Lawsuit filed in Colorado over failure to provide treatment for those serving indeterminate prison sentences
Jessica Seaman with The Denver Post says, “The Colorado Department of Corrections refuses to provide sex offender treatment to people serving indeterminate prison sentences despite assuring them that once they go through the program they will be eligible for parole, a new federal lawsuit alleges.”
This class-action lawsuit was filed this week in the U.S. District Court of Colorado. The lawsuit alleges that the lack of treatment is keeping hundreds of prisoners from being considered for release when they are eligible.
Surprise, surprise. Who would think any Department of corrections would do the right thing? I was never attacked by another inmate while in prison, but 5 guards jumped me for no reason (Probably knew what my charges were).
The longer we stay locked up, the more funding the Department of corrections gets, by claiming they need more officers, more prisons etc. And when overcrowded and need to release some inmates early, anyone with a sex charge is the bottom of the list to be released.
Lastly, in prison it is your word against the guards and the guards almost always win. Luckily, I took a polygraph and passed it and none of the guards agreed to do the same. Even though it showed I was telling the truth, all they did was transfer me to another prison. Rigged system full of corruption.
Dear Cherokee, I hear ya about the polygraph. The feds made me take more than 20 polygraphs while on supervised release, including specific issue testing to determine my “guilt” for their counseling purposes. Their prosecutors admitted to my judge in open court that I passed each test, but argued my passing was only because they did such a great job supervising me. It is very corrupt. They weren’t required to explain why or how my professions of innocence were deemed truthful each and every time.
A polygraph did not determine you told the truth, nor could it. It’s no more a lie detector than a magic 8-ball. That the other guards refused to polygraph worked in your favor because of the argument that they refused to self-incriminate. Presumably, the circumstances warranted action of some kind, and transfer was probably the only solution they could come up with. Guessing they (guards and administration) forgot the whole affair the day you left.
But back to my original point, polygraphs are garbage and need to be addressed accordingly, whether the “results” (nearly always predetermined) are in your favor or not.