Sources report that not long ago a male resident on Unit 6B was transported to court. This writer cannot say definitively what took place at court with the resident in terms of legal proceedings. However there is on thing that is known for sure, the resident returned to Connecticut Juvenile Training School with a handcuff key. Now let me be clear. Incarcerated youth are often transported to court in handcuffs from CJTS as well as other events. When the youth returned to CJTS the key was discovered. How in hell did he get the key to begin with? Someone named Collins supposedly found the key, and for this, the resident expectorated [ spit ] in Collins face [ so it is reported ]. It is also reported the key was not the one used by CJTS and this blog cannot verify if it fit the cuffs or not. I again ask, how in hell did the resident get such a key? Once again the Key Stone Cops atmosphere of CJTS is on display for all to see.
Youth Service Officers are reported to still be working 24 hour shifts due to state layoffs of employees at CJTS. In the thinking of some the employees at CJTS, management is using mandatory overtime shifts as punishment. The rank and file are getting the blame for ALL of CJTS troubles.. including the proposed closing of this facility in 2018 after allegations of unlawful restraints of residents by YSOs. In addition it is reported that the Pueblo Girls Unit down the street from CJTS has closed.. and the woman in charge of that facility is no longer employed by CJTS. Hmmm ! This writer wonders if the dismissal of the female Pueblo supervisor had anything to do with other things. This blog did report how the supervisor in question was hanging tough on the weekends with staff she supervised. Not to mention the imbibing that went on at these weekend club hopping jaunts. Oh yeah, and then there are those pictures of the supervisor, with her hand on the prominent arse of a staff member in the club. It appeared she was either rubbing the arse like a crystal ball [ looking for a message ] or fanning it due to heat being emitted. Oh well, hope she stops drinking and having her drivers license suspended ... so she can make it to work.
Finally it seems as if CJTS management has once again decided to harass a black supervisor as punishment for speaking the truth. The readers should know that white management at CJTS is using policy and procedure as cover in order to go after a black female supervisor. Sources report how white male management do not want anyone threatening to expose the favoritism, racism, and nepotism swirling around the CJTS Plantation. Not to mention the sexual escapades played by males in management with a white female administrator.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016
A CRITIQUE OF POLICE KILLINGS OF BLACK PEOPLE RECENTLY IN AMERICA
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Every department of local government may engage in "policing itself," but when it does not do so to the satisfaction of the taxpayers, it hears from us and is under pressure to change. For that matter, even police departments feel the heat when white suburbanites ("the taxpayers") complain about how they conduct themselves. But when it comes to black communities, there is some magical inversion. Instead of the community dictating how the police do their job, the police have the power to dictate the lives of the people in the community. Suddenly it seems outrageous to say "the police should do their jobs the way we tell them." In fact, it becomes controversial to say "The community demands that the police stop beating, shooting, and killing us." Is there really any other explanation for this phenomenon than the simple fact that police departments are the modern incarnation of the slave patrols that, pre-Civil War, hunted down runaway slaves and helped wealthy whites regain their "property"? And if that's so is there really any other demand that can address the problem of rampant, racist police violence than to demilitarize and disarm the police and make them accountable to the community?
Peter Goselin is an activist and fighter for social justice in Greater Hartford, CT area.
He posted this on Face Book after a series of police shootings involving the deaths of black people recently. | |||
Monday, July 4, 2016
CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION PREYING ON THE POOR IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS
https://www.vimeo.com/150933479
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Out of Luck Documentary Sheds Light on Reality of Lottery and Answers the Question: Where does the Money go?
June 3, 2016 (New York) – Out of Luck, the first feature-length documentary film to examine state lotteries, will premiere Friday, June 3rd on Amazon Prime, iTunes and Google Play. Out of Luck is a compelling, informative and surprising look at the history and rapid expansion of a $68 billion dollar industry that is virtually unregulated, and an investigative look at the real people who are playing the most.
“I’ve always been fascinated by lottery, but questioned the repeated promises that the money would go to improving schools and access to education. Lottery was expanding all around me, but public education never seemed to be benefitting,“ said Bert Klasey, film director. “After a brief lesson into state run lotteries, I was astonished to learn how much money each state generates from their lotteries and the amount that comes from the financially desperate – people who feel they need to play just to pay the bills. I wanted to tell a story that not only explores where the money is going, but exposes the reality of who is playing.”
Over the past 50 years, lotteries have expanded to become the largest casino in America, raking in billions of dollars, with little or no oversight at the state or federal level. With more than 45 million Americans falling below the poverty line, it is not surprising many people turn to get rich quick schemes like lottery as a way of improving the quality of their lives. With 28% of those below the poverty line believing the lottery is the best way to secure their financial future, and the overwhelming number of sales coming from low-income zip codes, it is clear that the lottery is impacting those who can least afford to lose.
Out of Luck follows the lives of four individuals impacted by state lottery and learns their stories of struggle, and gaining an understanding of why they play despite the long odds. The most thorough study of state-operated lottery gambling ever put on film, Out of Luck strives to find out if running a gambling system an appropriate way to raise money for government.
Out of Luck features insights and commentary from leading economists, historians and authors such as Michael Medved, Taylor Branch, and Bryce Covert, and comedians such as Adam Carolla.
Out of Luck is available on digital download at iTunes, Amazon.com and Google Play.
For more information go to www.OutofLuckMovie.com.
Contact: Bert Klasey, Director bert@flapjackfilms.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Out of Luck Documentary Sheds Light on Reality of Lottery and Answers the Question: Where does the Money go?
June 3, 2016 (New York) – Out of Luck, the first feature-length documentary film to examine state lotteries, will premiere Friday, June 3rd on Amazon Prime, iTunes and Google Play. Out of Luck is a compelling, informative and surprising look at the history and rapid expansion of a $68 billion dollar industry that is virtually unregulated, and an investigative look at the real people who are playing the most.
“I’ve always been fascinated by lottery, but questioned the repeated promises that the money would go to improving schools and access to education. Lottery was expanding all around me, but public education never seemed to be benefitting,“ said Bert Klasey, film director. “After a brief lesson into state run lotteries, I was astonished to learn how much money each state generates from their lotteries and the amount that comes from the financially desperate – people who feel they need to play just to pay the bills. I wanted to tell a story that not only explores where the money is going, but exposes the reality of who is playing.”
Over the past 50 years, lotteries have expanded to become the largest casino in America, raking in billions of dollars, with little or no oversight at the state or federal level. With more than 45 million Americans falling below the poverty line, it is not surprising many people turn to get rich quick schemes like lottery as a way of improving the quality of their lives. With 28% of those below the poverty line believing the lottery is the best way to secure their financial future, and the overwhelming number of sales coming from low-income zip codes, it is clear that the lottery is impacting those who can least afford to lose.
Out of Luck follows the lives of four individuals impacted by state lottery and learns their stories of struggle, and gaining an understanding of why they play despite the long odds. The most thorough study of state-operated lottery gambling ever put on film, Out of Luck strives to find out if running a gambling system an appropriate way to raise money for government.
Out of Luck features insights and commentary from leading economists, historians and authors such as Michael Medved, Taylor Branch, and Bryce Covert, and comedians such as Adam Carolla.
Out of Luck is available on digital download at iTunes, Amazon.com and Google Play.
For more information go to www.OutofLuckMovie.com.
Contact: Bert Klasey, Director bert@flapjackfilms.com
Sunday, July 3, 2016
RIGHTWINGER UNDER INVESTIGATION / RAY MONTERIO AND THE #136 INVESTIGATION AND THE WHITE CLINICIAN
There are sources inside the DCF Plantation that report how for over 13 months a right wing Connecticut Juvenile Training School employee is being paid while under investigation. Now this all sounds okay, no cause for concern.. or so it seems. However let me place this in context for the readers of this blog. For years this right wing employee was used by management to sow discord among employees, intimidate Youth Service Officers of color and keep the natives in line [ a bargain basement version of the new Tarzan movie]. Then the right wing white employee started losing value to the apartheid management at CJTS, so they tried to get rid of their attack dog. This tactic proved problematic because the right winger refused to go along with management's plan. The right winger turned on his benefactors and eventually went to the Child Advocates office with so called revelations about unlawful and harmful restraints of residents at CJTS by YSOs. Then this investigation magically appeared and the right winger is being paid full salary -now get this- until the investigation is complete. We are told that in order to get the right winger off the property CJTS et al. came up with the idea of a prolonged investigation. Yet the person under investigation at one time was used as an attack dog by management; since turning on management however the right winger is persona non grata. As The World Turns!!
Ray Monterio is an employee at CJTS and has 30 years invested as state worker. From all accounts brother Ray as he is called has never been investigated, or deemed problematic; indeed, he put together something for residents to learn entrepreneurial skills called Icy Dreams. CJTS residents learned to sell slush cones from an ice cream wagon to employees and use the money for events etc. Ray came up with the idea and promoted it in spite of management opposition. Now Ray is suddenly under investigation for something that is murkier than the mud silted bottom of the Mississippi River. Sources report Ray was on Unit 5B when a white male resident refused to adhere to staff directives. According to reliable information Ray and another YSO tried deescalating the situation, but the resident continued hurling racial epithets at staff. There were two clinicians on the Unit 5 B during this time, but neither one came out of the office to see what the commotion was about. While walking to the laundry room the resident hit a staff in back of the head with a laundry bag. At this juncture the staff called for assistance. The resident was escorted to his room and that should be the end of this story. However a white clinician filed a #136 complaint on Ray for verbal abuse of the client and harsh handling. Say What ?? Ray did not know about this investigation until someone from management informed him. Why did a white clinician filed the #136- as a mandated reporter- and accuse brother Ray of these charges? Again context is essential in understanding this scenario.
First of all the majority of white clinical workers at CJTS are whites with very little interaction with staff. These social workers see themselves as a distinct entity and superior to YSOs. Then the white female social workers have also been overheard making negative comments about the male YSOs of color i.e. their character, work habits, lack of intelligence etc. But in the case of brother Ray there is another side to this story. Over one year ago white management decided to attack Ray by going after his son Barray -who worked at CJTS also. Some one in the Operations Office was called by a YSO and informed Barray was sleeping on the job[ Barray worked third shift the night before and now was working that morning ]. The person who called operations is a friend of the white clinician and this social worker resented that person being exposed by Freedom of Information documents posted on this blog. Yep, DCF Plantation blog posted the entire investigation of Barray on line and in the documents it became clear who said what, and who made the call to Operations. Then after this blog posted that information ...basically showing how ridiculous the investigation was... management dropped charges against Barray.
Now it is speculated the white clinician has waited almost two years to strike at Ray. The theory is that the white clinician is upset over how the YSO that fingered Barray as sleeping on the job was identified in the documents. Now of course there is no proof this white clinician laid in the tall grass and ambushed brother Ray, however it is strange how the white clinician filed a #136 on brother Ray.
More shall be revealed.
Ray Monterio is an employee at CJTS and has 30 years invested as state worker. From all accounts brother Ray as he is called has never been investigated, or deemed problematic; indeed, he put together something for residents to learn entrepreneurial skills called Icy Dreams. CJTS residents learned to sell slush cones from an ice cream wagon to employees and use the money for events etc. Ray came up with the idea and promoted it in spite of management opposition. Now Ray is suddenly under investigation for something that is murkier than the mud silted bottom of the Mississippi River. Sources report Ray was on Unit 5B when a white male resident refused to adhere to staff directives. According to reliable information Ray and another YSO tried deescalating the situation, but the resident continued hurling racial epithets at staff. There were two clinicians on the Unit 5 B during this time, but neither one came out of the office to see what the commotion was about. While walking to the laundry room the resident hit a staff in back of the head with a laundry bag. At this juncture the staff called for assistance. The resident was escorted to his room and that should be the end of this story. However a white clinician filed a #136 complaint on Ray for verbal abuse of the client and harsh handling. Say What ?? Ray did not know about this investigation until someone from management informed him. Why did a white clinician filed the #136- as a mandated reporter- and accuse brother Ray of these charges? Again context is essential in understanding this scenario.
First of all the majority of white clinical workers at CJTS are whites with very little interaction with staff. These social workers see themselves as a distinct entity and superior to YSOs. Then the white female social workers have also been overheard making negative comments about the male YSOs of color i.e. their character, work habits, lack of intelligence etc. But in the case of brother Ray there is another side to this story. Over one year ago white management decided to attack Ray by going after his son Barray -who worked at CJTS also. Some one in the Operations Office was called by a YSO and informed Barray was sleeping on the job[ Barray worked third shift the night before and now was working that morning ]. The person who called operations is a friend of the white clinician and this social worker resented that person being exposed by Freedom of Information documents posted on this blog. Yep, DCF Plantation blog posted the entire investigation of Barray on line and in the documents it became clear who said what, and who made the call to Operations. Then after this blog posted that information ...basically showing how ridiculous the investigation was... management dropped charges against Barray.
Now it is speculated the white clinician has waited almost two years to strike at Ray. The theory is that the white clinician is upset over how the YSO that fingered Barray as sleeping on the job was identified in the documents. Now of course there is no proof this white clinician laid in the tall grass and ambushed brother Ray, however it is strange how the white clinician filed a #136 on brother Ray.
More shall be revealed.
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