No sleep. Not a blink. Five more weeks of physical therapy. I wrote a request for a special needs committee to consider authorizing me a heating pad. Some nurse whose name begins with a K replied they "don't do" heating pads at WSPF. Other inmates have CPAP machines. A policy that appears to me to be similar to their promise to take away any blanket I might knit or crochet that would be big enough for me. Deprive inmates effective medical treatment to assure discomfort. Jail was the same.
The guys on the range talk about scheming today. One claims that people in his neighborhood know how to scam a rental car company and insurance company to get a free car, and then they sell the vehicles for money. Another gets a $20,000 grant or loan from the government under other people's names. Democratic agenda being played for fools. There is a rent assistance scam to collect money from the government as well as claiming to be a care giver for a family member or friend and splitting that government paycheck as well. Instead of becoming more sophisticated with software like Rubberduely to collect account information from people's phones and electronic devices and then siphoning off money to a cash app account, or forging fake gift cards or credit cards, the conversation goes to robbing people and who has the most violent neighborhood. Promises that other inmates couldn't walk through another inmates neighborhood without being "stripped" are passive aggressively targeted back and forth. The school and cultivation of criminal thinking is predominant by grouping these types of people with the rest. Risk seeking behavior coupled with desperation is often evident. What is happening now is that the behavior is glorified and bragged about to the admiration of their peer group. Any surreptitious method to achieve gain or success with minimal effort receives accolades. Efficiency is paramount to integrity. They are results oriented. Their impression of success of their sense of business acumen disregards ethical or sympathetic consideration. They are pleased that the world is an enemy so there is opportunity everywhere. Opportunity to do the least to get by. It's good they aren't law enforcement because police reports would turn up faked and fraudulent for their own convenience. Oh, wait. I guess police reports are already often faked, further blurring the line that distinguishes predators from protectors. I have no doubt that any of these inmates would get on the stand for a few minutes to skip a ten year mandatory minimum sentence. Or, if they were prosecutors invite and even coach another person to lie on the stand to convict an innocent person. Of course I feel the quality of the character of these braggadocios inmates seems to parallel the moral alignment of corrupt authority. They celebrate what they can take from other people, by whatever crooked means. Instead of using the local newspaper to promulgate a message about what they took from or cost a person that they harmed, the inmates spread their stories first-hand, word of mouth. It is a break from the usual racist hate speech but leaves me wondering. True impartiality should determine equivocal punishment for what is fundamentally the same behavior? Should a corrupt prosecutor be obligated to serve the mandatory minimum they were willing to dishonestly bargain away? That seems like a fairness that a system that is just would require. "Just" a thought. Ha! Not only do I complain but I also parallel criminal behavior to corrupt authorities. Someone please tell me when it gets old. I got mail today. My tired and cranky self becomes tired and happy while I read through the correspondence. I underline, circle, and add notes to comments and questions I want to reply to. 25 letter allowable limit means I need to prioritize what to keep. Because many people took interest in my story because of their own trauma, I try very hard not to show any partiality. 25 is not enough. Not even close to enough. Plus, I like to have the jokes and fun stuff to pick me up when I am feeling low. Feeling low is way too easy without sleep. Not even a heating pad? Villains.
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