Yep. Discipline is the same thing as Temporary Lockup. The exception is that you get two calls per week on Temporary Lockup and one call after thirty days while on discipline. Because my discipline is four days, imposed after my two calls were used this week, it makes no difference. My daughter did tell me that her mom had brought her new boyfriend to trial and that he claimed I "cowered" when I saw him. Firstly, no. Secondly, why would he be trying to tell my kids that? What is my ex and her boyfriend trying to do to my kids? It sickens me. I don't look to create problems but whatever he is trying to impress upon my children is the same sort of perverted fantasy type of stuff that Kenosha ran wild with. It's what they can get away with and there is no defense for it while in here.
I get more legal access tonight. I was right, from what I can tell. Inadequate notice, for one. I should have at least been allowed to delay the surprise hearing to prepare. The complaint I was provided only listed the alleged rules violated but no description of the facts per 303.67 (2). Not being provided an adequate notice or time to "marshall the facts." I should have been permitted proper notice with my hearing date and time and reasonable time to prepare. Plus, how can I not see video evidence to formulate my defense? It's just so bogus! I read in a case (Scott vs. Kind) that a plaintiff should have a due process right to video footage. Prison DOC 303 follows "minimal procedural requirements" but there are still supposed to be some. 303.80 (6)(c) requires; "Establish guilt based on a finding it was 'more likely than not that the inmate committed the act.'" A woman sets up an exclusive encounter with me and they want to pretend I made a pass at her. No. I put State ex rel. Anderson - El v. Cooke, 234 Wis.2d 626 on the Appeal of Contested Hearing Form. "It is not harmless error for an agency to disobey its procedural regulations." I also read about other stuff that I don't want to encumber my journal about, but I hope that whoever picks up my case is a firm with all the tools to help make things right. I need to get the wardens name and address and learn how to "provide legal notice." Not just notice for here, but for Kenosha mistreatment and conditions of confinement as well. Sneaking my hearing and discipline into the last four days before I go to my regular joint is just a matter of their own convenience. Just like blocking evidence, omitting testimony from the record, providing false testimony, and all of the dishonesty. It really just boils down to tailoring to suit their interest and maintaining that privilege over other people. I guess therein lies the satisfaction in the job for the people that make a career out of it. Dress up the other guys in attire that is ugly, trashy, and embarrassing. Put on a uniform with a bunch of decorations to indicate you are better than the other guys. Even when its dishonest or harmful, write an account that is virtually impossible to challenge. I was thinking about rights versus protections. If governmental agency is not prevented from predatory or exploitive practices, they will inevitably utilize these methods. There is no way that my limited time and resources will be able to seek reparations for everything that has already happened so far. There isn't any possible way that a so called court of equity can make it "right." Cannot return years away from my children or how they will be forever impacted. There isn't a number that fixes the fact that they were told years ago that dad is gone forever. Yah. Who said I was the manipulative one? But not just for me, but all the other cases that were exaggerated and falsified. Who does a proper investigation to assess how long "the game" has been going on? Decades of people's careers who were willing to do the dishonest thing to "win." To stop me from being part of my kids lives? To win a pizza? Stop me from calling my kids? To brag that a decent looking and widely recognized inmate took interest in you when he didn't, but privilege allows them all to do it regardless of truth, or being good, or justice. It's all so bogus. Put a dress on a pig, it's still a pig. And I don't mean that as a disrespect to honest law enforcement. That just happened to be the saying that came to mind. Wearing a suit and tie and sitting on the prosecutions side of court does not make you honest. Judges robe? Still no. Supervisors white shirt? Nope. All the pettiest interests and the authority to ruin, and completely devastate my family and my life. Abandon all honesty for mere convenience. "Call off the investigation guys. We have a jilted ex (or just any woman, any person...) that will say whatever we want." I imagine greater harm is perpetrated by people in positions of authority who are entrusted with privilege to satisfy social contract odor covenant. Maybe even spiritual as well, depending the oath. The problem is that the ideal cannot, and is not, fulfilled and people start abusing their privilege (immorally) dishonestly and that undermines the integrity of the whole institution. Then who polices the police? Qualified and Judicial immunities presume harm is inadvertently caused in good faith effort to perform the duties of the position. It's a fallacy. They try to get away with whatever they can, with the only difference between them and common criminals is that criminals presume for themselves a privilege not bestowed under social covenant and the wrongs perpetrated by people in positions of authority are protected from repercussions by laws that either exempt them from consequence or laws that do not define what they do as wrong so they can perpetrate their harms freely. If I took the equivocal of twelve days of anyone's life, day and night, because I was more satisfied maintaining the esteem of my staff members absurd story than to hear the reasonable interpretation of facts from an inmate, what is the equivocated damage. Twelve days by twenty four hours. Two hundred eighty eight hours? Guards make $32 to $38, from what one was saying. I wish I could trim my estimate for sleep but that is rare and inadequate. But if someone came through and to Schneider that $9,216 was being taken from him because it is "possible" he said something that did not make logical sense nor be verified in any way AND that his account of things was accurate to what cameras has captured but those recordings were not permitted in his defense, then how could it be "right?" Even if you halve that figure, it is still unbelievably ridiculous. Had I done any schooling on crime and punishment I might argue all the expense of food and utilities costs to house an inmate, but I didn't do anything wrong for me to be here in the first place. Three years times a district attorney's income? Still the harm to me and my loved ones far exceeds. I just have a hard time seeing "the good guys" as good people (Unless its guys like Gomez, Mishenky, and Bischoff. Probably misspelled some names there, they were some of the guys who work for Kenosha Sheriff's Department. Did their jobs but could be respectful and kind about the whole process). I stopped believing the news and will evaluate people in authority though. They are still people no matter what they want you to presume .But they have an incentive to be rotten. And what is it with drug dogs? Just on the notion of unverifiable testimony: the officer smelled marijuana and had to search the vehicle, house, or person? The officer can be a liar that is looking to circumvent constitutional rights, or be of a completely different species with no way to explain that what he is excited about isn't just the smell of crotch that soaked into the seat from the last person (or animal) to have sat in the vehicle. But they found a gun that your dad left in the trunk when he went shooting at the range, so, because you were on probation and the law allows for "constructive possession," the police say the gun was in the back seat and you are looking at going back to prison now. Even if your dad says that its his gun, because revocation is based on allegations and not convictions. The Wisconsin way! Lying police and drug dogs. Why both with a constitution then? I have lots of stories like that. Maybe that's enough for now. I am going to go look at pictures of group members, my family, and especially my kids. I will close my eyes and go play frisbee with them.
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Cathy Lang
8/19/2023 12:58:12
I honestly don't know how you bear all the unfairness Zach, I don't think I could, still, I just keep praying you can find a way for now. Your case has really opened my eyes to the dark realities of the judicial system, many experts and attorneys share your views here, especially in books from attorneys involved in the Innocence Project. It's so painful to see, yet how much more painful to experience as you are doing.
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