Be as you are Weekender August 5th Part 2
I look young for my age.
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Location: Wisconsin
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@Jen: My wife is a forensic psychologist, and spent quite a stretch on a rotation that included the solitary confinement unit at the state's maximum security prison. She had to get out of there after a while. The stuff she was hearing/seeing was literally crushing her soul.
That being said, she's an advocate for prisoner mental health. Wisconsin's prison are obscenely overcrowded, while at the same time budgets have been slashed recently, and there's almost no long-term mental health care available. What little there is is being administered by idiots in a state where the prevailing public opinion is that prisoners still "have it too good" and should simply be left to rot in prison with no services whatsoever.
Anyway, it sounded like a bit of an unusual hobby, so I had to ask.
That being said, she's an advocate for prisoner mental health. Wisconsin's prison are obscenely overcrowded, while at the same time budgets have been slashed recently, and there's almost no long-term mental health care available. What little there is is being administered by idiots in a state where the prevailing public opinion is that prisoners still "have it too good" and should simply be left to rot in prison with no services whatsoever.
Anyway, it sounded like a bit of an unusual hobby, so I had to ask.
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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Originally Posted by Username7775 
@Jen, I gotta ask as a relative newb to the thread, what's up with the prison/prisoner thing? You've got me curious. My wife works in the Wisconsin prison system, so I've got some familiarity with the way those institutions work.
That's not gonna happen to our Jsbhodi, she has done the most groundwork ever.
She even pretends to be Canadian to throw the Feds off
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Originally Posted by MLD51
Woohooo!! Such an exciting life!
I couldn't care less where I sit. I don’t live at my desk. I work at my desk and live in my house.
I was whining to my brother last night and he said 'ah...offices'.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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Originally Posted by Username7775
@Jen: My wife is a forensic psychologist, and spent quite a stretch on a rotation that included the solitary confinement unit at the state's maximum security prison. She had to get out of there after a while. The stuff she was hearing/seeing was literally crushing her soul.
That being said, she's an advocate for prisoner mental health. Wisconsin's prison are obscenely overcrowded, while at the same time budgets have been slashed recently, and there's almost no long-term mental health care available. What little there is is being administered by idiots in a state where the prevailing public opinion is that prisoners still "have it too good" and should simply be left to rot in prison with no services whatsoever.
Anyway, it sounded like a bit of an unusual hobby, so I had to ask.
That being said, she's an advocate for prisoner mental health. Wisconsin's prison are obscenely overcrowded, while at the same time budgets have been slashed recently, and there's almost no long-term mental health care available. What little there is is being administered by idiots in a state where the prevailing public opinion is that prisoners still "have it too good" and should simply be left to rot in prison with no services whatsoever.
Anyway, it sounded like a bit of an unusual hobby, so I had to ask.
One called me on his once a week 10 minute call and he was crying- I felt so bad and I didn't know how to make it better- so I sent him a ton of mail- crosswords, sudoku etc to keep his mind busy.
My two other career paths were forensic psych or a lawyer like you.
But I decided I wanted a criminology ph.d- so I'll keep going for that.
I don't know what I'll do with it.
The area I'm really interested in is human trafficking.
I'll know when I get there!
I look young for my age.
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by MLD51
Might snake out my tub drain, too. Woohooo!! Such an exciting life!
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by saoutchik
Well Username7775 you may have noticed that in those really big heists they always wind up getting caught.
That's not gonna happen to our Jsbhodi, she has done the most groundwork ever.
She even pretends to be Canadian to throw the Feds off
That's not gonna happen to our Jsbhodi, she has done the most groundwork ever.
She even pretends to be Canadian to throw the Feds off
But if I do get caught- as I've said before; I'll be expecting mail from you people!!
I look young for my age.
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Wisconsin
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The guys my wife saw in the segregation unit weren't allowed anything but a smock and sleeping mat, for the most part. They were under constant supervision due to the high risk of self harm. When she was on call, she'd have to go in at all hours of the night to oversee restraint placements--I.e., the prisoner is put into physical restraints to keep them from harming themselves. They'd often have to eat "seg loaf," which was an awful concoction of different foods, all molded into a chunk. Pretty horrible place.
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Originally Posted by Tetra
Couldn't get worse than mine where people are arguing over desks!
I couldn't care less where I sit. I don’t live at my desk. I work at my desk and live in my house.
I was whining to my brother last night and he said 'ah...offices'.
I couldn't care less where I sit. I don’t live at my desk. I work at my desk and live in my house.
I was whining to my brother last night and he said 'ah...offices'.
Please watch it!! It's so good!
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Originally Posted by Username7775
The guys my wife saw in the segregation unit weren't allowed anything but a smock and sleeping mat, for the most part. They were under constant supervision due to the high risk of self harm. When she was on call, she'd have to go in at all hours of the night to oversee restraint placements--I.e., the prisoner is put into physical restraints to keep them from harming themselves. They'd often have to eat "seg loaf," which was an awful concoction of different foods, all molded into a chunk. Pretty horrible place.
But still so bad- showers once a week etc
Was she at a supermax? I've heard awful tales about supermax- I feel bad for her; I just couldn't be in that environment all day.
It would mess me up
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Anyway I went down today to meet my new colleagues. I am supposed to officially start on Monday 22nd or whatever. I was saying "do the bosses not know my contract expires on Friday 26th or whatever date it is?" One of the ladies said "no this is actually very good for you. I was originally supposed to be here for 3 weeks. That was 16 years ago". So we will see I suppose.
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: In the Nightmare in my head
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Originally Posted by biminiblue
Right? She's gonna have a posse when it's time to overthrow Monte-Carlo. (The city, not the LV resort. Go big or go home.)
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