[OT] THE CASE OF PATRICK SWINEY (the US Gulag)

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Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:18:08 +0000 (UTC)

THE CASE OF PATRICK SWINEY

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      Article by Patrick Swiney
      June 11, 1998
      Copyright June 1998

      I speak to you from the absolute pits of hell, an Alabama Prison.
      Historically, the State of Alabama has been notorious for its
atrocities
      within its prisons. My fellow Americans and human beings, nothing has
      changed. I humbly convey to you an ancient scripture: "Let he who hath
      eyes - see and he who hath ears - hear."

      I hear corrupt politicians promise you to lock them up and throw away
the
      keys. I also hear your cheers! They - our only defender - knowingly
      overcrowd the prisons dangerously. The Federal Courts say nothing! I
also
      hear your cries to pack them in like sardines - for who cares? News
leaks
      out about the atrocities: the physical, mental, emotional - all types
of
      Human Rights abuses. The courts turn their heads. Again, I hear your
      cheers, as though to say: Crucify them! Crucify them!

      I've read these words all my life.

      To put things into perspective, I'm a 53-year-old man in very poor
health,
      a former police officer of 13 years. I have been held in this septic
tank
      (Holman Prison in Alabama) for 10 years on a wrongful conviction. The
      major point I submit to you is that I can see both sides of the coin.
      Actually, I can see all sides of that coin, for much more than two
sides
      exist.

      Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama, is known as the "Boddom" which is
      Southern for bottom. Either way, it's as low as you can possibly go in
      this country. In response to your cheers, may I say that you have been
      successful. We are packed in like sardines: the Innocent - The
Guilty -
      the Sick - the Lame - the Lazy - the Cripple - the Crazy - but all
God's
      children. "If you have done it to the least of these..."

      At times, I absolutely hate 90% of these people which I mostly refer
to as
      sick-sorry-slime. But when I hear the masses cheering the deceptive
      lies of corrupt politicians, then these people in here start to look
much
      better, for even the sick-sorry-slime extend to an old man far more
      compassion than the corrupt politicians of Alabama and their cheering
      section. The result? The blinded masses stubbornly follow the pied
piper
      closer and closer to total destruction. So be it.

      We have become a nation of individuals - "Self," with the general view
that
      if adversity does not effect me, then I don't care. We have become a
      people completely self-centered, self-righteous, and isolated within
      "Self," even to the exclusion of children and grandchildren. This is
in
      direct conflict with our natural instincts. Americans have lost their
      "natural" instincts. They have mutated.

      I think the Apostle Paul describes our nation of today perfectly.
"This
      know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men
shall
      be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
      disobedient to parents, unthankful-unholy, without natural affections,
      truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of
those who
      are good. Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than
      lovers of God. But they shall proceed no further, for their folly
shall be
      manifest unto all men, as theirs also was." 2Tim3

      Holman Prison is made of open-filthy dorms - very crowded to say the
least.
      The showers, commodes and lavatory are included within the open dorms.
      None are vented. The humidity from the showers pours throughout these
      dorms. Any gases from the toilets pour out in these dorms. Humidity is
      always extremely high. Mold and mildew grows on the walls and ceiling.
      The floors are always damp. The heat index remains ungodly high in
summer
      - cold and damp in winter. The place is crawling with cockroaches the
size
      of your hand.

      We can only send out bed linens to the laundry once a week. That,
after
      perspiring on them all week long - a daily wetting of these linens. 96
men
      live in a dorm approximately 35 feet by 108 feet. That's an average of
39
      square feet for each man - less if you deduct corridor spaces for
walking
      from one place to another. Less still, if you deduct shower, commode
and
      lavatory spaces within the dorms. Here is where each man spends his
entire
      life, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year after year after year...the
      Innocent - The Guilty - the Sick - the Lame - the Lazy - the Cripple -
the
      Crazy - but all God's children.

      Can you possibly think of any other condition that could breed
diseases any
      better? It appears to be "the perfect" environment for breeding a
culture
      for many deadly diseases that we know. Possibly many that are unknown
to
      modern science. A perfect place for these deadly diseases to mutate
and a
      wonderful place to share our joys with the rest of the world -
transporting
      to "Your" world.

      Here at Holman Prison, we have had a large breakout of TB. Some have
died,
      others transferred never to be heard of again. Respiratory ailments
are
      our "normal" or our most common. Medical care is almost a joke. Our
      Deputy Warden (Jerry Farrell) is charged with the responsibility of
seeing
      we get proper medical care. Only thing is his wife is an Administrator
      with Correctional Medical Services (CMS). This is the company holding
the
      contract for medical services (much like the company holding the
contract
      for telephone services). Mrs. Farrell has a vested interest in saving
      costs for her company. Every dollar she does not spend on our medical
      care, is profit in her company's pocket. Thus, you have a direct
conflict
      with medical care and the Deputy Warden. Does this project overtones
of
      corruption?

      Not only that, but Deputy Warden Jerry Farrell forces all inmates
outside
      at 7 AM under the guise of cleaning the dorms. However, every single
dorm
      cleaner will tell you that it was much easier cleaning when the people
were
      NOT outside. In the past 15 days, they have been transmitting health
      alerts in our area due to 2,000 out-of-control fires in Mexico. The
entire
      Southeast has been covered with insecticide-laced smoke. All TV
stations
      have transmitted this health alert, warning people to stay indoors -
      especially the sick and older people. All this week, South Alabama has
      been under a heat alert! The heat index has been into the 120 degree
F.
      range. Again, warning people to stay inside. And again, specifically
      warning the sick and elderly to stay indoors.

      Yet, every day Warden Farrell has forced inmates outside for two
hours.
      Many are older and sick. They have no place to sit, except on the
      concrete-covered ground. They have no shade to seek. They must stand
or
      squat for those 2 hours in the blistering sun and extraordinary
humidity,
      which is contaminated with smoke and pesticide. I myself have suffered
3
      heart attacks, developed inflammatory spinal arthritis and have also
      developed emphysema. Yet Warden Farrell forces this old man outside
with
      all the young punks and maladjusted people, posting no guards
whatsoever.

      And, yes, the State Capital in Montgomery, Alabama, backs Jerry
Farrell
      completely. The Alabama Good Ol' Boy's Club is a alive and well.
Welcome
      to Alabama the Beautiful, and the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Yes!
      I still can hear your cheers!

      Even if myself and the rest survive all the airborne insecticide, the
heat,
      the humidity, the filth, the abuses, it for certain weakens the immune
      system. And that welcomes diseases, many of which may be fatal. Fatal
not
      only to me, but to you, the cheering masses.

      They cannot isolate these possibly deadly germs to this hell hole. The
      guards come and go. Nurses, doctors, administrators, postal workers,
and
      visitors carry these germs-bugs-viruses with them when they leave.
Guess
      where they go? To you via schools, churches, mail, grocery stores,
work
      places, and many other ways.

      Since you are creating your very own nightmare, it's tempting to refer
to
      this as "poetic justice," but in all truth I do not feel this way. I'm
      actually greatly concerned for all of you. "Forgive them Father for
they
      know not what they do."

      No! More tax dollars are not the answer. You'd just make officials of
      Alabama even richer. Then they'd cheer you - in silence of course.

      I do not have the answers, but I felt I "must" let you know the truth.
      Yes! The sky is falling. Don't look up. Just take cover.

      I am far from being eloquent with my words, my communicating skills
are
      extremely limited. If I have offended anyone with my words, then Good!
      That's my intent. In closing, I shall add that I speak of the cheering
I
      have heard. But where is the so-called silent majority? I so wonder if
      God is more disgusted with the ones who cheer the Human Rights
Abuses - or
      more disgusted with the ones who sit and do absolutely nothing!

      Although it means pain and suffering, I shall choose the cheering,
      torturous, sounds of the followers of their corrupt pied piper than to
hear
      the silence of the spineless nothings. For it's better to light one
      candle, than to curse the darkness.

      Respectfully, I am,
      Patrick Swiney 154406
      G79, 100 Warrior Lane
      Bessemer, AL 35023
      E-mail: (my wife)

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