Lk 6:15)!6
So where then do these insights leave us? I am not suggesting, in any way, shape or form that Christian pacifists need to compromise their moral convictions concerning nonviolence. Instead, what I wish to emphasize is that Christ was a “man for others” and Christians therefore have a duty to “exist for others.”7
I am convinced that this means we, Christians, are to engage those who use questionable tactics to ascertain their liberation. Our engagement with them serves two purposes: 1) we identify with those Christ identified with and 2) we invite them to embark on an adventure where evil is scandalously overcome by good (Mt 5:43-44; Rom 12:21). Therefore, I do not mean that we condone violent actions. Rather we must take this opportunity to practice a faithful presence where we continuously point to YHWH’s shalom.
This faithful presence requires us to risk our reputations and, if need be, our very lives. Perhaps if more Christians were willing to be “in the fray” Tef Poe’s indictment would be less cutting. Imagine Christians, en masse, protecting protesters by standing in front of police tanks and rubber bullets–all along, reminding the world that, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”8
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-Josiah R. Daniels
Dedicated to Rob & Ruthie Daniels
Posted on October 16, 2014 by Josiah R. Daniels
I am 4 days removed from participating in the “Weekend of Resistance” in St. Louis, MO. I was honored to go with a group of friends (Ben, Brian, Jay and Nathan) who, like me, are outraged at the current events surrounding the executions of young, black men. This post serves two purposes: 1) to summarize my experience and 2) to offer an exhortation to other Christians to do more than simply pray, “Go in peace; stay safe and be well” (James 2:14-18).
A new movement has come upon us. As it goes with most movements, those of us who occupy a place of privilege were unprepared. Yet those on the underside of history demonstrate for us that systemic racism has not gone away–mystically disappearing via Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. I went to St. Louis to listen and learn from grass-root organizers who have become all too familiar with the forces and machines of death. As it has been shown on major news outlets, some of these activists have taken up arms against their oppressors in hopes of a reckoning.
Yet, in my own opinion, the media drastically over exaggerates this violent faction while a peaceful majority trek on. As I reflect on our marching this past Sunday night, images of peaceful youth leading the charge stand out in my mind. I myself marched next to one of these youth for a good portion of the night. But this does not dismiss the realities of the riots and looting that have occurred en lieu of Michael Brown’s death. These events have added an element of tension and danger that have resulted in unprovoked violence towards peaceful protestors. Tef Poe, a local activist and rapper, offered an indictment against the religious leaders Sunday night as he explained that in these dangerous times they have looked by the wayside while the local gangs offer protection from police barbarity.
This indictment is the insight I wish to explore. Should not the church take special care to protect those in society who are pushed to the margins (Gal 2:10, Jam 1:27)? It is tempting to engage in a game of semantics when answering this question. “Yes,” some might respond, “But the individuals in St. Louis and Ferguson, MO are not truly being oppressed. They are bringing the violence upon themselves.”1 Or there are those who piously retort that Christians should defend the disenfranchised but, as a caveat, they insist that the movement must take on a more nonviolent ethos before these protestors get their nod of approval. Only the privileged of society make such an obtuse observation such as, “They are bringing the violence upon themselves,” or “None of this would be happening if they just obeyed the laws.” I have already critiqued this group in a previous post. It is the latter group, the group that wishes to maintain their nonviolent-purity by remaining uninvolved, that I turn my attention to now.
I myself am an ardent pacifist.2 So I believe I have a responsibility to critique those who remain aloof from the movement. It seems to me that in our pursuit for peace, we pacifists can become disincarnate from those Christ identified with the most. Stated differently, I as a pacifist often times worry about my involvement in acts of resistance because I want to avoid associating with those who seek justice “By any means necessary.”3 This, I tell myself, is a way for me to remain faithful to my “convictions.” In reality, I am only erecting a boundary between me and a group of people who are in desperate need of justice. My refusal to associate with those who could compromise my religious purity prevents me from seeing the Imago Dei in even the most “radicalized” individuals.4
Jesus Christ, Messiah and King, allows himself to be scandalized by those in society who “tarnish” and “contaminate” his character (Mt 11:19). If one looks in the Gospels, Christ continuously associates himself with the wrong crowd. The act of table fellowship is Christ provocatively suggesting that one need not subscribe to the way of Jesus in order to be included into the fold (Mt. 9:10-13; Lk 14:1-14). Perhaps more to our point, Jesus Christ, who was undoubtedly a pacifist,5 chooses at least one disciple that can be identified as a Zealot (Lk 6:15)!6
So where then do these insights leave us? I am not suggesting, in any way, shape or form that Christian pacifists need to compromise their moral convictions concerning nonviolence. Instead, what I wish to emphasize is that Christ was a “man for others” and Christians therefore have a duty to “exist for others.”7
I am convinced that this means we, Christians, are to engage those who use questionable tactics to ascertain their liberation. Our engagement with them serves two purposes: 1) we identify with those Christ identified with and 2) we invite them to embark on an adventure where evil is scandalously overcome by good (Mt 5:43-44; Rom 12:21). Therefore, I do not mean that we condone violent actions. Rather we must take this opportunity to practice a faithful presence where we continuously point to YHWH’s shalom.
This faithful presence requires us to risk our reputations and, if need be, our very lives. Perhaps if more Christians were willing to be “in the fray” Tef Poe’s indictment would be less cutting. Imagine Christians, en masse, protecting protesters by standing in front of police tanks and rubber bullets–all along, reminding the world that, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”8
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-Josiah R. Daniels
Dedicated to Rob & Ruthie Daniels
Friday, October 17, 2014
ACTIVISTS SPEAK AGAINST INJUSTICE OF JANE DOE
Justice for Jane: Students, community confront DCF head at Yale
By Connecticut Liberation Staff Oct 17, 2014
On October 16, Connecticut DCF Commissioner Joette Katz did not get the welcome she was expecting when she finished speaking in front of a class at Yale University. Katz is responsible for the cruel decisions to place 16-year-old transgender girl Jane Doe first into a women’s prison without charges and then into a facility for delinquent boys. She continues to defend her decisions through rabid, sophomoric attacks on the youth’s character.
The commissioner was met outside the classroom door by a crowd of about 35 students and community members, holding signs reading “Justice for Jane Doe”, “End DCF Abuse” and “Being Young and Trans is Not A Crime.” Katz jumped when confronted with Jane’s face on placards, attempted to walk out of the building, but was followed out by the group. When outside, the crowd
erupted with chants: “Katz! You lied to me! Prison isn’t therapy!” and “Katz is a liar – shut it down! Jane’s in prison – shut it down!”
Students and community members, including members of the PSL, the LGBTQ office at Yale and the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project, spoke out with an update on Jane’s case and actions to come. The teen is currently in solitary confinement at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, a boys’ facility, where now two staff members have been reported to have sexually assaulted her.
IV Sta, a Justice for Jane organizer, said of recent events: “It is clear that Governor Malloy won’t pretend to care about Jane or youth like her – he wouldn’t speak to us. It is clear that Joette Katz won’t
pretend to care about Jane – she’s walking away from us. But what got Jane out of prison? It was people like us in the streets, people like us on the phones, people like us standing up and fighting for Jane and saying we won’t take it anymore. So that’s what we have to do.”
Katz has refused to comment on Jane’s conditions in a long time, but every time she has spoken to students, her words were full of hate and disgust towards both Jane and her supporters among the student body. Despite this, Thursday evening Yale students and Justice For Jane organizers stood together to tell DCF that their transphobic, abusive representatives are not welcome on campus, and that students and communities refuse to stop standing up and fighting for Jane and youth like her.
By Connecticut Liberation Staff Oct 17, 2014
On October 16, Connecticut DCF Commissioner Joette Katz did not get the welcome she was expecting when she finished speaking in front of a class at Yale University. Katz is responsible for the cruel decisions to place 16-year-old transgender girl Jane Doe first into a women’s prison without charges and then into a facility for delinquent boys. She continues to defend her decisions through rabid, sophomoric attacks on the youth’s character.
The commissioner was met outside the classroom door by a crowd of about 35 students and community members, holding signs reading “Justice for Jane Doe”, “End DCF Abuse” and “Being Young and Trans is Not A Crime.” Katz jumped when confronted with Jane’s face on placards, attempted to walk out of the building, but was followed out by the group. When outside, the crowd
erupted with chants: “Katz! You lied to me! Prison isn’t therapy!” and “Katz is a liar – shut it down! Jane’s in prison – shut it down!”
Students and community members, including members of the PSL, the LGBTQ office at Yale and the Yale Undergraduate Prison Project, spoke out with an update on Jane’s case and actions to come. The teen is currently in solitary confinement at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, a boys’ facility, where now two staff members have been reported to have sexually assaulted her.
IV Sta, a Justice for Jane organizer, said of recent events: “It is clear that Governor Malloy won’t pretend to care about Jane or youth like her – he wouldn’t speak to us. It is clear that Joette Katz won’t
pretend to care about Jane – she’s walking away from us. But what got Jane out of prison? It was people like us in the streets, people like us on the phones, people like us standing up and fighting for Jane and saying we won’t take it anymore. So that’s what we have to do.”
Katz has refused to comment on Jane’s conditions in a long time, but every time she has spoken to students, her words were full of hate and disgust towards both Jane and her supporters among the student body. Despite this, Thursday evening Yale students and Justice For Jane organizers stood together to tell DCF that their transphobic, abusive representatives are not welcome on campus, and that students and communities refuse to stop standing up and fighting for Jane and youth like her.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
JANE DOE AND NEW ABUSE ?
The Face Book post read as just another request for people to be aware of the transgender person Jane Doe now housed at Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Some activists want people to contact Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy about moving Jane to another location where therapeutic services can be provided. However do not read past the section that highlights Jane not being exposed “to past and new abusers.” There are rumors about Jane Doe and new abuse from several sources at the CJTS and DCF Plantation.
Let this staff writer be clear about what is about to be placed for readers to meditate on. This comes from several sources [ CJTS employees ] and not management. The staff of DCF Plantation blog did not speak with Jane at any point nor has management confirmed what you will read. A few weeks ago Jane Doe was transported outside of CJTS to receive therapeutic services, while on this visit she escaped. Sources report that Jane could have connected with a male employee ( arranged meeting ) outside with the idea of traveling to Bridgeport, Connecticut and then New York City. If the readers mediate on these words so far it appears as if several areas of concern are raised by our sources ( 1.) an inappropriate relationship between Jane and CJTS male employee, ( 2.) CJTS employee might have contributed to the mental manipulation of Jane in some manner, ( 3.) created a power differential between resident and worker in a supposedly safe / nurturing environment. When DCF Plantation inquired further about this male employee it was reported he might have been spending inordinate amounts of overtime work on her Unit. This allowed a symbiotic bonding to occur with a powerless (and previously abused in other placements ) transgender person that only knows abuse physically or mentally.
Let this staff writer be clear about what is about to be placed for readers to meditate on. This comes from several sources [ CJTS employees ] and not management. The staff of DCF Plantation blog did not speak with Jane at any point nor has management confirmed what you will read. A few weeks ago Jane Doe was transported outside of CJTS to receive therapeutic services, while on this visit she escaped. Sources report that Jane could have connected with a male employee ( arranged meeting ) outside with the idea of traveling to Bridgeport, Connecticut and then New York City. If the readers mediate on these words so far it appears as if several areas of concern are raised by our sources ( 1.) an inappropriate relationship between Jane and CJTS male employee, ( 2.) CJTS employee might have contributed to the mental manipulation of Jane in some manner, ( 3.) created a power differential between resident and worker in a supposedly safe / nurturing environment. When DCF Plantation inquired further about this male employee it was reported he might have been spending inordinate amounts of overtime work on her Unit. This allowed a symbiotic bonding to occur with a powerless (and previously abused in other placements ) transgender person that only knows abuse physically or mentally.
How did CJTS officials allow something like this ( if true ) to occur under their noses to Jane? Did no one in authority see the warning signs of supposed manipulation, and inappropriate bonding with this sentient human being? There are many more disturbing items to this story that will be printed , focusing on details that are causing many to wonder if there is really JANE DOE AND NEW ABUSE ??
This was composed by staff person AJAMU on special assignment for this story
Saturday, October 11, 2014
SILENCE OF THE CLINICIANS ON THE PLANTATION
To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.
----Desmond Tu Tu
The clinicians working at Connecticut Juvenile Training School are suppose to be caregivers. They provide comfort for those incarcerated residents who might have cognitive issues. Many of these clinicians are handsomely paid for their skills and in all honesty probably do help souls tormented by mental anguish. However does the responsibility of clinicians at CJTS begin or end only with taking care of residents cognitive problems. These clinicians are people of higher learning and reasoning, so why are they silent about injustices at the facility where they work?
For a seven year period employees in a certain economic bracket [ Youth Service Officers ] were fighting for egalitarian rights against an oppressive management system. The mostly white management discrimnated against employees of color by disproportionate terminations and disciplines. The white YSOs caught hell too, just by being in the same economic class as blacks---Latinos. Clinicians never voiced their concern over what was happening in front of them, they continued to ignore all signs pointing to injustice. Why? It seems incomprehensible clinicians could go about healing residents minds while ignoring warped worldviews of CJTS management that allowed them to bully employees. When conversations were broached about what management did openly against employees, most clinicians refused to engage in conversation. Instead they buried their noses in the Diagnostic Statisical Manual or some other lofty publication. Meanwhile back at the ranch natives suffered mental and spiritual pain that needed addressing through praxis. However esoteric thinking clinicians kept their heads in the clouds- not seeing what transpired on the ground.
Hey, by the way, most clinicians at CJTS look like the top tier of management. Perhaps the identification with the rulers( ethnically and in thought ) and not the natives is one reason clinicians keep silent. Hell, no matter how much therapy clinicians give out if [those] employees are not from your tribe does it matter ?
In the opinion of this blog writer all injustices suffered at the hands of management by employees has been co-signed by clinicians, whose major concern is getting a check bi-weekly, while not being true to the code of caregivers.
The above quote by Desmond TuTu certainly is appropriate for this blog story.
----Desmond Tu Tu
The clinicians working at Connecticut Juvenile Training School are suppose to be caregivers. They provide comfort for those incarcerated residents who might have cognitive issues. Many of these clinicians are handsomely paid for their skills and in all honesty probably do help souls tormented by mental anguish. However does the responsibility of clinicians at CJTS begin or end only with taking care of residents cognitive problems. These clinicians are people of higher learning and reasoning, so why are they silent about injustices at the facility where they work?
For a seven year period employees in a certain economic bracket [ Youth Service Officers ] were fighting for egalitarian rights against an oppressive management system. The mostly white management discrimnated against employees of color by disproportionate terminations and disciplines. The white YSOs caught hell too, just by being in the same economic class as blacks---Latinos. Clinicians never voiced their concern over what was happening in front of them, they continued to ignore all signs pointing to injustice. Why? It seems incomprehensible clinicians could go about healing residents minds while ignoring warped worldviews of CJTS management that allowed them to bully employees. When conversations were broached about what management did openly against employees, most clinicians refused to engage in conversation. Instead they buried their noses in the Diagnostic Statisical Manual or some other lofty publication. Meanwhile back at the ranch natives suffered mental and spiritual pain that needed addressing through praxis. However esoteric thinking clinicians kept their heads in the clouds- not seeing what transpired on the ground.
Hey, by the way, most clinicians at CJTS look like the top tier of management. Perhaps the identification with the rulers( ethnically and in thought ) and not the natives is one reason clinicians keep silent. Hell, no matter how much therapy clinicians give out if [those] employees are not from your tribe does it matter ?
In the opinion of this blog writer all injustices suffered at the hands of management by employees has been co-signed by clinicians, whose major concern is getting a check bi-weekly, while not being true to the code of caregivers.
The above quote by Desmond TuTu certainly is appropriate for this blog story.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
MANAGEMENT GOT MEAN AND WALKED MR.GREEN OFF THE SCENE
A few sources from Connecticut Juvenile Training School reported how white administrators were behind terminating the employment of another black male Youth Service Officer at the plantation. Ashanti Green is a 25 year old black male who was hired [ on probationary period ] in May 2014 as a YSO. From all accounts this Hartford resident related well with residents and had no prior disciplinary issues that are documented. Why in the hell then did management [ using a black and female supervisor as cover ] walk this man off the plantation on September 10, 2014?? The official CJTS reply is how Green developed lapses in judgement by not performing duties during third shift. Allegedly Green missed what is called a tour; when residents are asleep in locked rooms after a certain time red lights appear on their doors and bells ding. When this occurs YSOs on duty are to check each room with a flash light to make sure residents are safe. Each half hour the red light / bell / dinging sound happens. When YSOs push a button on residents doors the dinging stops.
In their justification of firing Green, CJTS management said " he is on probation and showed lack of judgement." Well from our sources there are reports lots of YSOs never even complete tours on third shift but do not get fired. What makes matters even worse is how Green was walked off the plantation. CJTS management used two black supervisors to approach the unsuspecting victim ( Green ) and walk him to Human Resources for the slaughter. In farming vocabulary when a lead goat walks other goats to the slaughterhouse the name is Judas goat ( for the one leading ). Green had no indication what was going on, he even asked these two Negro supervisors if anything was wrong. Green got a smile with plenty of teeth showing and calming words.
What is of concern here in this story revolves around another black male being terminated by CJTS / DCF for allegations of lack of judgement. Well. When a white male YSO slapped a resident of color at CJTS a few years ago he did not get fired. The YSO in question received 10 day suspension for an offense that was cut and dry. At the CJTS plantation stories of black males being abused by management are common place.
In the final analysis management got mean and walked Mr. Green off the scene.
In their justification of firing Green, CJTS management said " he is on probation and showed lack of judgement." Well from our sources there are reports lots of YSOs never even complete tours on third shift but do not get fired. What makes matters even worse is how Green was walked off the plantation. CJTS management used two black supervisors to approach the unsuspecting victim ( Green ) and walk him to Human Resources for the slaughter. In farming vocabulary when a lead goat walks other goats to the slaughterhouse the name is Judas goat ( for the one leading ). Green had no indication what was going on, he even asked these two Negro supervisors if anything was wrong. Green got a smile with plenty of teeth showing and calming words.
What is of concern here in this story revolves around another black male being terminated by CJTS / DCF for allegations of lack of judgement. Well. When a white male YSO slapped a resident of color at CJTS a few years ago he did not get fired. The YSO in question received 10 day suspension for an offense that was cut and dry. At the CJTS plantation stories of black males being abused by management are common place.
In the final analysis management got mean and walked Mr. Green off the scene.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
THE RATS ARE LEAVING A SINKING SHIP
Sources at Connecticut Juvenile Training School are talking about the sudden retirement of an administrative staff. Rumors are circulating that CJTS top administrators now face withering criticism over issues of bias/ racism against employees of color; a transgender youth named Jane Doe is housed at CJTS on a separate housing Unit. She is not being given the necessary services needed according to advocates. Former employee Cornell Lewis recently won ( July 2014 ) an arbitration case against CJTS / DCF for wrongful termination ( Cornell was really fired because of organizing workers against the injustices they faced ). Also employees signed a mass petition about ill treatment forcing DCF Commissioner Joette Katz to meet with them at CJTS.
However let me not digress from the point that all of the above mentioned turmoil is making feudal warlord middle management types uncomfortable. Past injustices by middle management were overlooked due to the weak knee leadership of top management; Youth Services Officers were abused mentally / financially by the vindictive petty machinations of out of control staff. However when the public scrutiny became intense about infractions at CJTS then things started to happen, no longer were the middle management allowed to sift YSO's like wheat in a sieve. Now top management started putting pressure on their outlaw lower administrators to curtail personal vendettas : one YSO named Barray Monteiro was falsely accused of abandoning his post. The top administrator at CJTS found out the allegation was not true and informed his staff " if this is personal it better stop now." Shortly thereafter things started to change at CJTS i.e. winds of change began blowing in a culture that for years refused to treat employees fairly.This meant that lower management were told to shape up; in one particular case administrative staff was asked to sign a stipulated agreement in order to stay employed , due to bad decision making. Of course the person ( in their arrogance) refused to cooperate or sign the agreement and made other life altering decisions.
In the background of all this drama there are other middle administrators under the gun for mistreatment of employees at CJTS. Now the pendulum has swung full circle and the arc of justice is catching those responsible for so much human misery. Let DCF Plantation blog be the first to report how employees at CJTS are filing complaints against the cabal of miscreants who are now running for cover. Let it be known to all reading this blog THE RATS ARE LEAVING A SINKING SHIP.
However let me not digress from the point that all of the above mentioned turmoil is making feudal warlord middle management types uncomfortable. Past injustices by middle management were overlooked due to the weak knee leadership of top management; Youth Services Officers were abused mentally / financially by the vindictive petty machinations of out of control staff. However when the public scrutiny became intense about infractions at CJTS then things started to happen, no longer were the middle management allowed to sift YSO's like wheat in a sieve. Now top management started putting pressure on their outlaw lower administrators to curtail personal vendettas : one YSO named Barray Monteiro was falsely accused of abandoning his post. The top administrator at CJTS found out the allegation was not true and informed his staff " if this is personal it better stop now." Shortly thereafter things started to change at CJTS i.e. winds of change began blowing in a culture that for years refused to treat employees fairly.This meant that lower management were told to shape up; in one particular case administrative staff was asked to sign a stipulated agreement in order to stay employed , due to bad decision making. Of course the person ( in their arrogance) refused to cooperate or sign the agreement and made other life altering decisions.
In the background of all this drama there are other middle administrators under the gun for mistreatment of employees at CJTS. Now the pendulum has swung full circle and the arc of justice is catching those responsible for so much human misery. Let DCF Plantation blog be the first to report how employees at CJTS are filing complaints against the cabal of miscreants who are now running for cover. Let it be known to all reading this blog THE RATS ARE LEAVING A SINKING SHIP.
Friday, October 3, 2014
MR. GREEN IS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE
The body count continues to rise at Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Another black male has been terminated [ walked off the property ] under a dubious cloud of suspicion. Details are still coming in on the September 2014 dismissal and will be discussed in a later blog story. We can tell you the Youth Service Officer terminated is named Green.
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