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by:  Jordan
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 3:28:00 PM EDT
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Dear Ms. Lohan,

It has come to my attention that you turned on the waterworks when the prison guard made you take our your hair extensions and eyelashes. My advice to you, GET OVER IT!!!!

Your complaints are trivial compared to the amount of sexual assaults which happen in prisons everyday. There is a pervasive culture of sexual violence in the criminal justice system and corrections officers tend to not only be ignorant, but also participate in it themselves. According to human rights watch, as many as 140,000 people are raped each year in correctional facilities, and people seem to have the idea that just because they committed a crime, that they deserve to lose their right not to be violated. I hope you never get sexually assaulted, but believe me, people do not get over the type of violence in prison that easily, Don't believe me, read this statement from a prisoner:

I've been sentenced for a D.U.I. offense. My 3rd one. When I first came to prison, I had no idea what to expect. Certainly none of this. I'm a tall white male, who unfortunately has a small amount of feminine characteristics. And very shy. These characteristics have got me raped so many times I have no more feelings physically. I have been raped by up to 5 black men and two white men at a time. I've had knifes at my head and throat. I had fought and been beat so hard that I didn't ever think I'd see straight again. One time when I refused to enter a cell, I was brutally attacked by staff and taken to segragation though I had only wanted to prevent the same and worse by not locking  up with my cell mate. There is no supervision after lockdown. I was given a conduct report. I explained to the hearing officer what the issue was. He told me that off the record, He suggests I find a man I would/could willingly have sex with to prevent these things from happening. I've requested protective custody only to be denied. It is not available here. He also said there was no where to run to, and it would be best for me to accept things . . . . I probably have AIDS now. I have great difficulty raising food to my mouth from shaking after nightmares or thinking to hard on all this . . . . I've laid down without physical fight to be sodomized. To prevent so much damage in struggles, ripping and tearing. Though in not fighting, it caused my heart and spirit to be raped as well. Something I don't know if I'll ever forgive myself for.


Frankly, if this man wanted to cry, I wouldn't blame him. And the fact that he hasn't forgiven himself makes me mad as hell at people who whine about trivial things such as your beauty accessories. I have never been arrested (knock on wood), but I was sexually assaulted in a "therapeutic milieu" and you sicken me that you are willfully so spoiled.

The HRW report in which prison rape is documented is called "No Escape". And for many people...there is no escape. This is why it fucking outrages me that you may only spend a tenth of your total sentence in jail. Now, I'm not a big fan of the criminal justice system, but you fucking drove drunk and did not care about people's lives. People have been maimed and killed by people like you, yet people who smoke a joint or some non-white person railroaded through trumped up charges and are NOT famous end up having to serve their full sentences (and face an elevated risk of being assaulted, sexually or physically), while you can just give the warden a blowjob, turn on the waterworks, and be out as soon as possible. First Paris Hilton, now you, California makes me sick and if you were in any other state (esp. in NJ), you'd be serving your full sentence.

Sincerely,

Jordan Gwendolyn


 


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